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
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
The night and day challenge of sleep disorders and insomnia: a narrative review - San L, Arranz B.
This is a narrative review of sleep disorders, especially chronic insomnia, as a primary diagnosis or as a comorbid diagnosis associated with different psychiatric and organic diseases. The epidemiological evidence is reviewed, the diagnostic criteria most... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload 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.
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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
Electrical injuries in children-a 6-year retrospective study - Hu N, Chen JG, Liu J, Wang YN, Wang YN, Yu J, Qi HY.
This study aimed to assess the clinical epidemiological characteristics of children with electrical injuries and discuss the countermeasures for the prevention of electrical injuries in children. METHODS: The children with electrical in... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children 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
Community-based surveillance programme evaluation using the platform Nyss implemented by the Somali Red Crescent Society-a mixed methods approach - Jung J, Larsen TM, Beledi AH, Takahashi E, Ahmed AO, Reid J, Kongelf IA.
BACKGROUND: Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS), supported by Norwegian Red Cross, has implemented community-based surveillance (CBS) in Somaliland. This methodology aims to reduce the high risk of epidemics by strengthening early warning and response from ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: news
Trends in pediatric anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in Australia: an analysis of Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule Database From 2001 to 2020 - Campbell RJ, An V, Molnar R, St George J, Sivakumar BS, Symes M.
The objective of this study is to assess... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Epidemiology of injuries in Olympic Sports - Lambert C, Ritzmann R, Akoto R, Lambert M, Pfeiffer T, Wolfarth B, Lachmann D, Shafizadeh S.
Injuries effect the performance of athletes. Severity of injuries is determined by time loss and sporting performance reduction. To treat injuries adequately, it is necessary to get an overview of varied injuries types in different sports disciplines. In a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology 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
GRADE system in systematic reviews of prevalence or incidence studies evaluating sport-related injuries: why is GRADE important? - Martinez-Calderon J, Garc ía-Muñoz C.
Epidemiological systematic reviews are increasing in the field of sport and exercise medicine (SEM). For example, the prevalence or incidence rates of lower extremity (eg, knee), upper extremity (eg, hands), and head and neck injuries have been synthetised... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
How do sports injury epidemiological outcomes vary depending on athletes' response rates to a weekly online questionnaire? An analysis of 39-week follow-up from 391 athletics (track and field) athletes - Edouard P, Dandrieux PE, Blanco D, Tondut J, Chapon J, Navarro L, Junge A, Hollander K.
OBJECTIVE: To explore how sports injury epidemiological outcomes (i.e., prevalence, average prevalence, incidence, burden, and time to first injury) vary depending on the response rates to a weekly online self-reported questionnaire for athletes. M... (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.
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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
Science integrity sleuths welcome legal aid fund for whistleblowers
A Silicon Valley investor has pledged $1 million to help pay the legal costs of scientists being sued for flagging fraudulent research. Yun-Fang Juan, an engineer and data scientist by background, hopes the new Scientific Integrity Fund—the first of its kind—will make speaking up about wrongdoing less intimidating. The fund comes after a spate of cases in which high-profile scientists have retracted papers after whistleblowers made allegations of research fraud.
“As scientists, we need to be able to ask questions and raise concerns about other researchers’ work, without the risk of being sued, or going bankru...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 5, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
