Defining surgical success
Although Benjamin Franklin opined that death and taxation are the only certainties in this life, for most of us, the need to undergo a surgical procedure at some point is also inevitable. Society consequently has a vested interest in the outcomes of surgery being successful. Through recorded history, just surviving an operative intervention was regarded as near miraculous. Aseptic technique, anaesthesia and understanding of resuscitation made surgery safe, at least for first world populations, but the objective analysis of what surgeons do and the outcome of their activity is a relative novelty in historical terms. While t...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - April 18, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jaffray, B. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Dissonance in the face of Alzheimer's disease breakthroughs: clinician and lay stakeholder acceptance, concerns and willingness to pay for emerging disease-modifying therapies
CONCLUSIONS: This study exposes complex attitudes toward emerging DMTs for Alzheimer's disease, challenging conventional wisdom in multiple dimensions. A surprising 25% of the public expressed aversion to these new treatments, despite society's deep-rooted fear of dementia in older age. Healthcare professionals displayed nuanced concerns, prioritising clinical effectiveness and potential brain complications. Intriguingly, younger, better-educated and privately insured individuals exhibited a greater WTP, foregrounding critical questions about healthcare equity. These multifaceted findings serve as a guidepost for healthcar...
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry for Mental Science - April 17, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Irina Kinchin Sharon Walsh Rachel Dinh Margaret Kapuwa Sean P Kennelly Ann-Marie Miller Ann Nolan Sean O'Dowd Laura O'Philbin Suzanne Timmons Iracema Leroi Source Type: research
Trend in basic oral treatment needs in relation to taxation of sweets, ice cream, and sugar-sweetened beverages in Finland: a registry-based study
CONCLUSION: No change in average sugar consumption was observed despite implementing the new sugar policy. Therefore, it may be worthwhile to reconsider the excise tax on sweets and ice cream as it will significantly increase the total national revenues.PMID:38628100 | DOI:10.2340/aos.v83.40335 (Source: Acta Odontologica Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Odontologica Scandinavica - April 17, 2024 Category: Dentistry Authors: Jesse Jokirinta Jari P äkkilä Evangelos Mourelatos Sakari Sipola Marja-Liisa Laitala Saujanya Karki Source Type: research
Towards the Use of Renewable Syngas for the Decarbonization of Industry
ChemSusChem. 2024 Apr 16:e202400059. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202400059. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn this article we analyze how syngas produced in a renewable way can replace fossil-fuel based syngas production and thereby play an essential role in the decarbonization of industry. We show that in essentially all industrial applications renewable H2 and/or CO can replace syngas from fossil fuel feedstocks, and quantify the flows of these chemical building blocks required for the transformation of industry towards a net-zero emitting sector. We also undertake a techno-economic analysis, in which we demonstrate that under spec...
Source: ChemSusChem - April 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Remko Detz Marit Beerse Nicole Meulendijks Pascal Buskens Bob van der Zwaan Source Type: research
Effects of red meat taxes and warning labels on food groups selected in a randomized controlled trial
CONCLUSIONS: Policies to reduce red meat consumption are also likely to affect consumption of other types of foods that are relevant to both health and environmental outcomes.TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT04716010 on www.CLINICALTRIALS: gov .PMID:38622655 | DOI:10.1186/s12966-024-01584-9 (Source: Health Physics)
Source: Health Physics - April 15, 2024 Category: Physics Authors: Amelia Willits-Smith Lindsey Smith Taillie Lindsay M Jaacks Sarah M Frank Anna H Grummon Source Type: research
The equitable impact of sugary drink taxation structures on sugary drink consumption among Canadians: a modelling study using the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition
CONCLUSIONS: Sugary drink taxation, including an additional benefit of taxing 100% juice, could reduce overall and inequities in mean energy intake from sugary drinks in Canada.PMID:38618932 | DOI:10.1017/S1368980024000545 (Source: Public Health Nutrition)
Source: Public Health Nutrition - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Brendan T Smith Christine M Warren Laura N Anderson David Hammond Douglas G Manuel Ye Li Alessandra T Andreacchi Laura C Rosella Sze Hang Fu Erin Hobin Source Type: research
Effects of red meat taxes and warning labels on food groups selected in a randomized controlled trial
CONCLUSIONS: Policies to reduce red meat consumption are also likely to affect consumption of other types of foods that are relevant to both health and environmental outcomes.TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT04716010 on www.CLINICALTRIALS: gov .PMID:38622655 | PMC:PMC11020801 | DOI:10.1186/s12966-024-01584-9 (Source: Health Physics)
Source: Health Physics - April 15, 2024 Category: Physics Authors: Amelia Willits-Smith Lindsey Smith Taillie Lindsay M Jaacks Sarah M Frank Anna H Grummon Source Type: research
The equitable impact of sugary drink taxation structures on sugary drink consumption among Canadians: a modelling study using the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition
CONCLUSIONS: Sugary drink taxation, including an additional benefit of taxing 100% juice, could reduce overall and inequities in mean energy intake from sugary drinks in Canada.PMID:38618932 | DOI:10.1017/S1368980024000545 (Source: Public Health Nutrition)
Source: Public Health Nutrition - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Brendan T Smith Christine M Warren Laura N Anderson David Hammond Douglas G Manuel Ye Li Alessandra T Andreacchi Laura C Rosella Sze Hang Fu Erin Hobin Source Type: research
Effects of red meat taxes and warning labels on food groups selected in a randomized controlled trial
High consumption of red and processed meat contributes to both health and environmental harms. Warning labels and taxes for red meat reduce selection of red meat overall, but little is known about how these po... (Source: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity)
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity - April 15, 2024 Category: Nutrition Authors: Amelia Willits-Smith, Lindsey Smith Taillie, Lindsay M. Jaacks, Sarah M. Frank and Anna H. Grummon Tags: Research Source Type: research
Environmental taxation and inclusive green growth in developing countries: does the quality of institutions matter?
This study is therefore the first attempt to examine the impact of the environmental tax on inclusive green growth for developing countries from 2000 to 2021. To do this, we apply the system generalised method of moments (GMM) that controls unobserved heterogeneity, heteroskedasticity, simultaneity, reverse causality and endogeneity. The empirical results show that environmental tax promotes inclusive green growth. In addition, our results indicate that the control of corruption, government efficiency, the quality of regulation and the rule of law interact with the environmental tax to promote inclusive green growth. Furth...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - April 13, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Idrys Fransmel Okombi Van Breg-Dony Ndoum Babouama Source Type: research
Climate emergency and decent work
The climate crisis and loss of biodiversity, two closely related threats to human and planetary health, meet the criteria for the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare an international public health emergency, as occurred with COVID-19 (1), and urged by numerous scientific journals (2).
Attaining decent work, understood as “opportunities for women and men to work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity” (3), in the context of the climate emergency, creates a paradox for worker health. Outdoor workers (notably those in agriculture and construction), many of them informal workers, are among th...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Own price elasticities of the demand for sugar-sweetened beverages in Bangladesh
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) is a major global public health problem. Increasing the price of SSBs through taxation is an effective tool to reduce SSB consumption. Price-elasticity estimates ... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rumana Huque, Abul Kalam Azad and Nasiruddin Ahmed Tags: Research Source Type: research
National taxation on sugar-sweetened beverages and its association with overweight, obesity, and diabetes
CONCLUSIONS: Taxation is highly heterogeneous across countries in terms of products and design, which might influence its effectiveness. Our findings provide some evidence regarding a deceleration of the increasing prevalence rates of overweight and obesity among children occurring in some countries following introduction of taxation. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42021233309.PMID:38569789 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.12.013 (Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - April 3, 2024 Category: Nutrition Authors: Michele Sassano Carolina Castagna Leonardo Villani Gianluigi Quaranta Roberta Pastorino Walter Ricciardi Stefania Boccia Source Type: research
Taxes to sugar-sweetened beverages: are changes in obesity and diabetes observable?
Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Apr;119(4):874-875. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.01.029. Epub 2024 Feb 26.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38569784 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.01.029 (Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - April 3, 2024 Category: Nutrition Authors: Carolina Batis Source Type: research
National taxation on sugar-sweetened beverages and its association with overweight, obesity, and diabetes
CONCLUSIONS: Taxation is highly heterogeneous across countries in terms of products and design, which might influence its effectiveness. Our findings provide some evidence regarding a deceleration of the increasing prevalence rates of overweight and obesity among children occurring in some countries following introduction of taxation. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42021233309.PMID:38569789 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.12.013 (Source: Am J Clin Nutr)
Source: Am J Clin Nutr - April 3, 2024 Category: Nutrition Authors: Michele Sassano Carolina Castagna Leonardo Villani Gianluigi Quaranta Roberta Pastorino Walter Ricciardi Stefania Boccia Source Type: research
