Risk of falls is associated with 30-day mortality among older adults in the emergency department - Hamilton MP, Bellolio F, Jeffery MM, Bower SM, Palmer AK, Tung EE, Mullan AF, Carpenter CR, Oliveira J E Silva L.
OBJECTIVE: Falls in older adults correlate with heightened morbidity and mortality. Assessing fall risk in the emergency department (ED) not only aids in identifying candidates for prevention interventions but may also offer insights into overall mortality... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
GN launches The New Norm
A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is available by clicking on this link. • Globally, 4 out of 5 people who need hearing aids don't wear them, leaving an estimated 344 million people missing out on the sounds of life, communicating and socializing.1 • Rooted in outdated misperceptions…#mediasnippet #globally #ballerup #denmark #newnorm #galaricote #worldhearingday #welshparalympic #oliviabreen #amsterdam (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Puzzling skin side effects stymie advance of promising HIV vaccine
One of the most promising attempts to reinvigorate the stalled quest for an HIV vaccine has hit a snag that might seem minor but has major consequences: delaying the larger trials needed to show whether the concept works. In small safety and immune tests of the innovative vaccine strategy, which relies on a series of messenger RNA (mRNA) shots, an unusually high percentage of recipients developed rashes, welts, or other skin irritations.
“We are taking this very seriously,” says Carl Dieffenbach, who heads the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which funded a recent pha...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 1, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Toward a contextually sensitive understanding of polyvictimization: a latent class analysis of violence, risks, and protections among South African adolescents from highly deprived settings - Franchino-Olsen H, Orkin M, Meinck F.
South African adolescents experience a high prevalence of violence victimization alongside the health and economic burdens of HIV/AIDS and poverty. Polyvictimization is a useful theory and framework that allows for a nuanced understanding of lived adolesce... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Inadequate Knowledge: HPV and Oropharyngeal Carcinoma Inadequate Knowledge: HPV and Oropharyngeal Carcinoma
Dr Maurie Markman discusses a recent paper investigating knowledge about the relationship between HPV and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.Medscape Oncology (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - February 29, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Hematology-Oncology Commentary Source Type: news
Using hearing aids can be frustrating for older adults. Specialists say these 5 tips can help
It was an every-other-day routine, full of frustration. Every time my husband called his father, who was 94 when he died in 2022, he’d wait for his dad to find his hearing aids and put them in before they started talking. Even then, my father-in-law could barely hear what my husband was saying.…#nicholasreed #medicare #barbaraweinstein #geriatricaudiology #lindsaycreed #shekinahmast #seaford #delaware #marquittamerkison #asha (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Multimodal Pre-Op Program Aids Knee Replacement Candidates
(MedPage Today) -- Having patients waiting for knee arthroplasty undergo a preoperative program of weight loss, exercise, and other interventions gave them modestly improved pain, function, and quality of life, a small randomized trial showed... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 29, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Namibia: Court Challenge of ARVs Tender Decision Fails
[Namibian] An attempt to challenge a decision of the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) on the supply of antiretroviral medication to the Ministry of Health and Social Services has failed in the Windhoek High Court. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 29, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Namibia Southern Africa Source Type: news
Treatment Modification Aids Chemo Tolerability in Seniors With Advanced Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 -- Primary treatment modification is associated with improved tolerability of chemotherapeutic regimens among older adults with advanced cancer and aging-related conditions, according to a study published online Feb. 15... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 28, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Man in remission from blood cancer and HIV after remarkable treatment
Paul Edmonds of California is fifth-known person in world confirmed to be in remission from both, says cancer instituteDoctors say a man inCalifornia who contracted blood cancer while living with HIV is in remission from both potentially fatal illnesses thanks to a treatment they are hailing as remarkable and encouraging.Paul Edmonds is only the fifth-known person in the world confirmed to be in remission for both acute myelogenous leukemia and HIV, according to a recentnews release from City of Hope, the national cancer institute that provided his medical care.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 28, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Ramon Antonio Vargas Tags: US news Infectious diseases Medical research Aids and HIV Cancer research California World news Science Source Type: news
Sure Looks Like Cannabis Is Bad for the Heart, Doesn't It? Sure Looks Like Cannabis Is Bad for the Heart, Doesn't It?
Dr F. Perry Wilson takes a closer look at the findings of a cross-sectional study of marijuana use and subsequent heart attack and stroke in adults.Medscape (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - February 28, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news
Infographic: What Hospital Doctors Do About Their Burnout Infographic: What Hospital Doctors Do About Their Burnout
Hospitalists who feel burned out say whether they fault job stress, reveal their coping mechanisms, and share how they think their employers could help.Medscape (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - February 27, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Hospital Medicine Article Source Type: news
Madonna Takes Luther Vandross Out of Celebration Tour AIDS Tribute At Estate ’s Request
Madonna has removed an image of R&B legend Luther Vandross from a memorial segment of her Celebration tour at the request of the late singer’s estate. A spokesperson for Madonna confirmed to Billboard on Tuesday morning (Feb. 27) that the picture was removed from a bit in the show in which the…#rb #luthervandross #livetotell #vandross #sacramento #pagesix #dancewithmyfather #freddiemercury #herbritts #keithharing (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Pilot Project Now Offering HIV Prevention Injection
[spotlight] A new HIV prevention injection is now available to a select number of people in South Africa. That a single shot provides two months of protection is one of the injection's major selling points. In this story, Elri Voigt unpacks how much of the jab is available, who is choosing to get it and what other anti-HIV drugs are being rolled out. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - February 27, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Sexual health knowledge and sexual self-efficacy as predictors of sexual risk behaviors in women - Richner DC, Lynch SM.
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the proportion of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) diagnoses among women in the United States has more than doubled between 1984 and 2019 and rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in all i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
