Nigeria: Controversy Trails Bird Flu Outbreak in Kebbi
[Daily Trust] Since the declaration of the avian influenza outbreak in Kebbi State over a month ago, controversy between poultry farmers and the state government over the genuineness of the epidemic has remained a source of concern to many residents, Daily Trust on Sunday can report. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news

Next credit card epidemic? ‘Buy now, pay later’ becomes unregulated gateway drug into debt addiction
America’s debt addiction takes on a new twist—thanks to opaque, unregulated “buy now, pay later” loans that have swept retail in the past few years. There’s no single definition of a BNPL loan, but it usually refers to a point-of-sale loan that shoppers can pay off in smaller increments, often…#bnpl #federalreserves #consumerreports #newyorkfed #tomakana #kathyhochul #steptoellp #occ #cfpb #rohitchopra (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Global cancer phenomenon: It's not just America... the UK, Japan, South Africa and Australia are among dozens of countries suffering mystery spikes of all different kinds of tumors in young people
Doctors across the globe are sounding the alarm over the epidemic of young people being diagnosed with cancers more commonly associated with the elderly. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Groups aim to standardize nuclear medicine imaging of CV infections
Eleven medical associations have released guidance on the use of PET/CT and SPECT/CT for patients with cardiovascular (CV) infections. The recommendations could improve patient care, as current clinical tools are often insufficient in complicated cases, noted lead author of the guidance Jamieson Bourque, MD, of the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville. The document was published jointly March 11 in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, Clinical Infectious Diseases, the Heart Rhythm Journal, and JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. “The stakes are high with cardiovascular infection because the incidence is incr...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news

"Epidemic" of violence in Brazilian schools and its impact on the health of survivors: a perspective based on adverse childhood experiences - Jural LA, Risso PA, Cunha AJLA, Fagundes FA, Fonseca-Gon çalves A, Paiva SM, Maia LC.
In the first quarter of 2023, the sequential event of violent attacks in daycare centers, preschools and Brazilian schools caused the national and international media to warn that the country is experiencing an "epidemic" of violence in schools 1. Betw... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

BetterMynd Accelerates Student Impact, Now Serving More Than 100 College and University Partners To Deliver High Quality Online Student Mental Health Support
BetterMynd nearly doubles the number of successful 50-minute online therapy sessions to help address the growing mental health epidemic on college campuses nationwide BUFFALO, N.Y., March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BetterMynd, a leading online therapy platform that centers on the... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 14, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: CXP Source Type: news

How the 4-day workweek could fix burnout and low productivity in one fell swoop
Executives struggling to fix a burnout epidemic ruining workers’ health and costing their companies big bucks in lost productivity may want to consider implementing something their employees have been clamouring for: the four-day workweek. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here…#infinitepotential #oxforduniversity #joeoconnor #canadians #fpwork (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Illicit drug abuse and complexity of tibial shaft fracture based on AO/OTA classification: is there any connection? - Sharafi A, Ghaderi A, Shahbazi P, Ghaseminejad-Raeini A, Ramezani A, Soleimani M, Talebiyan P, Shafiei SH.
PURPOSE: Illicit drug abuse is a global epidemic afflicting millions worldwide. Several studies have investigated the contribution of this dependence as a risk factor for fracture, but its impacts on fracture severity have been rarely studied. The present ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among females with same-sex partners in South Africa: what is the role of age-disparity? - De Wet-Billings N, Billings B.
BACKGROUND: South African women have been exposed to epidemic proportions of intimate partner violence (IPV) amongst heterosexual relationships but not much is known about same-sex partnerships. Sexual minorities are excluded from research but are subject ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news

Experts Can ’ t Agree If We ’ re Still in a Pandemic
As a health journalist, I’ve written the phrase “the COVID-19 pandemic” more times than I care to count in the four years since the World Health Organization (WHO) first used that term on March 11, 2020. But lately, the word “pandemic” has given me pause. Maybe you’ve noticed it too: these days, a lot of people refer to the pandemic in the past tense. “During COVID,” they say, or, “when we were in the pandemic.” The implication is that the virus is gone and the pandemic is over. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The former is clearly untrue. The ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

‘I’m never going to be Tony’: Jeanne Marrazzo, Anthony Fauci’s successor, vows a new direction at NIAID
When Jeanne Marrazzo started her residency at the Yale New Haven Hospital in 1988, the world was a very different place. Marrazzo provided care for dying AIDS patients—mainly gay men and intravenous drug users and their sexual partners. “Stigma was alive and well and thriving, and in fact, really, really ugly at the time,” Marrazzo told an audience of young scientists on 3 March in Denver, just before the start of an HIV/AIDS conference. “You really sometimes had to work hard to get your patients what you needed. That made me interested in political and scientific advocacy and activism very early on.” At th...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Youth violence and knife crime in ethnic minorities in the UK: a review of the literature - Gwata D, Ventriglio A, Hughes P, Deahl M.
BACKGROUND: Youth violence and knife crime is increasing dramatically, so much so it has been described as a global epidemic. The social, economic and political forces fuelling this rise mean that minority groups are particularly affected. AIM: Thi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

What's causing colon cancer epidemic in young people? Scientists launch $25m global probe to find the answer
A team of researchers at top universities in the US and UK will receive $25million over five years to investigate the causes of colon cancer in young people. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How to Use Apps to Actually Make Friends
With loneliness at epidemic levels in the U.S., many people could use a few more friends to lean on. Survey data suggest that many U.S. adults want to make new friends—perhaps because strong relationships are one of the best predictors of happiness and well-being—but struggle to do so. About 8% of U.S. adults say they don’t have any close friends at all. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Enter the apps. Bumble for Friends, Hey! VINA, Wink, and plenty more promise to help people make friends online. Many work just like dating apps: you build a profile that includes photos and a bio, then swi...
Source: TIME: Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Dengue is raging in Brazil. A promising local vaccine is at least a year away
When dengue started to circulate in his small town in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, Fabio Vilella’s first thought was that he should get his 13-year-old son vaccinated. Children are especially vulnerable, and his son had dengue before, which increases the risk of severe disease. But Vilella, an environmental biologist, soon made a startling discovery: Not a single private clinic or pharmacy in the country had any vaccine left. “I’m really worried,” he says. Brazil is seeing an unprecedented surge in dengue, a viral disease that can cause excruciating pains and is sometimes fatal. An unusually hot ...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 5, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news