Jordi Pardo Pardo announced as new Cochrane Governing Board interim Chair
Cochrane appoints new Governing Board interim Chair, Jordi Pardo Pardo  and says farewell to two outgoing Trustees,  Catherine Marshall and Tracey HoweCochrane is an international non-profit network, which sets the gold standard for synthesizing health research findings  to facilitate evidence-based health care.  Cochrane Reviews, found in the Cochrane Library, are up-to-date, follow a rigorous scientific methodology, and are free from commercial conflicts of interest. Health professionals, patients, and policy makers trust Cochrane Reviews for their healthcare decision-making. Cochrane works with researchers, healt...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - August 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news

Bidirectional associations between cellular phone use behaviors and depressive symptoms in college students: a follow-up study - Renjie LI, Shuman TO, Xiaoyan WU, Yajuan Y, Liwei ZOU, Yang XIE, Tingting LI, Dan Z, Shuang Z, Yang QU, Fangbiao TO.
OBJECTIVE The study aimed to describe the prevalence of mobile phone use and depressive symptoms and to examine the bidirectional associations between the two among college students, providinb evidence for mental health promotion among college students. ...
Source: SafetyLit - August 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Acts of offensive behaviour and risk of disability pension in Danish female eldercare workers: prospective cohort with 11-year register follow-up - Clausen T, Pihl-Thingvad J, Villadsen E, Andersen LL.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether acts of offensive behaviour (threats, violence, workplace bullying and sexual harassment) in the workplace and type of perpetrator (internal or external to the workplace) of the offensive behaviours predicted risk of disa...
Source: SafetyLit - August 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

What Are Underlying Risk Factors for Liver Abscesses?
This study specific excluded patients with ALA or candidemia. LA treatment is usually antibiotics and less invasive surgical techniques such as aspiration or percutaneous catheter drainage, but other treatment including resection is sometimes needed Overall mortality from LA has decreased from 15-40% to as low as 0.8% in the pediatric populations as noted above. Learning Point LA can occur solely because of exposure to infectious organisms but is also commonly associated with hepatobiliary pathology as well. In Northern India study, the “[m]ajority of …children had no predisposing factors for development of LA ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - August 21, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

The Legal Industry Is Using Ethereum-Based Smart Contracts
The legal industry is turning to Ethereum smart contracts, as they have great potential to increase efficiency. This is because they are completely self-enforcing. By that, it means that only once certain and specific terms are met, will the contract follow through with its instructions. There are…#ethereum #hoganlovells #frostbrowntodd #legalindustry #trustnodes #artificiallawyer
Source: Reuters: Health - August 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Crash Landing
Will we get a soft landing or a hard landing in the economy? Or, should we hope for a crash landing? Mark Thornton explains. See also "Soft Landing? Not Likely" featuring Bob Murphy and Jonathan Newman on the Human Action Podcast: Mises.org/HAP407 Be sure to follow Minor Issues at…#markthornton #softlanding #bobmurphy #jonathannewman #humanactionpodcast
Source: Reuters: Health - August 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

At Least DeSantis ’ Super PAC Tries to Follow the Law
Source: Reuters: Health - August 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Adverse Fetal Environment Is a Cardiovascular Risk Factor Adverse Fetal Environment Is a Cardiovascular Risk Factor
If a child has been exposed to an adverse fetal environment during the pregnancy, he or she must be provided with appropriate follow-up, according to researchers.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - August 18, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

A New Technique Uses a Patient ’ s Own Stem Cells to Restore Their Vision
One moment during the summer of 2020, Nick Kharufeh was enjoying an Independence Day party with his family in California. The next, he couldn’t see out of his left eye. Kharufeh, now 26, was struck in the face by a malfunctioning firework, causing severe damage to and blindness in his left eye—damage his doctors said they could do little about. “I thought my life was over,” says Kharufeh, who until the accident had been training to become a pilot. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Only a few months later, however, Kharufeh’s mother learned about an experimental trial in Bosto...
Source: TIME: Health - August 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized embargoed study healthscienceclimate Innovation Source Type: news

Legal Challenges to Abortion Medication Could Set Off a Domino Effect for Access
A federal appeals court this week ruled that mifepristone—a drug used in half of all U.S. abortions that has come under legal fire this year—should remain available, but with significant restrictions on its use. The ruling has no immediate effect on the availability of mifepristone. The Supreme Court may take up the case next, meaning the drug’s fate is still in limbo and no one knows exactly how access to it could change in the future. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] But what is clear, experts say, is any restriction on mifepristone would have ripple effects for the entire abortion-ca...
Source: TIME: Health - August 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Floods, Now Torrential Monsoon Rains Leave Pakistani Women in Crisis
Women outside an emergency vehicle aimed at helping those affected by flooding. CREDIT: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPSBy Ashfaq YusufzaiPESHAWAR, PAKISTAN , Aug 18 2023 (IPS) Torrential monsoon rains have left the people, especially women, in crisis as they are still grappling to recover from the last year’s floods in Pakistan. “We are yet to return to normal lives after devastation caused by severe rains in June 2002 when the new series of rains have started only to further aggravate our problems,” Jannat Bibi, a resident of Kalam in the Swat Valley, told IPS. Bibi, 44, a housewife, along with co-villagers, must walk about a ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ashfaq Yusufzai Tags: Asia-Pacific Climate Change Development & Aid Environment Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Pakistan Source Type: news

Telehealth Visit Reconnects Adolescents Lost to Follow-Up Telehealth Visit Reconnects Adolescents Lost to Follow-Up
A small pilot study finds positive results in a hybrid model: The first visit is telehealth with in-person follow-up as needed.MDedge News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news

Ways to Improve Timely Hearing Interventions in Infants Ways to Improve Timely Hearing Interventions in Infants
Christina L. Kilgo, MA, discusses the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) 1-3-6 plan and efforts to understand barriers to reporting and follow-up to states ' EHDI programs.CDC Expert Commentary
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Commentary Source Type: news

Teeth could preserve antibodies hundreds of years old, study finds
Teeth could be capable of preserving antibodies for hundreds of years, allowing scientists to investigate the history of infectious human diseases, a new study has found.Antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system as a natural response to infectious organisms like viruses and bacteria. Their job is to recognise those microbes so that the immune system can attack them and clear them from the body.In the new paper, published by iScience, antibodies extracted from 800 year-old medieval human teeth were found to be stable and still able to recognise viral proteins.The study, led by Professor Robert Layfield and ...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - August 17, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

' Do Your Own Research ' : Was It Dangerous Advice During the Pandemic?
THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 -- The idea of “doing your own research” didn’t begin with the pandemic, but new research suggests that those who follow that ideology have been more likely to believe COVID misinformation. “We had heard the phrase a...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

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