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How a £2m robot surgeon cuts recovery time for women left in agony by womb condition endometriosis
Endometriosis affects 1.5 million women in the UK and develops when tissue that would normally line the womb starts to grow in other parts of the body, such as the ovaries, bowel and bladder.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID-19 Can Cause New Cholesterol Problems. What to Know
Not long after the start of the global coronavirus pandemic, it was apparent that many people infected with SARS-CoV-2 were developing persistent and, in some cases, debilitating health problems. Now known widely as post-Covid syndrome or Long COVID, the most common symptoms of this condition are fatigue, attention problems, headaches, muscle or joint pain, and weakness. But those are just the start. Medical researchers have also linked SARS-CoV-2 to lingering complications in multiple organs and systems, and some recent work has found that new-onset cholesterol problems may be an under-recognized but common complication o...
Source: TIME: Health - May 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate heart health Source Type: news
Zambia: Restoring Hope, Rebuilding Lives - a Day in the Life of a Fistula Surgeon in Zambia
[UNFPA] Around the world, half a million women and girls are thought to be living with obstetric fistula, a serious childbirth injury that can cause incontinence and result in significant medical and mental health issues. In Zambia, as of 2018, more than 33,000 women and girls had been affected.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 30, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Fungal Meningitis Outbreak In Mexico Kills 2 After Cosmetic Surgeries. Here ’s What We Know—And Symptoms And Treatment.
Mexico is the most popular destination for American medical tourists, accounting for 41% of all visits.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 29, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Arianna Johnson, Forbes Staff Tags: Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news Trending Explainer Trending-Explainer topline Source Type: news
‘In the Blood’ Review: How to Improve a First-Aid Kit
In March 2000, at a Rand Corp. conference session on the medical support of urban military operations, John Holcomb ruefully acknowledged that the tools for controlling bleeding in battle had not advanced much since the Trojan War. Gauze and pressure—that was it. An Army trauma surgeon, Dr.…#randcorp #johnholcomb #trojanwar #army #mogadishu
Source: Reuters: Health - May 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
You might want to sit down for this: Urologist claims men have been peeing the wrong way all along
Consultant urological surgeon Dr Gerald Collins, who works at Alexandra Hospital, a private hospital in Cheshire, dropped the bombshell last week following a survey on how men choose to urinate.
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Surgeon Abducted By Armed Group in Khartoum
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Dr Alaaeldin Nugud, the secretary general of the Sudanese Association of Surgeons (SAS), member of the Forces of Freedom and Change-Central Council (FFC-CC), and spokesperson for the Sudanese Association of Professionals (SAP), was kidnapped by a group armed men in Khartoum yesterday.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 29, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
You don ’t have to be alone to experience loneliness – and more friends isn’t the answer | Gaynor Parkin and Erika Clarry
Recently described as a public health emergency, profound loneliness can affect anyone craving deeper connectionsIn the UK 25 million people report they are occasionally, sometimes, or often lonely, according to theCampaign to End Loneliness. In the US the surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, recently disclosed hisown experience of “profound loneliness” as he released his national strategy highlighting just how many people experience loneliness as well as potential solutions to alleviate it. Murthy emphasised that loneliness has escalated into a public health emergency, affecting one in two Americans, with health impacts a s...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Gaynor Parkin and Erika Clarry Tags: Loneliness Psychology Source Type: news
Teletherapy startup Joon eyes growth as 'growing crisis' hits young people
Teletherapy startup Joon Care is looking to rapidly expand.
CEO Emily Pesce said Joon has 19 employees but could double or triple its headcount in the next year or two. She added that the company hopes to raise a Series A round before the end of the third quarter.
"Joon was born when there was an observation that there was a growing crisis, as the surgeon general called it an epidemic, around deteriorating mental health among teens and young adults," Pesce said. "My dad would often say a good measure …
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 27, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Rick Morgan Source Type: news
"The trust had no sexual assault policy, and nobody answered the Speak Up phone line" - Waters A, Torjesen I.
After being assaulted at work, a junior surgeon looked up her hospital trust's sexual safety policy and found it lacking. She spoke to The BMJ under the condition of anonymity.
"In October 2019 I had just started a job as a junior surgeon at a London h...
Source: SafetyLit - May 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Brain surgeon Henry Marsh on what it felt like to receive his own bad cancer news
Noted neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, currently in remission, chronicles his own cancer diagnosis in his new book.
Source: CBC | Health - May 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/White Coat, Black Art Source Type: news
Restoring hope, rebuilding lives: A day in the life of a fistula surgeon in Zambia
NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE, Zambia– Around the world, half a million women and girls are thought to be living withobstetric fistula, a serious child
Source: UNFPA News - May 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
The U.S. Surgeon General Fears Social Media Is Harming the ‘ Well-Being of Our Children ’
On May 23, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory warning about the impact that social media is having on the mental health of young people.
“I issued this advisory because this is an urgent crisis,” Murthy tells TIME. “In the effort to maximize the benefit and minimize the harms of social media on children, we have not made enough progress. As a consequence, I worry about the mental health and well-being of our children.”
In a conversation with TIME, Murthy discusses how parents, policy makers, researchers, and technology companies can and should come together to make social media...
Source: TIME: Health - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Mental Health Source Type: news
This is awkward-promoting clinic discussions and evaluation of gun ownership practices and individual risk - Hirsh MP.
As a pediatric trauma surgeon who has been in practice for more than 36 years, I have seen my share of morbidity and mortality in adolescents and teenagers. But if you had told me at the outset of my career that deaths due to firearms would eventually b...
Source: SafetyLit - May 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Qualitative evaluation of a caring letters suicide prevention intervention for the Veterans Crisis Line - Landes SJ, Abraham TH, Woods JA, Curtis ND, Lauver MG, Manchester C, Garrido MM, Porter S, Hughes G, Reger MA.
OBJECTIVE: Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. This has prompted the U.S. surgeon general to issue a report describing actionable items to reduce suicide rates, including a recommendation to increase the use of the caring letters inte...
Source: SafetyLit - May 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
