Ritual sexual abuse : orientation to patient well-being in a polarized debate - Fegert JM, Urbaniok F.
BACKGROUND: The background to this article is a polarized media debate about ritual violence against children in German speaking countries. Two opposing positions have formed, which are unable to engage in a reasonable exchange with each other. OBJ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Swimming competence of 9-10-year-old Norwegian primary school children: a cross-sectional study of physical education - Sundan J, Haga M, Lor ås H.
Swimming is a profound source of joy in life. The impact of swimming competence extends beyond leisure, encompassing aquatic skills crucial for the prevention of drowning incidents. The World Health Organization (WHO) strongly advocates for the proactive i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
I'm a psychologist. Here's why sensitive parenting is best for children
One day while working at my outpatient private practice in Homewood, Illinois, I received a call from a high school counselor. She asked if I could see—right away—a senior and his parents in her waiting room. She had just talked with the boy, Peter, who had told her he wanted to kill himself. I…#homewood #illinois #bowlby #danielcdennett #ronaldruff #phd (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can You Eat Cicadas? Yes, and Here ’s How to Catch, Clean, and Cook Them
Get ready to see cicadas everywhere.
More than a trillion of the critters are expected to surface in parts of the United States this year in a rare co-emergence event the likes of which hasn’t been seen in over two centuries.
Known for their deafening mating calls, which can be as loud as lawnmowers, cicadas emerge after more than a decade underground, offering a tasty meal to birds—and even the occasional human.
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That’s right, cicadas, like many insects, have been hailed as an eco-friendly and high-protein alternative to poultry and cattle. They&rsquo...
Source: TIME: Science - April 19, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Koh Ewe Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight Source Type: news
Africa: Gavi and Unicef Welcome Approval of New Oral Cholera Vaccine
[GAVI] Geneva/New York -- Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and UNICEF welcome the news that a new oral cholera vaccine (OCV), Euvichol-S, has now received WHO prequalification and can be made available to countries around the world. The prequalification of this new product will help EuBiologics, the manufacturer, produce more volumes of vaccine, faster, and at a lower cost - a key step to expanding supply amidst the ongoing acute global upsurge of cholera outbreaks.Today's approval will help increase the overall supply of OCV available (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Children and Youth Health and Medicine NGOs and Civil Society Source Type: news
FNS: Establishing the Summer EBT Program and Rural Non-Congregate Option in the Summer Meal Programs
Notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) extending the comment period on theDecember 29, 2023, interim final rule titled "Establishing the Summer EBT Program and Rural Non-Congregate Option in the Summer Meal Programs." The interim final rule amends the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the National School Lunch Program's Seamless Summer Option (SSO) regulations to codify the flexibility for rural program operators to provide non-congregate meal service in the SFSP and SSO. This rule also establishes regulations and codifies a permanent summer electronic benefits transfer ...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 19, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Blueberries and bell peppers: six fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide risk
None Why they’re a problem: One in five samples of domestic, conventional blueberries had residue of phosmet, a pesticide that the Environmental Protection Agency considers a particular risk to children. It’s an organophosphate (OP), a class of chemicals responsible for much of the risk in many…#oxamyl #chlorpropham #epa #mexico #consumerreports #cantaloupe (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Federal labor investigators say L.A. poultry plant used child labor and tried to cover it up
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Monday to block a San Gabriel Valley poultry processing plant from using “oppressive” child labor. A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Monday to block a poultry processing plant in the city of Irwindale from using…#sangabrielvalley #irwindale #usdepartmentoflabor #moonpoultry #jrcculinarygroup #fuqianchenlu #labordepartment #gregorywpatterson #chenlu #otisdwrightii (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones
The regulator calls the data a "wake up call", and says parents and industry need to do more. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Children used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials
They were given infected blood products in trials without their knowledge, the BBC has found. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sepsis Alliance Applauds Reintroduction of Lulu's Law in Advance of Pediatric Sepsis Week
The bipartisan bill, named for a four-year-old who was lost to sepsis, will enable the U.S. to tackle a condition that takes the lives of nearly 20 children each day. WASHINGTON, April 18, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A bill named in memory of four-year-old Ana Lucía "Lulu" Haynes, who... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 18, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PDT Source Type: news
Aimless Monocytes Underlie a Rare Lung Disease
Children with a multifaceted lung disorder share a receptor deficiency, which has implications for monocyte migration into the lungs. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - April 18, 2024 Category: Science Tags: News News & Opinion Source Type: news
Millions of Girls in Africa Will Miss HPV Shots After Merck Production Problem
The company has told countries that it can supply only 18.8 million of the 29.6 million doses it was contracted to deliver this year. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Vaccination and Immunization Developing Countries Cervical Cancer Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Women and Girls Medicine and Health Teenagers and Adolescence Children and Childhood Gardasil (Vaccine) Source Type: news
Durability of Original Monovalent mRNA Vaccine Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Omicron-Associated Hospitalization in Children and Adolescents - United States, 2021-2023
This report describes the duration of protection provided by the original monovalent COVID-19 vaccines. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 18, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Doctors Need to Get Better at Recognizing Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Whether fictional or fact-based, Munchausen syndrome by proxy grips the public. Media depictions in The Sixth Sense and Sharp Objects and real-life news coverage of Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s December 2023 release from jail are hard to look away from. The most well-known cases—real or dramatized—are often the starkest ones, but Munchausen by proxy comes in subtler, harder-to-detect forms too.
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“The media are fascinated, but they tend to depict the most extreme cases,” says Dr. Marc D. Feldman, distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Ass...
Source: TIME: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Klein Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
