Weston-super-Mare launches its first festival of love and loss
A new festival that aims to open up conversations around death and bereavement is launching in Weston-super-Mare next week. Good Grief Weston (Monday 1 to Monday 8 May) will offer 30 workshops and events over eight days and across more than 20 venues. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - April 26, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, Research, Public engagement; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Institutes, Institutes, Bristol Population Health Science Institute; Press Release Source Type: news
Complaints grow over $1 billion U.S. Antarctic icebreaker design
In Antarctica, German and South Korean icebreaking research ships regularly fly helicopters to reach remote glaciers. The U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) 30-year-old
RV Nathaniel B. Palmer
can also carry helicopters. And the British Antarctic Survey’s new
RRS Sir David Attenborough
has not only a helideck and hangar, but also a “moonpool” port in its hull for deploying undersea instruments.
The planned design for the $1 billion U.S. Antarctic Research Vessel (ARV), a proposed icebreaker intended to replace the
Palmer
in the early 2030s, includes neither of those feat...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 20, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
FDA and NIH/NCI Center for Cancer Research: Advancing Drug Development in Myelodysplastic Syndromes - 05/16/2023
FDA and NIH/NCI Center for Cancer Research: Advancing Drug Development in Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Virtual 2-day free public workshop. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - April 20, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
Health conference asks why ambulance staff aren ’ t an emergency service
The final day of UNISON’s annual health conference in Bournemouth opened with delegates standing in a minute’s silence to mark the upcoming International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April (above).
Moving to the business of the day, debates were heard on a variety issues.
Retirement age parity
A motion submitted by the ambulance occupational group highlighted the disparity in retirement age between police, fire service and ambulance staff.
Peter Steventon, South East central ambulance, opened the motion saying: “You would assume that NHS ambulance staff would be recognised as an ‘emergency service’. You ...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - April 20, 2023 Category: Food Science Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article 2023 National Health Conference Ambulance ambulance strikes fighting cuts and privatisation in the NHS Source Type: news
Workshop on Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization: Sensor Technologies to Capture the Complexity of Behavior
This workshop brings together a diverse group of scientists and innovators from various fields and sectors to improve our understanding of behavior in health and disease. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - April 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news
The psychology of success
Why are some people more successful than others? This workshop demonstrates how our minds function. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - April 18, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
FDA CDER and CBER & Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy | Rare Disease Endpoint Advancement Pilot Program Workshop: Novel Endpoints for Rare Disease Drug Development - 06/07/2023
The purpose of this public workshop is to discuss topics relevant to the development of endpoints for rare diseases. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - April 17, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
China auto show highlights intense electric car competition
Global and Chinese automakers plan to unveil more than a dozen new electric SUVs, sedans and muscle cars this week at the Shanghai auto show, their first full-scale sales event in four years in a market that has become a workshop for developing electrics, self-driving cars and other technology.…#shanghai #automakers #communistparty #johnzeng #lmcautomotive #beijing #autoshanghai2023 #volkswagenag #vw #bydauto (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
We're Treating Low Back Pain All Wrong
(MedPage Today) -- In December 2019, I attended a National Academies of Sciences workshop on the role of non-pharmacological approaches to pain management. At the end of the meeting, as expected, panelists concluded that more research was needed... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 14, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Funding available for LMIC participants at Cochrane Colloquium
Registration is open for the Cochrane Colloquium, which will take place in London from 4th to 6th September 2023, with satellite events on 3rd September. Cochrane is offeringstipends and bursaries to help cover travel and accommodation costs for those who might otherwise be unable to attend, including participants from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).The Colloquium will provide an opportunity for individuals to network with other like-minded professionals, share knowledge and expertise, and engage in discussions around evidence-based healthcare. Cochrane believes that by offering these stipends and bursaries, it...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - April 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Public Workshop: FDA Wound Healing Scientific Workshop - 04/28/2022
Public Workshop: FDA Wound Healing Scientific Workshop (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - April 12, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
Ghana: KMA and Its Road Safety Partners Organise Workshop for Senior Editors in Kumasi
[GhanaToday] In a bid to promote road safety and public health related issues, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), Vital Strategies and the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) have organized a workshop for senior news editors in the metropolis. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 12, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Research, Practice, and Data Informed Investigations of Child and Youth Suicide: A Science to Service and Service to Science Approach
The purpose of this workshop is to understand the challenges of investigating child and youth deaths and inform efforts to determine, assess, and ultimately mitigate the rate of suicide death in children and youth. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - April 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news
Liberia: WASUDEV and Food Fluency Train Women On Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Bong County
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As part of efforts in training women on Nutrition sensitive agriculture in Liberia, the Women in Agriculture for Sustainable Development (WASUDEV) in collaboration with Food Fluency recently hosted Agriculture and nutrition sensitive workshops for women smallholder farmers in Bong County. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
