David Cameron jets to Florida for talks with Donald Trump
Meeting comes as British foreign secretary pushes to secure Republican backing for Ukraine aid#ukraine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sustainability reporting in the NHS 2023/24 and beyond
Healthcare Financial Management Association - This briefing sets out the NHS environmental sustainability commitments and reporting requirements across the United Kingdom, what NHS organisations must report in 2023/24, along with good practice in sustainability reporting for NHS organisations in 2023/24 and beyond. It also looks ahead at future developments and the role of the finance function.BriefingMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 8, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news
Efforts to support Palestinian scientists struggle with the realities of war
Mou’yed Issa Talab Ismail was thrilled when, last month, he received an offer to begin a doctoral program in medical physics at the University of Sherbrooke. “Canada is considered one of the best countries in the world in my field of scientific research,” he says. “This will open the way for me to complete my studies.”
One of several recently launched efforts to support scientists and technical students in war-torn Gaza helped match Ismail with the Canadian program. But throwing a lifeline to Palestinian scholars is proving difficult, and it’s unclear when Ismail will make it to Canada. He is currently sh...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
‘Vital for looking after the soil’: fears as UK earthworm population declines
Keystone species has potentially enormous effects on above-ground wildlife and ecosystem functioningInvertebrate of the year 2024: all hail Earth ’s spineless heroesNominate your UK invertebrate species of the yearIn 2019, 15,000 children from primary schools across the UK went out to their local playing field. Instead of kicking a ball around, they dug up worms, looked out for birds, and counted them both.“The kids were just so enthusiastic about it. It was incredible,” said Blaise Martay, lead researcher from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). Martay had worried about the data quality – she thought children...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 8, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Phoebe Weston Tags: Animals Wildlife Soil UK news Environment Source Type: news
Patients with severe COVID-19 at greater risk of developing pulmonary fibrosis, research suggests
Researchers say individuals who have experienced severe COVID-19 are more likely to develop pulmonary fibrosis, a condition that thickens the tissue in lungs and can affect breathing. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Actually, It ’ s OK to Slouch
One of the latest and surprising findings in the field of physical therapy is that slouching is not as bad as we think it is. Certain researchers have gone so far as to say that the conventional fear mongering regarding poor posture can actually be more harmful than slouching itself. Undoing over a century’s worth of public health messaging about the evils of poor posture—let alone the custom of elders telling youngsters to “sit up straight”—will be a monumental task.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Beth Linker Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
A qualitative study on perceptions and experiences of overdose among people who smoke drugs in Vancouver, British Columbia - Ivsins A, Bonn M, McNeil R, Boyd J, Kerr T.
BACKGROUND: Smoking unregulated drugs has increased substantially in British Columbia. Intersecting with the ongoing overdose crisis, drug smoking-related overdose fatalities have correspondingly surged. However, little is known about the experiences of ov... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Cloud vendor lock-in is shocking, but there's a way out
Opinion The Sleepwalking Into Disaster klaxon is echoing through the corridors of power. Again. This time, the corridors are British and the klaxonner is the Cabinet Office's Central Digital & Data Office. The CDDO keeps an eye on where the money's going in government IT projects – our money, our…#cabinetoffice #cddo #aws #apple #gofetch #fujitsu #sap #ibm #intel #amd (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UK rent rises forecast to outpace wage growth for three years
Rent rises in Britain are forecast to outpace wage growth, despite having already surged at the fastest pace on record after the Covid pandemic and the cost of living crisis. The Resolution Foundation expects added pressure on millions of households and said average rents could increase by 13%…#resolutionfoundation #rishisunaks #michaelgove #bankofengland #carapacitti (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dog food bank excited to receive donation of treats, then they open the box
Worry and concern were brought to a volunteer-based animal food bank when one of their donations was filled with sharp, used needles. In 2021, Alison Smith started the United Kingdom-based Your Pet Food Bank when she saw people struggling to make ends meet following job layoffs and inflation. She…#animalfoodbank #alisonsmith #unitedkingdom #yourpetfoodbank #reddit #petofweek (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Average penis sizes around the world revealed in interactive map... and the US and UK are nowhere near the top 10
Britain comes in 68th place with a penis size of 5.2in (13.1cm) and America is in 60th place with men having an average size of 5.4in (13.5cm). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
' Mr Bates vs the Post Office'— the TV drama that shook Britain
None "Mr Bates vs the Post Office" had a remarkable impact after airing in Britain and now comes to PBS. • None The drama sparked public outrage about hundreds of wrongful convictions. • None People who ran small post offices were falsely accused of theft, but faulty software was to blame. It took…#postoffice #pbs #nonepeople #itv #rishisunak #houseofcommons #fujitsu #horizon #seemamisra #peterhuxham (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why the death of North Sea oil is a disaster for Britain
Far out in the North Sea a deserted but massive oil platform awaits its fate. Brent Charlie is the last remainder of the Brent field – a resource so big it once provided a third of the UK’s daily oil needs. Discovered in the 1970s, the Brent field at one point produced 184 million barrels of oil a…#northsea #brentcharlie #exchequer #alpha #bravo #delta #pioneeringspirit #supply #treasury #deargod (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DR ELLIE: The British-made sex aid promising 'orgasms on prescription' that may help menopausal women. PLUS How to help burning mouth syndrome
My jaw is so tight and my teeth always hurt. The pain also radiates down into my neck and shoulders. I have seen various consultants who say there is no cure or medication. What would you advise? (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
From HS2 to the NHS, Britain doesn ’t cut costs. Disastrously, it just cuts corners
As governments across the world assess their responses to four years of successive economic calamities, it is clear the UK’s default reaction – to cut corners and adopt the cheapest route out of a malaise – has many hidden costs. Across the public sector, from warships to NHS computer systems and…#nhs #treasury #jeremyhunt #houseoflords #nationalauditoffice #duncanweldon #ippr #labour (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
