Injury epidemiology in beach tennis: incidence and risk factors - Rodrigues FL, Barone PS, Penha RS, Franco IP.
INTRODUCTION: Due to the growing increase in beach tennis practice in Brazil and the lack of studies on the injuries that occur in this sport, it has become necessary to develop more research on the subject. OBJECTIVE: to identify risk and protecti... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Epidemiology and treatment of distal radius fractures at four public hospitals in Malawi - Dworkin M, Harrison WJ, Chidothi P, Mbowuwa F, Martin CJ, Agarwal-Harding K, Chokotho L.
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the burden or management of distal radius fractures (DRFs) in low- and middle-income countries. The purpose of this study was to describe the care of DRFs in Malawi. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed a registry ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Next epidemic to spill out of China could be SUPER GONORRHEA - where rate of antibiotic-resistant STIs are 40x higher than US and UK
China , known as ground zero for the pandemic, may be fueling the global rise of super gonorrhea-a threat capable of evading standard treatments, endangering public health worldwide. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Puerto Rico Declares Dengue Epidemic as Cases Climb
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024 -- Puerto Rico has declared a dengue epidemic following a surge in cases of the mosquito-borne disease in the U.S. territory.In total, there have been 549 cases, including 341 hospitalizations and 29 severe cases, reported... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 28, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Puerto Rico declares an epidemic after dengue cases spike. What you need to know.
More than 500 cases have been reported from the island. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sabrina Malhi Source Type: news
Beating the Squatter Epidemic
States are fighting back to restore people’s rights to their own property. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Community Health Workers Making a Difference for Pediatric HIV Clients in South Sudan
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Communications OfficerrgoodwinMarch 27, 2024April 01, 2024 12:00 PMInSouth Sudan, community outreach volunteers (COVs) like Lawrence Monday play a key role in the HIV response —linking health facilities and communities to extend services and acting as peers to people living with HIV. Under the supervision of an adherence nurse, Lawrence supports 160 clients on HIV treatment, including 15 children.One of the children Lawrence helps is Timo*, who had a rough start in life. He was born in 2017 into a low-income family in Juba. His biological father was never around to help him as a baby, and his 25-year-old singl...
Source: IntraHealth International - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: rgoodwin Source Type: news
Puerto Rico declares dengue fever epidemic amid alarming surge of 'bone breaking' disease - in warning to spring breakers
Health officials in US territory Puerto Rico have declared 'bone-breaking' disease dengue fever an epidemic following a surge in cases. This comes amid ferocious outbreaks in South America. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID-Cautious Americans Feel Abandoned
For all of 2020, Alex, a 28-year-old living in New York, followed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) COVID-19 guidance “religiously.” Then, in 2021, something began to shift. That spring, the CDC said it was okay for vaccinated people to ditch their masks in most places. But people were clearly still getting sick—including Alex, who got COVID-19 for the first time in late 2021 and later developed Long COVID symptoms.
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“There was this reckoning moment where it was like, ‘Maybe the CDC is not being totally honest with...
Source: TIME: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Improving substance use disorder treatment training in medical school - Fagbemi M.
Substance use disorder (SUD) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and globally. Even though a lot of proposals have been implemented to help combat the opioid epidemic and are to be applauded, there remain a lot of changes ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Breaking the silence: an epidemiological report on Asian American and Pacific Islander youth mental health and suicide (1999-2021) - Reyes MP, Song I, Bhatt A.
This study aimed to evaluate epidemiological trends in AAPI youth suicide and reports of depressive symptoms among Asian and Pacific Isla... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
A comprehensive analysis of age of onset and cumulative incidence of mental disorders: a Danish register study - Beck C, Pedersen CB, Plana-Ripoll O, Dalsgaard S, Debost JCP, Laursen TM, Musliner KL, Mortensen PB, Pedersen MG, Petersen LV, Yilmaz Z, McGrath J, Agerbo E.
This study aims to provid... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Correction to: Healthcare utilization and psychiatric morbidity in violent offenders: findings from a prospective cohort study - T ärnhäll A, Björk J, Wallinius M, Gustafsson P, Billstedt E, Hofvander B.
Correction to: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (2023) 58:617 –628 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02408-6
In this article, the data presented in Table 3 and Table 4 were incorrectly reported and have since been corrected.
L... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Epidemiology of craniomaxillofacial fractures over a 5-year period at a Midwestern Level 1 trauma center serving a large rural population - Rangarajan S, Chen EW, Nguyen M, Lakshmipathy D, Sethi K, Bailey J.
BACKGROUND: Though the epidemiology of craniomaxillofacial (CMF) fractures has been well documented at urban hospitals, the characteristics of these fractures in rural hospitals have not been well studied. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to r... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Bird flu discovered in U.S. dairy cows is ‘disturbing’
The bird flu virus that has wreaked havoc around the world appears to have surfaced in U.S. dairy cows, the first time this viral subtype has been documented in any cattle. Three U.S. states—Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico—on 25 March reported cows sickened with what scientists are presuming is the same H5N1 strain of influenza that has killed hundreds of millions of poultry and wild birds.
The cattle infections are spoiling milk and causing limited disease in mostly older animals. Dead birds have also been found on some of the farms, which may explain the source of the virus. Public health officials have stressed ...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 26, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
