Risk of Serious Head Injuries Higher in Elderly Risk of Serious Head Injuries Higher in Elderly
An analysis of the NEXUS Head CT database offered key insights into blunt head trauma epidemiology, presentations, and injury patterns, particularly in older patients.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - February 29, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news
Global Pesticide Ban Is Only Way To Stop Us From a Health Epidemic Nightmare
Getting your five-a-day has been one of Britain's nutrition benchmarks for decades, but the aim is now turning millions of people into ticking health timebombs. A recent study from the Environmental Working Group made the startling discovery that a large percent of Americans tested positive for…#donaldtrump #brexit #nhs #dewaynejohnson #monsanto #bayerag #roundup #stvincent #grenadines #dowchemical (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Heartbeat unplugged: Addressing the silent epidemic of cardiovascular diseases through an Indian perspective
Prevention is key, and it's essential to address risk factors before symptoms develop when it comes to cardiovascular diseases, which is what makes the cardiac wellness session with Prof. (Dr) Ashok Seth and Dr. Ashwin B. Mehta, compelling. Delving deep into the world of heart health, these eminent cardiologists provided a medical handbook of cardiac wellness in the latest drop of the USV health awareness multimedia series—‘Heart Talks: A Deep Dive into Cardiac Wellness’—in collaboration with The Economic Times. Learn all about identifying commonly overlooked symptoms, the dominant risk factors, the role of early a...
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 28, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Peru Declares Health Emergency in Most Provinces as Dengue Cases Soar
LIMA, Peru — Peru declared a health emergency in most of its provinces on Monday due to a growing number of dengue cases that are occurring at a time of higher than usual temperatures caused by the El Nino weather pattern.
According to the nation’s health ministry, the number of dengue cases registered during the first seven weeks of this year is twice as high as during the same period in 2023 – with more than 31,000 cases recorded.
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“This is a grave problem,” health minister Cesar Vásquez said last week, before the emergency was declar...
Source: TIME: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Franklin Briceño / AP Tags: Uncategorized wire Source Type: news
Clinical-epidemiological profile of traumatic brain injury associated with traffic accidents in southeastern Par á, in the Brazilian Amazon - Ribeiro EA, Ferreira RH, Caixeta LC, Fagundes MJL, Weber LKBJ, Teixeira AO.
INTRODUCTION: In Brazil, traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents about two thirds of all causes of death and are often associated with traffic accidents, causing overload of medium and high complexity services. OBJECTIVES: To describe the occurrenc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Viral video shows Tesla's Cybertruck deterring an increasingly common car crime
Car break-ins are an unfortunate epidemic around the San Francisco Bay Area. Related: BYD's new supercar is looking to leave Ferrari and Lamborghini in the dust According to a December 2023 report by the San Francisco Standard, through December 15, 2023, about 20,450 instances of "theft from…#sanfranciscobayarea #byd #bayarea #arashmalek #tesla #oakland #nightcall #infinitig37 #automotive #infiniti (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Experiences of childhood, intimate partner, non-partner, and hate crime-related violence among a sample of people living with HIV in the epicenter of the U.S. HIV epidemic - Sales JM, Anderson KM, Livingston MD, Garbarino S, Hadera S, Rose ES, Carlson MS, Kalokhe AS.
INTRODUCTION: Experiences of violence among people living with HIV (PLWH) are thought to be highly prevalent but remain inadequately captured. As a first step toward acceptable, trauma informed practices that improve engagement and retention in care for PL... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Medical misadventures as errors and mistakes and motor vehicular accidents in the disproportionate burden of childhood mortality among Blacks/African Americans in the United States: CDC dataset, 1968-2015 - Holmes LJ, Enwere M, Mason R, Holmes MS, Ngalim P, Nsongka K, Deepika K, Ogungbade G, Poleon M, Mage DT.
PURPOSE: Racial disparities in infant mortality in the United States persist after adjustment for known confounders of race and mortality association, as well as heterogeneity assessment. Epidemiologic and clinical data continue to show the survival disadv... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of open globe injuries in Southwest China - Chen Q, Liang L, Shi Y, Lu F.
BACKGROUND: Open globe injuries (OGIs) are one of the leading causes of monocular vision loss, and the clinical characteristics of OGIs are region specific. The features and patterns of OGIs in Southwest China are poorly known and not well studied. Our stu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Reported xylazine exposure highly associated with overdose outcomes in a rapid community assessment among people who inject drugs in Baltimore - German D, Genberg B, Sugarman O, Saloner B, Sawyer A, Glick JL, Gribbin M, Flynn C.
Addressing xylazine harms are now a critical harm reduction priority, but relatively little epidemiological information exists to determine prevalence, magnitude, and correlates of xylazine use or related outcomes.
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Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Cannabis use in teenage years: results of the prevention radar from 2016 to 2023 - Hanewinkel R, Hansen J.
The aim of this study was to map trends in cannabis use among adolescents from 2016 to 2023. Based on seven waves of a German school-based epidemiological study in lower secondary school, the lifetime and monthly prevalence of cannabis use among 12 to 17-y... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Epidemiology of injuries in elite female rink hockey players: a two season observational study - Quintana-Cepedal M, Roces-Vila I, Del Valle M, Olmedillas H.
OBJECTIVES: To record the time-loss injuries of female rink hockey players and describe the affected region, tissue, and onset of injury. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey study. SETTING: First (Ok Liga) and Second (Plata) division clubs. PARTICIPANTS... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Epidemiology, risk factors, and biomarkers of post-traumatic epilepsy: a comprehensive overview - Kazis D, Chatzikonstantinou S, Ciobica A, Kamal FZ, Burlui V, Calin G, Mavroudis I.
This paper presents an in-depth exploration of Post-Traumatic Epilepsy (PTE), a complex neurological disorder following traumatic brain injury (TBI), characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures. With TBI being a global health concern, understanding PTE... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Epidemiology of burns in a humanitarian setting: a national study among refugees in Lebanon - Presser E, Farhat M, Michael M, El Asmar K, Jaber L, Moustafa M, Mowafi H, Al-Hajj S.
INTRODUCTION: Burns represent one of the leading causes of morbidity worldwide and disproportionately impact women, children, and socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals. Syrian refugees who fled conflict to land in overcrowded informal settlements acr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
The shifting trends in the epidemiology and risk factors of non-accidental fractures in children - Baghdadi S, Momtaz D, Torres-Izquierdo B, Pereira DE, Gonuguntla R, Mittal M, Hosseinzadeh P.
BACKGROUND: Fractures are a common presentation of non-accidental trauma (NAT) in the pediatric population. However, the presentation could be subtle, and a high degree of suspicion is needed not to miss NAT. OBJECTIVE: To analyze a comprehensive d... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
