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Community Perception of Climate Change and Extreme Heat Influences on Health: Study of Kolkata Metropolitan Region
This study aimed to understand community perception about climate change and extreme heat influences on health. It was conducted in the Kolkata Metropolitan Region through a comprehensive interview of 56 participants by using purposive sampling methods. The information was obtained through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The data was analyzed using the narrative analysis method based on the transcribed notes. The collected information was made into a summary and then categorized with the chronology. Information was presented in the subsections of urban expansion influence on the regional climate, contribut...
Source: Global Social Welfare - March 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

PCR225 Quality of Life (QOL)-Related Mentions for Prevalent Diseases on Social Media Platforms in the US
People discuss online the impact of health conditions on their lives. Comparing ‘posts’ across diseases may provide an initial understanding of comparative disease burden on quality of life (QOL). For 8 of the most prevalent conditions in the USA (ischemic heart disease [IHD], low back pain, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], diabetes mellitus [DM], lung cancer, stroke, depression, migraine), we identified the number of posts focused on QOL, examined the main topics/words used with the QOL term, and explored the proportion of posts with “positive” and “negative” sentiments.
Source: Value in Health - December 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: O Onwude, M Casamayor, T Saraykar, R Shome, M Reaney Source Type: research

Severe Intractable Headache as a Presentation of COVID-19 in a 23-Year-Old
P R Health Sci J. 2022 Jun;41(2):100-103.ABSTRACTSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 is a novel betacoronavirus with a new genome sequence that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which primarily affects the lungs, thus causing pneumonia which can progress to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. New emerging cases of extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19 include gastrointestinal, cardiac, renal, and/or central nervous system involvement. Although an ischemic stroke converting to a hemorrhagic stroke is more commonly seen, spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in hospitalized COVID-19...
Source: Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal - June 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Aidaliz Llor éns-Bonilla Mar ía Rodríguez-Santiago Janice Vargas-Rodr íguez Gabriel Gal índez-de Jesús Jos é Colón-Mázquez Source Type: research

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