One in five worried about being fit enough to work next year
Results of a new survey released today have revealed that Great Britain is a nation of 'put up and shut up' when it comes to workplace health.Over 2,000 people were questioned about their attitudes and experience regarding health and the workplace. Results showed that:1 in 5 (20%) of people are worried they won't be fit enough to continue working in the next year.39% don't feel confident discussing their workplace health with their employer.A third of people (33%) with a long-term condition felt their colleagues don't understand the impact of their condition.Over 1 in 7 (15%) wouldn't disclose a long-term health ...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - December 8, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Does vitamin D cut lung infection risk in older adults?
Conclusion
This randomised controlled trial assessed high dose supplementation with vitamin D for a period of 12 months as a way of preventing acute respiratory infections in older adults in long term care.
This study was well designed and reduced risk of bias where possible. However, there are some important limitations which affect the reliability of the findings:
The study has a small sample size and the authors state they did not manage to reach their target recruitment level; this means the study did not have the statistical power required for certainty in the findings.
There were some differences in the charact...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Older people Source Type: news
ASN Foundation for Kidney Research announces campaign to guarantee research funding
(American Society of Nephrology) The ASN Foundation for Kidney Research is proud to announce the public launch of its Securing the Future Campaign during ASN Kidney Week 2016. This campaign coincides with the 50th anniversary of the American Society of Nephrology and the 20th anniversary of the Career Development Grants Program. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Grant will support summer program for students interested in health professions
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded $415,000 to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA to support a six-week summer program for incoming college sophomores, juniors and community college students who are interested in the health professions. The freeSummer Health Professions Education Program is geared to underrepresented and disadvantaged students considering careers in medicine, dentistry, nursing and other health professions. The program provides an important pipeline for students who are often the first in their families to attend college or consider a career in health care, according toDr. Clarence...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - November 14, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Einstein Faculty Receive NIH Career Development Awards
October 28, 2016—(BRONX, NY)— The National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers career development grants to young researchers—usually senior postdoctoral fellows or early-career faculty members. These grants, known as K awards, enable recipients to conduct independent research and eventually compete for major grant support. Ten Einstein researchers have recently received K awards in federal fiscal year 2016. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - October 28, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Rockefeller University awarded $27 million NIH grant to fund clinical and translational science in Hospital
The five-year “CTSA” grant will enable clinical work based at The Rockefeller University Hospital. The Clinical and Translational Science Award, given by the NIH, is designed to improve the translational research process and foster innovation in research methods, training, and career development. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire)
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - September 29, 2016 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Geoffrey Shearer Tags: Campus News Barry Coller Barry S. Coller Center for Clinical and Translational Science Clinical and Translational Science Award National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences National Institutes of Health Source Type: news
Society for Scholarly Publishing announces three engaging seminars for scholarly communication professionals
Three engaging seminars will be offered for scholarly communication professionals by the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP). These events will be held at the American Geophysical Union in Washington, DC, October 4-5. All seminars include lunch and networking breaks. Discounted rates are available for SSP members, early career professionals, and attending multiple seminars.
On October 4, a full-day seminar titled, Develop Somebody-Even Yourself: Mentorship, Career Development and Networking will address mentorship, career development and networking. This seminar is ideal for professionals at any level of their career an...
Source: News from STM - September 20, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news
Interviewing 102: Making a Match that Will Last
A successful job interview looks beyond the offer letter
There are many ways one might define a successful interview in a typical scenario; usually, job offer = successful interview. But for an EM physician in most markets, the offer is almost a given. A successful interview can and should be so much more than getting an offer or making a great impression. A truly good interview is rather a step in the process of making the best possible match.
As you’ve likely heard before, a large percentage of EP’s stay in their first job less than two years. And while a portion of that group can be attributed to situations s...
Source: EPMonthly.com - September 19, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Matt McGahen Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
School counselors' intervention in bias-related incidents among Latino students - Toomey RB, Storlie CA.
School counselors help foster student's academic, social, and career development; yet, school counselors are often neglected in research on school climate and student safety. Framed by the theory of planned behavior, this study examined how 206 school coun... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Indiana Biosciences Research Institute scientist receives $750,000 JDRF grant
(Indiana Biosciences Research Institute) Indiana Biosciences Research Institute Scientist Receives $750,000 JDRF Career Development Award. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 7, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New study shows how the body suppresses inflammation in the night
UK scientists have made a discovery that helps to explain how the body is able to suppress inflammation during the night. The findings, published in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal, could not only help explain why manyarthritis patients wake up stiff in the morning, but could also lead to the development of innovative new therapies. How a protein suppresses inflammation at night Researchers from the University of Manchester made this breakthrough after examining cells from the joint tissue of healthy mice and humans called fibroblast-like synoviocytes, which play a key role in causing ...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - August 8, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
UTA engineering researcher to develop tools to better analyze complex patient data
(University of Texas at Arlington) The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $535,763 Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, grant to Junzhou Huang, an assistant professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department, to discover a process by which image-omics data can be combined into files that are small enough that current computing technology will allow scientists to better predict how long a patient will live and how best to treat that patient. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 8, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Announcing the 2016 SYNERGY Scholars Awards
Three outstanding early-career investigators have been selected as recipients of the 2016 SYNERGY Scholars Mentored Career Development Award, funded through Dartmouth SYNERGY Clinical and Translational Science Institute. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - August 3, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Geisel Communications Tags: Insider News Source Type: news
Three-drug combinations could help counter antibiotic resistance, UCLA biologists report
Each year, approximately 700,000 people die from drug-resistant bacterial infections. A study by UCLA life scientists could be a major step toward combating drug-resistant infections.
The research, reported in the journal Royal Society Interface, found that combinations of three different antibiotics can often overcome bacteria’s resistance to antibiotics, even when none of the three antibiotics on their own — or even two of the three together — is effective.
The researchers grew E. coli bacteria in a laboratory and treated the samples with combinations of one, two and three antibiotics from a group of 14 drugs. Th...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 22, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Career development and counselling needs of LGBTQ high school students - Chen CP, Keats A.
There is a dearth of research concerning the career development and counselling issues that are relevant for high school students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ). As such, little is known to understand LGBTQ students w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
