Living in a city where automated taxis are operating and using them: does this affect consumers' preferences? - Yin H, Cherchi E, Nettle D.
In this paper we study the impact of having used an automated taxi (AT) or simply living in a city where ATs are operating on users' preferences for and attitudes toward ATs. This paper aims then to contribute to the research on ATs and on the impact of ex... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
It needs more than a pollen forecast to ease the proliferation of allergies | Tim Adams
Changes in our lifestyles, from diet to washing habits, and in the world surrounding us, may explain why so many are strugglingThe Met Office offers a daily pollen guide, in tones not unlike the storm warning of the shipping forecast: poetic for those not affected, alarming if you are facing a force 8.Saturday ’sreads: “The grass pollen risk is on the rise, as more grasses come into flower. Nettle, dock and plantain pollen also airborne. Fungal spores: Cladosporium at increasing risk.”As someone who grew up sneezing and wheezing through the early summer (and who remembers the Russian roulette of fruitcake-eating with...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Tim Adams Tags: Allergies Hay fever Science Health Tennis Sport Novak Djokovic Mormonism Immunology Saul Bellow Source Type: news
Why is violence high and persistent in deprived communities? A formal model - De Courson B, Frankenhuis WE, Nettle D, van Gelder JL.
There is massive variation in rates of violence across time and space. These rates are positively associated with economic deprivation and inequality. They also tend to display a degree of local persistence, or 'enduring neighbourhood effects'. Here, we id... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
How to use social care to rebuild the economy
General secretary Christina McAnea and UNISON members appeared at a special event in Westminster yesterday that examined how both the economy and gender equality can be boosted through investment in the social care sector.
‘Time to Care’ looked at the key components that make up the economic case for social care investment and reform – and why social care should be as important to our economic infrastructure as the roads and railways.
For example, more people work in social care than for the NHS – a huge workforce who spend their wages in local economies. Local job creation also reduces the need for travelling, mak...
Source: UNISON Health care news - July 14, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: Martin Cullen Tags: Article News care social care Source Type: news
UMD explores nettle as a functional food for obesity, diabetes, and immune health
(University of Maryland) Obesity, diabetes, and immune system health are issues that are all top-of-mind right now. To examine how your diet can help, the University of Maryland (UMD) was recently awarded a grant to explore nettle as a functional food. Including this plant in your diet may provide protection against excessive weight gain, insulin resistance, and even promote positive changes to your gut bacteria that can bolster your immune system. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 8, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Why do inequality and deprivation produce high crime and low trust? - De Courson B, Nettle D.
Humans sometimes cooperate to mutual advantage, and sometimes exploit one another. In industrialised societies, the prevalence of exploitation, in the form of crime, is related to the distribution of economic resources: more unequal societies tend to have ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Plantwatch: Australia's giant stinging trees – 35m tall with a poison that can last for months
Scientists are hoping that research intoDendrocnide excelsa could lead to new painkillersIt sounds like something out of The Day of the Triffids: a stinging nettle the size of a large tree, with a sting so vicious it inflicts excruciating pain that can last for days, weeks or even months. But this is no science fiction, these are the stinging trees of Australia.Dendrocnide excelsa can grow up to 35 metres tall in tropical rainforests in Queensland, one of a gang of six Dendrocnide tree or shrub species found in Australia. These thugs of the plant world belong to the same family as common stinging nettles, with leaves cover...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 20, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Paul Simons Tags: Trees and forests Environment Science Australia news World news Source Type: news
The Guardian view on calls for a second lockdown: yes, prime minister | Editorial
It is impossible to have confidence in the government ’s decision to overrule scientific adviceIn the weeks after Boris Johnson made his lockdown television address on 23 March, and as the UK ’s infection and death rates rose shockingly higher, it was widely recognised that ministers had acted too slowly, and that the pandemic’s severity might have been lessened had they grasped the nettle sooner. Many ordinary people – perhaps especially those predisposed, like their prime ministe r, to look on the bright side – felt they had learned a hard lesson in the spring. Sometimes it pays to expect the worst.Yet here we ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 13, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Editorial Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Health Politics Boris Johnson Keir Starmer Science NHS Conservatives Labour Local government Local politics North of England Source Type: news
NHS faces a 'triple whammy' this winter, report warns
The NHS Confederation has urged the Government to 'grasp the nettle' and raise its £20.5billion-a-year healthcare bill to ensure hospital trusts can deliver effective services across the UK. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hysteria 2020 April writing challenge with Eithne Cullen
April the first is not a joke in my household, instead it heralds the start of this year’s Hysteria Writing Competition. And this year our Writer in Residence is Eithne Cullen. Eithne has been given the challenge of coming up with a blog post each month that challenge you to get your thinking hats on and try something new out.
Sometimes ideas come crashing into our heads and sometimes it’s hard to think of things to write about. When I’m stuck I turn to prompts. Each April NaPoRhiMoNet (http://www.napowrimo.net) sends out daily prompts and starters. I tried the first one today. I must admit, I found it hard to ge...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - April 1, 2020 Category: OBGYN Authors: Eithne Cullen Tags: Hysteria hysteria 2020 writer in residence Source Type: news
Hysteria 2020 April writing challenge with Eithne Cullen
April the first is not a joke in my household, instead it heralds the start of this year’s Hysteria Writing Competition. And this year our Writer in Residence is Eithne Cullen. Eithne has been given the challenge of coming up with a blog post each month that challenge you to get your thinking hats on and try something new out.
Sometimes ideas come crashing into our heads and sometimes it’s hard to think of things to write about. When I’m stuck I turn to prompts. Each April NaPoRhiMoNet (http://www.napowrimo.net) sends out daily prompts and starters. I tried the first one today. I must admit, I found it hard to ge...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - April 1, 2020 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Hysteria Writing hysteria 2020 writer in residence Source Type: news
Medical News Today: What are the benefits and uses of stinging nettle?
Stinging nettle is a popular home remedy for arthritis, seasonal allergies, and many other conditions. Learn about the benefits, side effects, and research around stinging nettle here. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine Source Type: news
Highland Marketing Welcomes Chair and New Members to its Advisory Board
Highland Marketing has revitalised its advisory board of respected health tech professionals with the election of a chair and the appointment of two new members.
Jeremy Nettle, a past chair of the tech UK healthcare group and former European director for Oracle Corporation Healthcare, has become chair. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - January 15, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
Scientist explains the 'excruciating' sensation of being stung by the world's worst stinging nettle
Dr Marina Hurley, a professor at the University of New South Wales, says the feeling of being stung by the Australian 'Gympie-Gympie stinging tree' is 'the worst kind of pain you can imagine'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rwanda:Inside Rwanda's Growing Herbal Medicine Industry
[New Times] When the stinging nettle (Igisura) healed her father of liver disease (hepatitis) a while back, Janvi ère Ingabire picked interest in the magic herb. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 17, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
