America's syphilis epidemic laid bare: Rates of STD rise to highest level since the 1950s... and one state has become the outbreak's VERY unlikely epicenter
An annual report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) showed 203,500 cases of the disease - which causes sores in the genitals and mouth - were diagnosed nationwide in 2022, the latest year available. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as US undergoes overdose epidemic
The e-commerce giant eBay will pay a $59 million in a settlement with the Justice Department over thousands of pill press machines sold on the the platform (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
The Silent Epidemic: How Cognitive Biases Impact Healthcare Decisions
From the waiting room to the operating table, subconscious biases impact both patients and healthcare professionals with negative consequences. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 31, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Pearl, M.D., Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma standard Source Type: news
The U.S. Hasn ’ t Seen Syphilis Numbers This High Since 1950
NEW YORK — The U.S. syphilis epidemic isn’t abating, with the rate of infectious cases rising 9% in 2022, according to a new federal government report on sexually transmitted diseases in adults.
But there’s some unexpected good news: The rate of new gonorrhea cases fell for the first time in a decade.
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It’s not clear why syphilis rose 9% while gonorrhea dropped 9%, officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, adding that it’s too soon to know whether a new downward trend is emerging for the latter.
They are most fo...
Source: TIME: Health - January 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
'Blockbuster' experimental drug cuts off pain at the source and isn't addictive - so could it solve the opioid epidemic?
Scientists in San Diego say the drug - dubbed VX-548 - works by cutting off pain signals at their source and does not affect the brain, avoiding addiction. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Drug-Related Endocarditis: A First Stab at Recommendations for Surgeons
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- In response to the opioid epidemic, a primer to treating infective endocarditis (IE) specifically related to drug use was released by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).
A workforce on the surgical management... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - January 30, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
America Hasn't Seen Syphilis Numbers This High Since 1950
(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. syphilis epidemic isn't abating, with the rate of infectious cases rising 9% in 2022, according to a new federal government report on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in adults.
But there's some unexpected good... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 30, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Children 'to be banned from buying cheap disposable vapes from abroad' under Rishi Sunak's war on child e-cig epidemic
In efforts to stamp out the UK's child vaping epidemic, the PM has pledged to ban disposable e-cigs completely. Ministers are also considering an import ban on single-use vapes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vaping put me in hospital - I fear kids could die without urgent crackdown on UK's child e-cig epidemic
Alex Gittins, from Bishop Auckland in County Durham, was hospitalised last spring after struggling to breathe after vaping. He was forced have part of his lung removed and stapled back together. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Assessment of health-related quality of life in patients with burns injuries during the COVID-19 epidemic: a critical topic for burn survivors - Özkal, Seyyah M.
PURPOSE: It is well known that the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) epidemic had an adverse effect on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with disabilities, or neurological or chronic conditions. The aim of this study was to examine the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Public health, firearms, and domestic violence in US v Rahimi - Tobin-Tyler E.
On November 7, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in US v Rahimi, a case that will have monumental implications for the 1 in 3 women who experience domestic violence each year1 and the government ’s ability to address the epidemic of gun violen... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
The Quiet Epidemic of Women With ADHD
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Single-use vapes 'will be BANNED' under crackdown on e-cigarette epidemic in children
On top of the ban, a crackdown on how e-cigarettes are marketed and the flavours they come in in England is expected, as well as a higher tax for the products. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Spotlights Epidemic Journalism with "Prevent Epidemics Award"
[Nigeria Health Watch] Nigeria Health Watch, a not-for-profit health communication and advocacy organisation is partnering with the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA), renowned for its recognition of healthcare heroes to host a groundbreaking initiative: the "Prevent Epidemics Journalism Award". This new category in NHEA celebrates outstanding media reportage on epidemic preparedness and response across radio, print, and television. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Ban or Restrict? Quandary Facing Governments as Vaping Entices Teens Worldwide
By Ulysses DorotheoBANGKOK, Thailand, Jan 26 2024 (IPS) A hot debate on electronic smoking devices is expected to engage governments, scheduled to meet in Panama from 5-10 February for the tenth session of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).
The WHO FCTC, the first health treaty, was developed to address the global tobacco epidemic and to ensure that governments are supported in implementing comprehensive and effective tobacco control strategies.
Earlier in 2016, the governments during COP8 made a decision to either prohibit or restrict the manufacture, importati...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ulysses Dorotheo Tags: Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
