Why Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Is Key For Bladder Cancer Patients
Cancer treatment has improved significantly over the past several decades, meaning that more people are living longer after undergoing surgical and medical interventions. This has led to the emergence of an area of cancer care called survivorship, which takes a holistic view of the patient’s well-being and sometimes involves therapies that haven’t always been part of the oncology playbook.
In the case of bladder cancer, survivorship and improving quality of life post-surgery sometimes means physical therapy that focuses on improving the function of the pelvic floor.
The pelvic floor refers to “the muscles...
Source: TIME: Health - August 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elaine K. Howley Tags: Uncategorized Disease freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Experiences of spinal cord injury patients admitted to the rehabilitation unit at the national referral hospital in Khomas region, Namibia - Ashipala DO, Langendorf L.
BACKGROUND: Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains one of the major causes of disability globally. It results in permanent physical disability secondary to devastating neurological defects. When a person sustains SCI, substantial changes and challenges in their ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
With Innovation, We Can Keep Reducing the Toll of COVID-19
Scrolling through social media these days, you’ll see that loud extremists continue to dominate COVID-19 discourse. At one pole are the denialists who argue—incorrectly—that COVID is “just a cold.” At the other are those who suggest that no meaningful progress has been made in controlling its devastation. The truth, of course, is somewhere in the middle.
We have not yet extricated ourselves from the peril of SARS-CoV-2, and wishing COVID-19 gone does not make it so. Surging case numbers provide opportunities to produce the next variant as the virus evolves to escape antibodies accumulated from...
Source: TIME: Health - August 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Edward Nirenberg, Gavin Yamey and Ilan Schwartz Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 freelance Source Type: news
Ethiopia: ALERT Hospital Gets Operating Theatre Dedicated to Children
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The All Africa Leprosy and Rehabilitation Training Center (ALERT) Hospital has opened doors to a dedicated children's Operating Room with the support from global charities Smile Train and Kids Operating Room (KidsOR). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 8, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Update on the efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: a scoping review - Julien A, Danet L, Loisel M, Brauge D, Pariente J, P éran P, Planton M.
OBJECTIVES: To identify, categorize and analyze the methodological issues of cognitive rehabilitation of patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury and its efficacy. DATA SOURCES: Pubmed and PsycINFO were searched for studies published between... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Stroke toolkit
This toolkit reflects the priorities in stroke prevention, identification, acute care, and rehabilitation to help support Integrated stroke delivery networks to understand the priorities in stroke care along the whole stroke pathway. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - August 5, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Does category of strength predict return-to-work after occupational injury? - Yang CL, Yin YR, Chu CM, Tang PL.
BACKGROUND: Occupational accidents may lead laborers to lose their working capacities, affecting their physical and mental health. Occupational rehabilitation helps improve the ability of patients with occupational accidents and suggests appropriate jobs t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Flammable invasive grasses are increasing risk of devastating wildfires
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For decades, eastern Oregon’s scablands—rocky patches of open terrain—were a refuge for people fighting wildfires in the surrounding forests. The thin soil and sparse vegetation offered little fuel for the flames, creating an oasis from which firefighters could operate and a barrier that could help halt a fire’s spread.
That all changed in 2015. After lightning sparked a fire near a steep-walled canyon, the blaze unexpectedly raced across scablands so quickly that firefighters struggled to catch up. ...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 4, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Q & amp;A podcast: Cancer rehabilitation
Cancer rehabilitation is available before, during and after cancer treatment. It helps people with cancer maintain and restore physical and emotional well-being, cope with the side effects of cancer, and recover more quickly and more fully from cancer treatment. Cancer rehabilitation involves many types of specialists working together to develop a personal rehabilitation plan that considers a person's preferences, strengths and goals. "Cancer rehabilitation aims to help patients maintain function, restore function, and, more broadly,… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - August 2, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Virtual reality game for physical and emotional rehabilitation of landmine victims - P érez VZ, Yepes JC, Vargas JF, Franco JC, Escobar NI, Betancur L, Sánchez J, Betancur MJ.
Landmine victims require an engaging and immersive rehabilitation process to maintain motivation and therapeutic adherence, such as virtual reality games. This paper proposes a virtual reality exercise game called Exogames, which works with Nukawa, a lower... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Introducing Hope Over Fate: the Story of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed and BRAC
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of BRAC and “one of the unsung heroes of modern times,” according to Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times, authorized his own biography before dying of brain cancer in 2019. Author Scott MacMillan wrote Hope Over Fate based on hundreds of hours of interviews with Abed and his friends, family and co-workers. Credit: courtesy of BRACBy Scott MacMillanRedding Conn, USA, Aug 1 2022 (IPS) About seven years ago, I started working on a project with Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of BRAC. It was originally supposed to be a memoir: the story of Abed, the mild-mannered accountant who would ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Scott MacMillan Tags: Asia-Pacific Economy & Trade Education Global Headlines Health Migration & Refugees Trade & Investment Women & Economy IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2023 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program
Notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking comments on updates to the prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for fiscal year 2023. Among other things, this final rule updates the cost-to-charge ratio (CCR) ceiling and urban/rural average CCRs for FY 2023 and make revisions and updates to quality measures and reporting requirements under the IRF quality reporting program. This rule also establishes a permanent mitigation policy to smooth the impact of year-to-year changes in IRF payments related to decreases in the IRF wage index. This rule is effec...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - August 1, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Implant-supported crowns with locking taper implant-abutment connection: A systematic review and meta-analysis
ConclusionsSingle crowns retained by locking taper implants can be safely indicated based on the high survival and success rates achieved in the long term, the maintenance of bone level stability over time, and the low incidence of complications. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - July 28, 2022 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2023 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program
Pre-publication notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking comments on updates to the prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for fiscal year 2023. Among other things, this final rule updates the cost-to-charge ratio (CCR) ceiling and urban/rural average CCRs for FY 2023 and make revisions and updates to quality measures and reporting requirements under the IRF quality reporting program. This rule also establishes a permanent mitigation policy to smooth the impact of year-to-year changes in IRF payments related to decreases in the IRF wage index. Th...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - July 28, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Survivor's perceptions of human trafficking rehabilitation programs in Nigeria: empowerment or disempowerment? - Okoli N, Idemudia U.
While disagreements about the value of rehabilitation programs persist, these programs are still largely seen as essential for the protection of the human rights of survivors of human trafficking, and the facilitation of their recovery and empowerment afte... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 25, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
