Women's health strategy for England
Department of Health and Social Care -This document sets out the government ’s strategy for women’s health in England. It details the government’s ambitions over the next ten years and outlines the actions being taken to improve the health and wellbeing of women and girls in England.StrategyDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 20, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Improving children and young people ’s mental health services: local data insights from England, Scotland and Wales
Health Foundation - This briefing presents analysis from the Health Foundation ’s Networked Data Lab (NDL) about children and young people’s mental health. The analysis from local teams across England, Scotland and Wales has highlighted three key areas for urgent investigation, to help ensure children and young people get the care they need. These are: rapid increases in m ental health prescribing and support provided by GPs; the prevalence of mental health problems among adolescent girls and young women; and stark socioeconomic inequalities across the UK.BriefingMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 18, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Mary McLeod Bethune
Colleen Hroncich“We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends. ” These compelling words from Mary McLeod Bethune’slast will and testament were written nearly 70 years ago, but the truth of them is just as relevant today.Bethune, born in South Carolina in 1875, was the daughter of former slaves. In her early years, her life was centered around cotton fields; she could pick250 pounds of cotton a day by the time she was nine. Everything changed when she became theonly child in her family to...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 15, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Bad Faith
Here ' s a lengthy discussion of the recent corporate media debacle concerning the ten year old girl who had to travel from Ohio to Indiana for an abortion. You probably know the gist of it already. The physician who performed the abortion discussed the case with reporters from the Indianapolis Star and the story made headlines around the world. Then right wing politicians and media started claiming it was false, and the Washington Post ' s " fact checker " Glenn Kessler gave them aid and comfort. (Kessler ' s " fact checks " are frequently non-factual.) The story was true, police have arrested the rapist and he has c...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 15, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 688
This week ' s case features an object (of many) found in the hair of a 6-year-old girl. Identification? (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - July 5, 2022 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
The Pathologist, Eye Charts, and Children – Fun Friday
Happy Friday everyone! I hope you’re ready for a great holiday weekend as we head into the 4th of July. Stay safe and enjoy yourself. As we head into the weekend, here’s a few funny things we found that will hopefully brighten your day and start your weekend off right.
another @DGlaucomflecken therapy session
part 1 pic.twitter.com/9Z2dMzEPW1
— traumadramamd (@TraumaDramaMD) June 18, 2022
This may be the best pathologist marketing video that exists (maybe cut the ending).
These are our new vision check eye charts for kids who aren’t comfortable with letters yet. Almost all four-year-old boys refer ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 1, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Healthcare IT @DGlaucomflecken Eye Charts Fun Friday Pathologist Humor Source Type: blogs
Parenteral Diarrhea: Medical Myth or Reality?
Researchers have described parenteral diarrhea's association with extraintestinal infections for more than a century, but the evidence is impressively limited, which perpetuates claims that it is a medical myth and not an actual clinical entity.But it matters that noninfectious diarrhea and vomiting are sometimes associated with bacterial infections such as acute urinary tract infections because this can create diagnostic confusion. Diarrhea and vomiting in a girl or woman with a febrile UTI could lead to a misdiagnosis of acute gastroenteritis. Febrile UTIs are often pyelonephritis, so missing the diagnosis has significan...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - July 1, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
poem/draft
ReunionBy a fluke of circumstances I was able to meet up for lunch at a trendy downtown brasserie with my past self and future self. We didn ’t know what else to do. Neutral territory, I guess. Have a few drinks. Break the ice. The comfort of knowing there would be a well defined end. Split the bill, I assumed. I certainly wasn ’t inviting them tomyhouse. Act like they owned the place. Drink all my wine. Make fun of my shoes. Try to f. my wife. Golf was out too. Past self played to a 10 handicap but I hadn ’t swung a club in years. Future self didn ’t like his chances, given curr...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - June 27, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
poem
ReunionBy a fluke of circumstances I was able to meet up for lunch at a trendy downtown brasserie with my past self and future self. We didn ’t know what else to do. Neutral territory, I guess. Have a few drinks. Break the ice. The comfort of knowing there would be a well defined end. Split the bill, I assumed. I certainly wasn ’t inviting them tomyhouse. Act like they owned the place. Drink all my wine. Make fun of my shoes. Try to f. my wife. Golf was out too. Past self played to a 10 handicap but I hadn ’t swung a club in years. Future self didn ’t like his chances, given curr...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - June 27, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Eating disorder myths debunked [PODCAST]
“When people think of eating disorders, the image is often of an emaciated, white teenage girl in the hospital hooked up to feeding tubes. In fact, eating disorders are varied in how they present in a person, and they certainly do not‘look’ a certain way. Eating disorders occur in all cultures, ethnicities, age groups,Read more …Eating disorder myths debunked [PODCAST] originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 13, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" data-wpel-link="internal" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Living in Christ: A Teaching Story
IntroductionWhen thinking about moral and ethical values, objective and subjective claims, and the meaning, and understanding of difficult ideas, philosophers have traditionally used teaching stories. More impactful and often more challenging than non-fiction essays, these stories encourage their disciples to analyze and learn the condensed wisdom presented, to make connectioins, see relationships, trace out causes and effects, and go deeper into the implications of what is said and done. Even relatively simple tales about seemingly ordinary events can shed light on the human condition more clearly, immediately, and powerf...
Source: The Virtual Salt - June 9, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Robert Harris Source Type: blogs
The League of VetaHumanz: Encouraging Kids to Use Their Powers for Good!
Pink Phoenix, alter ego of Dr. Sandra San Miguel, preparing to pass out Vaccine SuperPower Packs described later in this post. Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Sandra San Miguel.
“I’m Pink Phoenix, leader of the Vetahumanz League of superheroes, and it’s the best job in the world.” The League of VetaHumanz is a superhero league for veterinarians, founded and led by Pink Phoenix, the alter ego of Sandra San Miguel, D.V.M., Ph.D. Through support from the NIGMS Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program, the league seeks to diversify the veterinary profession.
Members of the league work with elementary students ac...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 8, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist STEM Education COVID-19 Profiles Training Source Type: blogs
Study finds that playing videogames may be more cognitively beneficial for children than other forms of screentime (social media, watching videos/ TV)
This article was originally published on The Conversation.
The Study:
The impact of digital media on children’s intelligence while controlling for genetic differences in cognition and socioeconomic background (Scientific Reports). From the Abstract:
Digital media defines modern childhood, but its cognitive effects are unclear and hotly debated. We believe that studies with genetic data could clarify causal claims and correct for the typically unaccounted role of genetic predispositions. Here, we estimated the impact of different types of screen time (watching, socializing, or gaming) on children’s intelligence wh...
Source: SharpBrains - June 1, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation cognition cognitive cognitive-abilities cognitive-development Cognitive-tests Cognitive-Training digital media executive-function flexible thinking free time intelligence Learning le Source Type: blogs
June 2022: A Palpable Lump in The Neck
“Wow! You don't see that that very often anymore. Why did you get a soft tissue lateral?"My colleague had a preschool girl with a 101°F temperature and a palpable lump laterally in her neck. I understood instantly. Our community place does not admit children, so identifying sick children is of prime importance. Transfers take time. A soft tissue lateral neck may be reassuring or not.I always evaluate the epiglottis and the retropharyngeal soft tissue when using soft tissue lateral neck x-rays to look for infection. Findings are nowhere near as common as during my training more than 30 years ago because of vaccin...
Source: Lions and Tigers and Bears - June 1, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
