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Visual display terminal syndrome and its associated factors among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic
CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that university students taking online classes suffered more from VDTS, especially in eye fatigue and neck, lower back, and shoulder pain during COVID-19 pandemic than prior. This study suggests that it is necessary to take breaks in online classes and regularly provide appropriate eye exercise and physical activity to prevent VDTS.PMID:37483045 | DOI:10.3233/WOR-220265
Source: Work - July 24, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Hyojin Kim Se-Jin Kim Sujin Hwang Source Type: research

Rising Consumer Pain Triggers Wall Street Concern: Credit Weekly
US consumers, particularly those with lower incomes, are running into financial trouble as pandemic savings disappear, a headwind for lenders ranging from banks to asset-backed securities investors. • None The Bear Market Has Nearly Been Erased, Fewer Than 20 Months After It Began • None US…#brinkofchaos #sarahwolfe #bankofamericacorp #brianmoynihan #bloombergeconomics #tracychen #federalreservebank #siliconvalleybank #spglobalratings #johntoohig
Source: Reuters: Health - July 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Risks of delivering care by telephone or video in general practice: review of national complaints data
CONCLUSION: Analysis of complaints gives pointers for action on improving awareness and training for GPs and practice teams around risks when consulting remotely.PMID:37479274 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp23X733617
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - July 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Rebecca Payne Aileen Clarke Source Type: research

How John Fetterman Came Out of the Darkness
When he looks back on the past year—a year in which he nearly died, became a U.S. Senator, and nearly died again—it is the debate that John Fetterman identifies as the ­breaking point. “The debate lit the mitch,” he says, then shakes his head in frustration and tries again. The right word is there in his brain, but he struggles to get it out. “Excuse me, that should be lit the mitch—” He stops and tries again. “Lit the match,” he says finally. Oct. 25, 2022: the date is lodged in his mind. “I knew I had to do it,” he tells me. “I knew that the vote...
Source: TIME: Health - July 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Molly Ball Tags: Uncategorized Congress Cover Story Exclusive feature uspoliticspolicy Source Type: news

Having Outpatient Major Elective (HOME) Robotic Colon Resection Protocol: A Safe Approach to Ambulatory Colon Resection
CONCLUSION: Using a novel enhanced recovery protocol, we demonstrated the feasibility and safety of ambulatory partial colectomy in a highly select small subset of patients.PMID:37470507 | DOI:10.1177/00031348231189829
Source: The American Surgeon - July 20, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Daman Bowman Charles Proctor Kristen Richards Bogdan Protyniak Source Type: research

Reinventing Patient Support and Continuity of Care Using Innovative Physician-staffed Hotline: More than 60,000 Patients Served Across 15 Medical and Surgical Specialties During the First Wave of COVID-19 Lockdown in Qatar
We describe the initiation and evaluate the operations of the Urgent Consultation Centre (UCC) hotline manned by 150 physicians and aimed at urgent non-life-threatening consultations at Hamad Medical Corporation, the public health provider in Qatar. UCC established a hotline to triage inbound patient calls related to 15 medical and surgical specialties. For calls between April-August 2020, we describe call volume, distribution by specialty, outcomes, performance of UCC team, as well as demographics of callers. During the study period, UCC received 60229 calls (average 394 calls/day) from Qatari nationals (38%) and expatria...
Source: Pain Physician - July 19, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Mohamed Arafa Walid El Ansari Fadi Qasem Abdulla Al Ansari Mohammed Al Ateeq Al Dosari Khalid Mukhtar Mohamed Ali Alhabash Khalid Awad Khalid Al Rumaihi Source Type: research

Moving from the clinic to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic - a pilot clinical trial comparing in-clinic rehabilitation versus telerehabilitation for persisting symptoms following a mild Traumatic brain injury
CONCLUSION: The study suggests that a telehealth format failed to reach the efficiency of an in-clinic rehabilitation program in terms of symptoms reduction and functional improvement. These results must be interpreted with caution given the limited number of participants. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03677661.IMPLICATION FOR REHABILITATIONThe telerehabilitation format for adults with persisting post-concussion symptoms was widely implemented in the COVID-19 pandemic without any evidence of efficacy over the more traditional in-clinic rehabilitation format.The study suggests that a telerehabilitation format failed to ...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - July 19, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Pierre Langevin Pierre Fr émont Philippe Fait Marc-Olivier Dub é Jean-S ébastien Roy Source Type: research

The effect of preference and actual days spent working from home on stress and musculoskeletal pain in older workers
ConclusionsFindings from this study support the need for flexible policies to support WFH which take into account employees preferences. For older workers, a sense of community was found to be important and proactive attempts to restore this will be important for maintain their health and supporting sustainable employment.
Source: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health - July 19, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Reinventing Patient Support and Continuity of Care Using Innovative Physician-staffed Hotline: More than 60,000 Patients Served Across 15 Medical and Surgical Specialties During the First Wave of COVID-19 Lockdown in Qatar
We describe the initiation and evaluate the operations of the Urgent Consultation Centre (UCC) hotline manned by 150 physicians and aimed at urgent non-life-threatening consultations at Hamad Medical Corporation, the public health provider in Qatar. UCC established a hotline to triage inbound patient calls related to 15 medical and surgical specialties. For calls between April-August 2020, we describe call volume, distribution by specialty, outcomes, performance of UCC team, as well as demographics of callers. During the study period, UCC received 60229 calls (average 394 calls/day) from Qatari nationals (38%) and expatria...
Source: Journal of Medical Systems - July 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research

Unmet Needs in Real-World Advanced Therapy-Na ïve and -Experienced Patients with Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis in the United States
CONCLUSIONS: Before (2017-2018) and during the pandemic (2020-2021), over half of patients with UC did not respond to AT. Non-responders carried a high burden of disease. Alternative therapies are urgently needed to treat UC.PMID:37458875 | DOI:10.1007/s12325-023-02605-y
Source: Adv Data - July 17, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Anita Afzali Rina Lukanova Fritha Hennessy Sumie Kakehi Hannah Knight Gary Milligan Komal Gupte-Singh Source Type: research

Negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the musculoskeletal system and depression in healthcare professionals
CONCLUSIONS: While MSS pain is concentrated on the waist, neck and back regions in all healthcare workers. We concluded that the uncertainty associated with the pandemic, delay in preventive measures such as vaccination and medication, rapid and strong transmission of the disease and increasing number of deaths have led to an increase in stress, depression and burnout among healthcare workers.PMID:37458009 | DOI:10.3233/BMR-220229
Source: Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation - July 17, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Abdulkadir Aydin Ramazan Ati ç Source Type: research