NLM-Funded Scholarly Work on Nutrition, Health Disparities Wins International Award
An academic work funded by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health (G13) was awarded the 2024 Best Book in Urban Affairs Award by the Urban Affairs Association. Dr. Naa Oyo A. Kwate was presented with the award for her book, White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation, today at the International Conference on Urban Affairs in New York City. The book provides a detailed history of race and the food environment and its impact on nutrition and health disparities. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - April 26, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Getting the best out of the new world of remote and digital general practice
Nuffield Trust - The Remote by Default research collaboration, conducted by a team of academics and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, asks whether remote consultations should really be the default option. This briefing investigates when remote consultations are safe and what they mean for different patient groups trying to get treatment as well as for doctors and their colleagues. It summarises key findings, and actions required from government and the NHS.BriefingNuffield Trust - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 26, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Primary and community care Source Type: news
Investigation report: nutrition management of acutely unwell patients in acute medical units
Health Services Safety Investigations Body -The purpose of this investigation was to support improvements in the identification of malnutrition and management of nutritional needs for patients within acute medical units (AMUs). AMUs are the first point of entry for patients referred to hospital as an acute medical emergency by their GP and those requiring admission from the emergency department. The investigation uses, as an example, a real patient safety incident in which a man ’s nutritional needs were not met for 19 days stay in hospital, of which 13 days were in AMU resulting in him losing up to 26% of his body weigh...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 26, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient safety Source Type: news
Now Available! Updated Bacterial and Archaeal Reference Genomes Collection
Download the updated bacterial and archaeal reference genome collection! We built this collection of 19,328 genomes by selecting the “best” genome assembly for each species among the 350,000+ prokaryotic genomes in RefSeq (except for E. coli for which two assemblies were selected as reference). What’s New? 413 species are represented in this collection for the … Continue reading Now Available! Updated Bacterial and Archaeal Reference Genomes Collection → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - April 25, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) NCBI Taxonomy Nucleotide BLAST (blastn) Prokaryotic genome annotation RefSeq Source Type: news
The status of intimate partner violence against pregnant women in contemporary China: a scoping review - Fan XM, Kim HW.
PURPOSE: This review explored the status of publications on intimate partner violence (IPV) against pregnant women in contemporary China. METHODS: The PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, CINAHL, and PsycInfo databases were searched using the terms "I... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Association between adverse childhood experiences and academic performance among children and adolescents: a global meta-analysis - Qu G, Shu L, Liu H, Ma S, Han T, Zhang H, Huang C, Wang J, Yang L, Sun Y.
This study was conducted to quantify the association of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the academic performance of children and adolescents. The literature was systematically searched in six electronic databases, and a meta-analysis was conducted... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Language that could be clues to suicide differ between men and women
Key takeawaysIn a CDC database of violent deaths, researchers found large discrepancies in the language used in police reports and public health records to describe the circumstances surrounding male and female suicides.Words associated with male suicides were far more likely to reference job loss, alcohol abuse, financial stress and unusual behavior around the time of death than moods or mental health struggles clinicians would typically flag as precursors to suicide.The findings offer a new approach to understanding and identifying early warning signs for suicide that could be used to train health care workers and first ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 24, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Assessing the well-led key question for NHS trusts
Care Quality Commission -This guidance outlines how the Care Quality Commission will assess the well-led key question to support NHS trusts to understand what good leadership looks like.GuidanceCare Quality Commission - news (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 24, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Leadership and leadership development Source Type: news
Balancing the risks and benefits of AI in the production of health information
Patient Information Forum -Developed in collaboration with PIF ’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) working group, this position statement aims to help people understand the AI landscape and how to manage it. It defines what AI is, the risks and benefits of AI, a glossary of terms and makes a case for developing AI use policies.Position statementPatient Information Forum - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 24, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Source Type: news
Graph databases speaking the same language after ISO gives GQL the nod
GQL, the query language for graph databases, has been recognized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), offering users more portability of queries and skills between graph database systems. The first database query language to be certified by ISO since SQL in 1987, the new…#gql #iso #sql #carlolofson #idc #stefanplantikow #jimwebber #newcastleuniversity #googlequerylanguage #google (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Global consortium to study Pick's disease, rare form of early-onset dementia
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Pick's disease, a neurodegenerative disease of unknown genetic origin, is a rare type of frontotemporal dementia that affects people under the age of 65. The condition causes changes in personality, behavior and sometimes language impairment. In patients with the disease, tau proteins build up a nd form abnormal clumps called Pick bodies, which restrict nutrients to the brain and cause neurodegeneration. The only way to diagnose the disease is by looking at brain… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 24, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NCBI Hidden Markov Models (HMM) Release 15.0 Now Available!
Download release 15.0 of the NCBI protein profile Hidden Markov models (HMMs) used by the Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline (PGAP)! Search this collection against your favorite prokaryotic proteins to identify their function using the HMMER sequence analysis package. What’s New? Release 15.0 contains: 16,667 HMMs maintained by NCBI 279 new HMMs since release 14.0 Several … Continue reading NCBI Hidden Markov Models (HMM) Release 15.0 Now Available! → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - April 23, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Hidden Markov Models (HMM) HMMER NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline (PGAP) RefSeq Source Type: news
Statistical analysis of recorded deaths in custody between 2017 and 2021
Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC) - This statistical analysis of deaths in custody which finds that people in state detention are at a significantly increased risk of death compared with the general population, with the rates of deaths in prisons and Mental Health Act (MHA) detention particularly high. The analysis assesses and presents deaths in custody through the calculation of population rates. The report looks at deaths from all causes, including self-inflicted deaths, which took place in prisons, police custody, immigration detention, and under the MHA between 2017 and 2021.ReportPress rel...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Mental health Source Type: news
Are UK health systems dementia ready? Comparing dementia policy across the four nations of the UK
This report highlights the growing challenge of diagnosing people with dementia in the UK. By 2040 the number of dementia cases is set to rise to 1.5 million as the population ages. The research, sponsored by Lilly, finds that if there is no progress in improving diagnosis rates then over half a million people with dementia will be undiagnosed by 2040, nearly a quarter of a million more than today. Currently an estimated 850,000 people have dementia in the UK, with 315,000 people undiagnosed. The report finds that current dementia diagnosis rates across the UK vary significantly. Without a diagnosis, dementia patients are ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news
Psychological therapies for severe mental health problems: implementation guidance 2024
NHS England - This guidance is for NHS-commissioned mental health provider organisations, integrated care boards (ICBs), regional NHS England offices and chief psychological professions officers in mental health trusts. It aims to support mental health providers to deliver the NHS long term plan objective to increase access to psychological therapies for people with severe mental health problems, as part of a wider transformation of adult and older adult community mental health services.GuidanceMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: news
