Opportunistic screening in the emergency department
Smoking cessation is currently topical with recent government announcements regarding restricting the sale of disposable vapes and a consultation on raising the legal age of buying tobacco from 18 years, so that anyone born after a certain year will never be able to buy cigarettes legally. This edition of the EMJ contains a randomised controlled multicentre trial of smoking cessation initiated in the emergency department (ED).1 The intervention group received brief smoking cessation advice as well as provision of an e-cigarette starter kit and referral to the local stop smoking services, while the control group received ad...
Source: Emergency Medicine Journal - April 22, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: France, J. Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Undergraduate Biology Lecture Courses Predominantly Test Facts about Science Rather than Scientific Practices
CBE Life Sci Educ. 2024 Jun;23(2):ar19. doi: 10.1187/cbe.23-12-0244.ABSTRACTScientific practices are the skills used to develop scientific knowledge and are essential for careers in science. Despite calls from education and government agencies to cultivate scientific practices, there remains little evidence of how often students are asked to apply them in undergraduate courses. We analyzed exams from biology courses at 100 institutions across the United States and found that only 7% of exam questions addressed a scientific practice and that 32% of biology exams did not test any scientific practices. The low occurrence of s...
Source: CBE Life Sciences Education - April 19, 2024 Category: Cytology Authors: Crystal Uminski Sara M Burbach Brian A Couch Source Type: research
Undergraduate Biology Lecture Courses Predominantly Test Facts about Science Rather than Scientific Practices
CBE Life Sci Educ. 2024 Jun;23(2):ar19. doi: 10.1187/cbe.23-12-0244.ABSTRACTScientific practices are the skills used to develop scientific knowledge and are essential for careers in science. Despite calls from education and government agencies to cultivate scientific practices, there remains little evidence of how often students are asked to apply them in undergraduate courses. We analyzed exams from biology courses at 100 institutions across the United States and found that only 7% of exam questions addressed a scientific practice and that 32% of biology exams did not test any scientific practices. The low occurrence of s...
Source: CBE Life Sciences Education - April 19, 2024 Category: Cytology Authors: Crystal Uminski Sara M Burbach Brian A Couch Source Type: research
Undergraduate Biology Lecture Courses Predominantly Test Facts about Science Rather than Scientific Practices
CBE Life Sci Educ. 2024 Jun;23(2):ar19. doi: 10.1187/cbe.23-12-0244.ABSTRACTScientific practices are the skills used to develop scientific knowledge and are essential for careers in science. Despite calls from education and government agencies to cultivate scientific practices, there remains little evidence of how often students are asked to apply them in undergraduate courses. We analyzed exams from biology courses at 100 institutions across the United States and found that only 7% of exam questions addressed a scientific practice and that 32% of biology exams did not test any scientific practices. The low occurrence of s...
Source: CBE Life Sciences Education - April 19, 2024 Category: Cytology Authors: Crystal Uminski Sara M Burbach Brian A Couch Source Type: research
Undergraduate Biology Lecture Courses Predominantly Test Facts about Science Rather than Scientific Practices
CBE Life Sci Educ. 2024 Jun;23(2):ar19. doi: 10.1187/cbe.23-12-0244.ABSTRACTScientific practices are the skills used to develop scientific knowledge and are essential for careers in science. Despite calls from education and government agencies to cultivate scientific practices, there remains little evidence of how often students are asked to apply them in undergraduate courses. We analyzed exams from biology courses at 100 institutions across the United States and found that only 7% of exam questions addressed a scientific practice and that 32% of biology exams did not test any scientific practices. The low occurrence of s...
Source: CBE Life Sciences Education - April 19, 2024 Category: Cytology Authors: Crystal Uminski Sara M Burbach Brian A Couch Source Type: research
Palliative Care in the Post-Roe Era: A Call to Engagement and Advocacy
1. Participants will self-report the ability to describe four effects of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision on the field of palliative care, assess the extent of their impact, and summarize why the decision matters in a way that they could communicate to institutional and government leaders.2. Participants will self-report the ability to facilitate conversation about the effects of the Dobbs decision within their institution and community, implement action to protect patients ’, families’, and clinicians’ capacity to consider all routes of care, and network with clinicians in other states to broaden impact. (Source: Journ...
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Amy S. Porter, Sarah J. Halix, Eleanor M. Frechette, Noam Stern, Melody J. Cunningham, Jason Morrow, Abby R. Rosenberg Source Type: research
Reproductive and Social Policies, Sociopolitical Stress, and Implications for Maternal and Child Health Equity
AbstractPurpose of ReviewAlthough many environmental exposures (e.g., air pollution) are geographically patterned and persist as a result of historic economic policies (e.g., redlining), the impact of reproductive and social policies on maternal and child health remains incompletely understood. Reproductive and social policies are increasingly important for maternal and child health equity, particularly following the 2022 US Supreme Court decision inDobbs v Jackson Women ’s Health Organization ( “Dobbs decision”), which restricted access to abortion. Here, we summarize the literature from original research studies ex...
Source: Current Environmental Health Reports - April 19, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
France needs a chief science adviser | Science
France is at a crossroads, facing environmental and social challenges that are profoundly altering its society. Yet, the French government keeps prioritizing short-term political gains over long-term evidence-based planning for major transitions that ... (Source: Science: Current Issue)
Source: Science: Current Issue - April 18, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: research
Univ. of S. Fla. Bd. of Trustees v. United States and the Federal Government ’s Nonexclusive License under the Bayh-Dole Act
Biotechnology Law Report,Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 61-74, April 2024. (Source: Biotechnology Law Report)
Source: Biotechnology Law Report - April 18, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: CHRISTOPHER M. HOLMAN Source Type: research
Community-Centred Environmental Discourse: Redefining Water Management in the Murray Darling Basin, Australia
AbstractThe Australian government's response to the Millennium Drought (1997 –2010) has been met with praise and contestation. While proponents saw the response as timely and crucial, critics claimed it was characterized by government overreach and mismanagement. Five months of field research in farm communities in the Murray Darling Basin (MDB) identified two dominant dis courses: administrative rationalism and a local community-based discourse I have termed community-centrism. Administrative rationalism reflects the value of scientific inquiry in service to the state and is the dominant research-based problem-solving m...
Source: Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics - April 18, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Skin Aging Research Enters a New Era in China
This report proposed that to maintain good health throughout the life cycle, the skin, in particular, needs special attention. In 2022, the government of China, which has one-fifth of the world’s ol der population, created a “Healthy Aging” Plan to improve the well-being of its elderly citizens. (Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology)
Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology - April 18, 2024 Category: Dermatology Authors: Mengting Chen, Ji Li, Yuecen Ding, Chengfeng Zhang Tags: News and Perspectives Source Type: research
Prevalence of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections and Associated Risk Factors Among School Children in Dembecha Town, Ethiopia
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of STH infections and associated risk factors among three government elementary schools in Dembecha town, Ethiopia. We conducted a school-based cross-sectional study involving 316 participants between November 2019 and March 2020. A systematic random sampling method was used to select study participants from the study schools. Data related to the sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants and risk factors for STH infections were collected using a pretested questionnaire survey. Parasitological examinations of stool samples were performed using the formal-ether co...
Source: Environmental Health Insights - April 17, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Aleka Aemiro Sissay Menkir Abayeneh Girma Source Type: research
Overview of U.S. COVID-19 vaccine safety surveillance systems
This report describes the U.S. government's COVID-19 vaccine safety monitoring systems and programs used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Indian Health Service. Using the adverse event of myocarditis following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination as a model, we demonstrate how the multiple, complementary monitoring systems worked to rapidly detect, assess, and verify a vaccine safety signal. In addition, longer-term follow-up was conducted to evaluate the recovery status of myocarditis cases following vaccin...
Source: Vaccine - April 17, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Julianne Gee Tom T Shimabukuro John R Su David Shay Margaret Ryan Sridhar V Basavaraju Karen R Broder Matthew Clark C Buddy Creech Francesca Cunningham Kristin Goddard Harrison Guy Kathryn M Edwards Richard Forshee Tanya Hamburger Anne M Hause Nicola P Kl Source Type: research
Prevalence of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections and Associated Risk Factors Among School Children in Dembecha Town, Ethiopia
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of STH infections and associated risk factors among three government elementary schools in Dembecha town, Ethiopia. We conducted a school-based cross-sectional study involving 316 participants between November 2019 and March 2020. A systematic random sampling method was used to select study participants from the study schools. Data related to the sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants and risk factors for STH infections were collected using a pretested questionnaire survey. Parasitological examinations of stool samples were performed using the formal-ether co...
Source: Environmental Health Insights - April 17, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Aleka Aemiro Sissay Menkir Abayeneh Girma Source Type: research
A comprehensive examination of temporal-seasonal variations of PM < sub > 1.0 < /sub > and PM < sub > 2.5 < /sub > in taiwan before and during the COVID-19 lockdown
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Apr 18. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-33174-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCOVID-19 has been a significant global concern due to its contagious nature. In May 2021, Taiwan experienced a severe outbreak, leading the government to enforce strict Pandemic Alert Level 3 restrictions in order to curtail its spread. Although previous studies in Taiwan have examined the effects of these measures on air quality, further research is required to compare different time periods and assess the health implications of reducing particulate matter during the Level 3 lockdown. Herein, we analyzed the mass concen...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - April 17, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Shahzada Amani Room Yi Chen Chiu Shih Yu Pan Yu-Cheng Chen Ta-Chih Hsiao Charles C-K Chou Majid Hussain Kai Hsien Chi Source Type: research
