Lesbian women die 20 percent younger than straight women due to stress of 'toxic' social stigma, according to new study
Research by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute found that bisexual women die, on average, nearly 40 percent younger than heterosexual women. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A case of fatal poisoning caused by etomidate: evidence from pathological and toxicological analyses - Chen Y, Liu J, Song T, Zou X, Li L, Nie Q, Zhang P.
This report describes a rare case of a 47-year-old man who died from ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
When Meaningful Work Backfires
It’s easy to let high stress steal our full attention. Often, high stress leaves us vulnerable to a dysregulated, unproductive state. This means we need reliable resources we can connect to in order to renew and maintain our mental, emotional, and physical energy, and to help us recover from work stressors that, left unchecked, can make us vulnerable to burnout.
As a burnout researcher, my work has been focused on pinpointing the most reliable and effective resources people can connect to in order to protect themselves from burnout. I’ve conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews with people who experience hi...
Source: TIME: Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kandi Wiens Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Cakes and drinks sweetener neotame can damage gut wall, scientists find
Industry ’s sugar substitute E961 can have ‘toxic effect on health’, says study finding sweetener capable of damaging intestinal bacteriaA sweetener used in cakes, soft drinks and chewing gum can seriously damage people ’s health by weakening the gut, anew study has found.Consumption of even a small amount of the sweetener neotame can lead to someone starting to suffer irritable bowel syndrome, insulin resistance, and even sepsis, a condition that kills about 40,000 in Britain a year.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 24, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Denis Campbell Health policy editor Tags: Food safety Soft drinks Nutrition Irritable bowel syndrome & drink industry Health policy Diabetes Science Business Source Type: news
Using forensic intelligence as a model for determining future toxicology methods: TBI forensic toxicology and forensic drug chemistry nitazene identification - Gray A, Douglas S, Tiller M, Bleakley M.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) serves all 95 counties of Tennessee, but the data included in this article is primarily focused in upper east and east Tennessee (the parts of the state included in the eastern time zone). The forensic chemistry ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Delays in blood collection and drug toxicology results among crash-involved drivers arrested for impaired driving - Price JM, Smith RC, Miles AK, Kayagil TA.
OBJECTIVE: The concentration of drugs in a driver's system can change between an impaired driving arrest or crash and the collection of a biological specimen for drug testing. Accordingly, delays in specimen collection can result in the loss of critical in... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Breaking Down New Rules About ‘Forever Chemicals’
Lisa Friedman, who covers climate change, discussed the fight to regulate toxic chemicals found in nearly half of America ’s tap water. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Josh Ocampo Tags: PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) Environmental Protection Agency Greenhouse Gas Emissions Source Type: news
What the death of America ’s border bill says about toxic congressional politics
THE LIFE of the Senate’s bill to increase border security in exchange for sending aid to Ukraine was wretched and short. Its three main negotiators released the text on Sunday. On Monday it had the support of Mitch McConnell, the chamber’s top Republican. By Tuesday it was dead. “It looks to me,…#ukraine #mitchmcconnell #republicans #mikejohnson #yougov #republicanparty #donaldtrump #democrat #borderbill #truthsocial (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Heartbroken' couples claim California IVF clinic implanted dead and toxic embryos into women to cover up errors
Nine California couples allege that bungling lab workers at Ovation Fertility destroyed the embryos with harmful cleaning chemicals during storage. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Two cases of diquat poisoning in adolescent children - Duan M, Yang B, Cheng X, Shen F, Lu X, Wang F.
Diquat (DQ) is among the most widely used herbicides, and its intake can cause severe systemic toxicity that manifests rapidly. The resultant symptoms can cause the dysfunction of a range of tissues and organs,. As there is no specific antidote for diquat ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Toxic: How the Search for COVID's Origins Turned Politically Poisonous
(MedPage Today) -- The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 22, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Your gym kit could be leaching toxic 'forever chemicals' into your body. And 'revealing' clothes could be ruining your workout. Eight expert tips for staying healthy at the gym
From school run to home office to walking the dog to pounding the treadmill, many of us are spending all day in clothes once reserved for exercise only. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Acute rotenone poisoning: a scoping review - Tat J, Heskett K, Boss GR.
CONTEXT: Rotenone is a toxic chemical found in various plants, including some used as food. Rotenone poisoning can be fatal and there is no antidote. Mechanistically, rotenone inhibits mitochondrial complex I, leading to reduced ATP production, compensator... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Increasing severity of medical outcomes and associated substances in cases reported to United States poison centers - Farah R, Cole RJ, Holstege CP.
INTRODUCTION: Poison centers provide free expert recommendations on the treatment of a wide variety of toxicological emergencies. Prior studies have called attention to the increasing complexity of cases reported to poison centers. We aimed first, to evalu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Unregulated social media as a toxin: New York City's public health action - Counts NZ, Avula D, Vasan A.
In 1538, Swiss physician and philosopher Paracelsus put forth the toxicology maxim that the dose makes the poison. In public health, this concept guides efforts to protect the population from environmental exposures where they live, work, and play through ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
