Fully Ready to Kill, Shockingly Unprepared to Save Lives
Credit: Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMIDBy Baher KamalMADRID, Jan 14 2022 (IPS) While absolutely ready to kill, with the biggest military powers spending in 2020 nearly two trillion US dollars on weapons, the world is shockingly unprepared to save the lives of millions of unarmed, innocent civilian victims of wars… and other man-made catastrophes.
The military spending data come from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which also reports that global nuclear arsenals grow as states continue to modernise, thus sharply increasing the dangers of an unimaginable number of victims of the most devastati...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Global Global Governance Headlines Health Peace Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Cochlear Implants Can Benefit Deaf Children With Autism
Improvement seen in language skills and social engagement (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - January 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Family Medicine, Neurology, ENT, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Surgery, Journal, Source Type: news
BBC presenter who started going deaf gave up having a third baby
In the summer of 2017, as Helena Merriman, who lives in South-West London, started going out more, she was horrified to find that she couldn't hear conversations, particularly in crowded, noisy places. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cochlear Implants a Big Help to Deaf Children With Autism
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 -- Having autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can make communication a challenge, and some of these children are also deaf, making social interactions even more daunting.
But new research suggests that cochlear implants can go a... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 29, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Development of a social communication questionnaire (QSC-ID) for people with intellectual disability in a deaf sample: a pilot and feasibility study - Weber C, Weber C, Fellinger J, Holzinger D.
BACKGROUND: Social communication (SC) includes the use and interpretation of verbal and non-verbal messages within a social context and thus requires more than knowledge of language. Social communication skills are essential for connecting and engaging wit... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
‘The doctors came and I had to tell my father he was dying’
Is it always appropriate for relatives to interpret for deaf loved ones? (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - December 28, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Daily Insight: Nightingale’s song falls on deaf ears
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - December 23, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Colorado Trucker Rogel Aguilera-Mederos' Prosecutor Kayla Wildeman Slammed for Tone-Deaf Post
Protests are intensifying over the extraordinary 110-year sentence given to an immigrant trucker who caused a fiery crash when his brakes failed. #immigranttrucker #kaylawildeman #protests (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 21, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What are Some Risk Factors for Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Outcomes?
Discussion
“Neonatal encephalopathy, manifesting as altered responsiveness, seizures, apnea and abnormal muscle tone and reflexes, resulting from hypoxic-ischemic injury is termed hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).” Neonatal encephalopathy can be associated with other problems including stroke, hemorrhage, infection, pre-term brain injury and hypoglycemia as some examples. Sometimes more than one of these entities occurs simultaneously such as hypoglycemia and HIE. HIE can result in long-term neurological problems including motor, behavioral, and cognitive problems that can become apparent even years later....
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 13, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Parents of a deaf child reveal 'incredible' therapy that saved their daughter
PARENTS Jorge and Lindsey were left in tears after they found out that their newborn daughter Grace was born profoundly deaf. Unprepared and unsure what the future would look like for Grace, they began to immediately research their options. With an estimated 50,000 children in the UK who are classified as "deaf", it can be difficult to tell if your child is struggling. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NHS Lothian criticised over late diagnosis of deaf children
Several profoundly deaf children were diagnosed too late for vital implant surgery, a report finds. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - December 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bone Conduction Devices Tied to Better Hearing-Related Quality of Life Bone Conduction Devices Tied to Better Hearing-Related Quality of Life
People with single-sided sensorineural deafness who receive bone conduction devices experience improved hearing-related quality of life, but no change in general quality of life, a recent systematic review and meta-analysis suggests.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Postpartum depression: A deaf mum's story.
Catherine, a single parent who is also deaf, struggled with postpartum depression. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Postpartum depression: A deaf mum's story
Catherine, a single parent who is also deaf, struggled with postpartum depression. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
WWII veteran, 102, regains his hearing and social life, thanks to UCLA cochlear implant program
As a World War II pilot flying B-17 bombers behind enemy lines in Europe, Irvin Poff never backed down in the face of danger.In 1944, while he was flying in formation with a squadron of 28 other Army Air Force planes, an engine on Poff ’s plane failed five minutes before he was ordered to drop 6,000 pounds of explosives over an Austrian oil refinery. Knowing Nazi fighters liked to pick off solo flyers, he diverted full-throttle emergency power to his remaining three engines.“We were supposed to limit emergency power to six minutes to prevent the engines from overheating and exploding,” Poff recalled. “But I pushed ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - November 11, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
