New Study Finds No Brain Injuries Among ‘ Havana Syndrome ’ Patients
WASHINGTON — An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats and other government employees who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome, ” researchers reported Monday. The National Institutes of Health’s nearly five-year study offers no explanation for symptoms including headaches, balance problems and difficulties with thinking and sleep that were first reported in Cuba in 2016 and later by hundreds of American personnel in multiple countries. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] But it did contradict some earlier finding...
Source: TIME: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lauran Neergaard/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news

Reimagining rehabilitation for adults with brain tumours: a roadmap
Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission - Developed in collaboration with health communications agency Costello Medical, this report sets out a roadmap of actionable and impactful recommendations that aim to improve rehabilitation for patients with brain tumours. Key recommendations were to: build the evidence base that quantifies patient need for rehabilitation by providing funding/infrastructure for allied health professional-led research; develop clinical consensus recommendations on rehabilitation to inform guidelines for adults with brain tumours; and raise awareness of the benefits of rehabilitation for adults with b...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 18, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news

Lessons learned from health system rehabilitation preparedness and response for disasters in LMICs: a scoping review - Gosling J, Maritz R, Laplante-L évesque A, Sabariego C.
INTRODUCTION: Disasters such as earthquakes, conflict, or landslides result in traumatic injuries creating surges in rehabilitation and assistive technology needs, exacerbating pre-existing unmet needs. Disasters frequently occur in countries where existin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

The significance of chronic fatigue in the post-covid consultation and its consequences for outpatient rehabilitation in the context of statutory accident insurance - Dalichau S, Kordy H, Kl üver J, Brinkmeier W, Rathmann N, Yorke L, Kleefmann J, Möller T.
OBJECTIVE: The post-COVID consultation (PCC) is offered as part of a comprehensive range of treatment services provided by the statutory accident insurance for post-COVID patients to determine individual recommendations for further care. The aim of the stu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Sam Bankman-Fried considered ‘coming out as Republican’
Newly unsealed court documents show that Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the disgraced founder of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, contemplated a series of unconventional strategies to rehabilitate his image and launch a new crypto venture in the wake of FTX’s collapse. According to a Google…#sambankmanfried #sbf #ftx #google #bankmanfried #republicanparty #tuckercarlsons #michaellewis #manhattan #alamedaresearch (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

FTX Saga Takes Turn with Sam Bankman-Fried ‘Bad Ideas’ Document Leak
U.S. prosecutors unveiled new documents that shed light on Sam Bankman-Fried’s attempts to rehabilitate his image following FTX’s 2022 collapse. Contained in a court document filed on March 15 are these documents, which include a list of 19 initiatives by Bankman-Fried that he labeled as “random,…#ftx #bankmanfried #google #sbf #archangelltd #lewiskaplan #ongoingimpact (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Reinjury following return to play - Watts V GJ, Tai R, Joshi G, Garwood E, Saha D.
Radiologists are frequently called on for guidance regarding return to play (RTP) for athletes and active individuals after sustaining a musculoskeletal injury. Avoidance of reinjury is of particular importance throughout the rehabilitative process and fol... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Out of sight: the hidden scandal of vision rehabilitation services across England
This report highlights that 26 per cent of local authorities leave blind and partially sighted people waiting more than a year for a vision rehabilitation assessment and subsequent support. These delays to the support people with sight loss are legally entitled to also leaves them at increased risk of physical accidents and injuries, as well as mental health crises. Amongst its recommendations, the RNIB is calling for vision rehabilitation services to be subjected to the same regulation and monitoring as other adult social care services, and commissioning of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to develop ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 12, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Which interventions are used in the rehabilitation, return, and stay at work process of aging workers having suffered an occupational injury? A scoping review - Audet J, Lecours A.
BACKGROUND: Considering current labour shortages, the recent increase in the number of aging workers in the labour market is deemed economically beneficial. However, due to specific characteristics (e.g. biological, generational), aging workers take longer... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Colman Domingo Explains Why He Attended the SXSW Premiere of ‘Sing Sing’ the Same Weekend as the Oscars (EXCLUSIVE)
When Colman Domingo steps to the stage to introduce the SXSW premiere of his new film “Sing Sing” — a deeply affecting depiction of the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at the titular maximum security prison in New York — he gets a standing ovation before a second of the film has screened.…#sxsw #singsing #dolbytheater #96thacademyawards #bayardrustin #rustin #a24 #variety #johndivinegwhitfield #rta (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Extending the long arm of the law: punishment and rehabilitation as motives of public support for handling violent juvenile offenders as adults - Applegate BK, Bolin RM, Ouellette HM.
OBJECTIVEs To assess variation in public support for involving violent juvenile offenders in the adult criminal justice system based on the mechanism of that involvement--waiver or blended sentencing--and whether the sentence is described as emphasizing... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

California Transformed Prisons To The'Norway Model,' Insiders Reveal The Deadly Cost
California Transformed Prisons To The 'Norway Model,' Insiders Reveal The Deadly Cost Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Prison reforms in California aimed at rehabilitation and release are a ticking time bomb according to current and formerly incarcerated…#beigelucianoadams #epochtimes #shutterstock #norway #patrickjimmykitlas #sanquentin #nt #goodintentions #violentoutcomes #endofhostilities (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Powerback Rehabilitation Links with Tapcheck to Provide On-Demand Wage Benefit
New partnership gives Powerback employees immediate access to their earned wages. ROCKLIN, Calif., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Powerback Rehabilitation, one of the nation's largest rehabilitation therapy providers, is partnering with the award-winning, earned-wage access platform... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: LIC SVY Source Type: news

What to Know About Ibogaine, a Psychedelic
Some researchers hope the drug, still illegal in the United States, may be considered as a treatment for addiction, PTSD and brain injuries. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jacobs Tags: Psychology and Psychologists Clinical Trials Research Veterans Addiction (Psychology) Therapy and Rehabilitation Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Psychedelic and Hallucinogenic Drugs ibogaine Drug Enforcement Administration Food and Drug Admini Source Type: news

Rape survivors: need for multifaceted rehabilitation program - Teotia A.
Rape is an act of coercive nonconsensual sex with another being. There is no particular country, place, community, religion, or region, unaffected by this kind of abuse. As per World Health Organization,[1] globally, around 736 million females have experie... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news