Despite multiple deaths and pleas for action, feds haven't banned 'suicide promotion website'
Federal officials have repeatedly ignored calls to restrict access to an online forum linked to multiple deaths in Canada, according to coroner reports, mental health advocates and families. Mental health organizations have labelled it a “dedicated suicide promotion website." (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada Source Type: news
Baseball Writers Looking To Formalize Rules To Address Growing Gambling Partnerships In MLB
As partnerships with the gaming industry continues to grow, and more websites catering to gambling emerge, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) has formed a committee with designs on proactively updating their constitution to allow clear guidance on expectations for their members.…#nashville #mvp #northamerican #joelsherman #mlbnetwork #nationalleaguemvp #lasvegas #nba #shamscharania #scoothenderson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
1 out of 5 patients listed as alive in electronic health records are actually dead
About 20 % of patients whose medical records showed them as being alive with a serious illness were in fact deceased, according to California data, leading to hundreds of unnecessary interactions such as appointment reminders, prescription refills and other kinds of wasteful outreach that strain resources and health care workers ’ time.The data gap is due to California law that makes these full death data available only “for purposes of law enforcement or preventing fraud,” a UCLA-lead research team found. Even a real-time death database maintained by the National Association for Public Health Statistics and Informat...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - December 5, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Supreme Court dismisses case of hotel discrimination tester, says it’s moot
The case asked if disability rights activists may sue hotels they don’t plan to visit, if the hotels fail to put accessibility information on their websites. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert Barnes Source Type: news
The current status of sex education in U.S. colleges and universities: a school website content review - Shigeto A, Scheier LM.
This study used a website content analysis to examine the prevalence of sex education in higher education institutions throughout the US. A total of 413 postsecondary institutions varying in type (public, private) and size (small, medium, large) were chose... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
23andMe Hack Breaches 6.9 Million Users ’ Info, Including Some’s Health Data
Some 6.9 million 23andMe customers had their data compromised after an anonymous hacker accessed user profiles and posted them for sale on the internet earlier this year, the company said on Monday.
The compromised data included users’ ancestry information as well as, for some users, health-related information based on their genetic profiles, the company said in an email.
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Privacy advocates have long warned that sharing DNA with testing companies like 23andMe and Ancestry makes consumers vulnerable to the exposure of sensitive genetic ...
Source: TIME: Health - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kristen V. Brown / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized News Desk wire Source Type: news
How Ash Read built Living Cozy, a product review site monetized with ecommerce
Ash Read didn’t launch a review website about household products because of some lifelong interest in home decor; instead, his interest came about simply because he was moving into a new house and needed to furnish it. While it was easy to search for products listed on retailers like Amazon and…#ashread #amazon #walmart #d2c #livingcozy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to get free traffic to your website (2024)
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Source: Reuters: Health - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Young-looking porn users may face extra age-checks
A large chunk of the UK population watch online pornography - nearly 14 million people, according to a recent report by Ofcom - and one in five of those watch it during office hours. But the ease of access to online pornography has also raised concerns that children are viewing explicit websites -…#ofcom #under25 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why BBC is ‘the neighbour from hell’ for leading regional newsbrand editors
In a rare joint public statement, senior editors at the UK’s five biggest commercial regional news publishers have banded together to call for the BBC to stop “suffocating” their businesses. They want the BBC to ditch its rollout of 34 local news websites and do more to link to other publishers.…#iancarter #iliffemedia #tobygranville #newsquest #paulrowland #reachregionals #garyshipton #nationalworld #jeremyspooner #martinwright (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pornography websites will have to check users ’ ages, under draft guidelines
Online pornography sites will be required to use age-checking measures to ensure users are over 18, under new guidelines. Communications watchdog Ofcom has launched a consultation under the Online Safety Act to stop children from accessing websites that display or publish pornographic content. The…#ofcom #onlinesafetyact #under18 #melaniedawes #gillwhitehead #openrightsgroup #abigailburke (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
These $50 sex supplements for men claim to boost orgasms by 'increasing ejaculation volume' - and are backed by Kourtney Kardashian - but do they work?
Sex supplements for men are all over wellness websites like Kourtney Kardashian's Poosh. They claim to boost performance & pleasure. But doctors are skeptical... (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Roche enters into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Carmot Therapeutics, including three clinical stage assets with best-in-class potential in obesity and diabetes
Carmot Therapeutics ’s R&D portfolio of clinical stage incretins has great potential to treat obesity, diabetes and potentially other diseases both as standalone medicines and in combination with Roche ’s in-house assetsLead asset CT-388 is a Phase-2 ready dual GLP-1/GIP agonist with best-in-class potential for the treatment of obesity and its comorbiditiesUnder the terms of the agreement, Roche will pay a purchase price of USD 2.7 billion upfront and additional milestone payments of up to USD 400 millionBasel, 4 December 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the entry into a definitive merger a...
Source: Roche Investor Update - December 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Roche enters into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Carmot Therapeutics, including three clinical stage assets with best-in-class potential in obesity and diabetes
Carmot Therapeutics ’s R&D portfolio of clinical stage incretins has great potential to treat obesity, diabetes and potentially other diseases both as standalone medicines and in combination with Roche ’s in-house assetsLead asset CT-388 is a Phase-2 ready dual GLP-1/GIP agonist with best-in-class potential for the treatment of obesity and its comorbiditiesUnder the terms of the agreement, Roche will pay a purchase price of USD 2.7 billion upfront and additional milestone payments of up to USD 400 millionBasel, 4 December 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the entry into a definitive merger a...
Source: Roche Media News - December 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Nayib Bukele Portfolio Tracker
How much bitcoin does El Salvador have? Since September 2021, bitcoin is legal tender in El Salvador. Ever since, Nayib Bukele (presidentCEO of El Salvador) has been publicly tweeting about the country's bitcoin purchases. This website indexes those purchases and offers some data regarding the…#elsalvador #nayibbukele #nayib #blockchaincom #coinbase (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
