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Pot can be detected in blood a month later
BETHESDA, Md., March 2 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said cannabinoids -- psychoactive compounds of marijuana -- can be detected in the blood of daily pot smokers during a month of abstinence.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Big hits on the small screen: an evaluation of concussion-related videos on YouTube - Williams D, Sullivan SJ, Schneiders AG, Ahmed OH, Lee H, Balasundaram AP, McCrory PR.
BACKGROUND: YouTube is one of the largest social networking websites, allowing users to upload and view video content that provides entertainment and conveys many messages, including those related to health conditions, such as concussion. However, little i...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Media, Marketing, and Internet Issues Source Type: news

Psychiatric symptoms associated with the mental health defence for serious violent offences in Queensland - Spencer J, Tie A.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine which psychiatric symptoms were associated with a defence of unsoundness of mind for serious violent offences. METHOD: The study included psychiatric reports provided by forensic psychiatrists from the Hi...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Moving from evidence to care: ethical responsibility of health professionals in responding to sexual assault - Bhate-Deosthali P.
[Abstract unavailable] Language: Eng...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Measuring and interpreting the predictive validity of violence risk assessments: an overview of the special issue - Singh JP, Petrila J.
Mental health professionals are routinely called upon to assess and testify concerning the violence risk of their patients. Expert opinion on risk assessment continues to influence decisions resulting in the long-term denial of civil liberty or even death ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Legislation on violence against women: overview of key components - Ortiz-Barreda G, Vives-Cases C.
This study aimed to determine if legislation on violence against women (VAW) worldwide contains key components recommended by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the United Nations (UN) to help strengthen VAW prevention and provide better integ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Changing patterns in the epidemiology of traumatic brain injury - Roozenbeek B, Maas AI, Menon DK.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a critical public health and socio-economic problem throughout the world. Reliable quantification of the burden caused by TBI is difficult owing to inadequate standardization and incomplete capture of data on the incidence a...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Falls Source Type: news

Factors associated with quality of life after attempted suicide: a cross-sectional study - Wang SM, Chou YC, Yeh MY, Chen CH, Tzeng WC.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To describe factors associated with the subjective quality of life of individuals who had attempted suicide. BACKGROUND: Although quality of life has been a focus of concern in mental health care, data are lacking on what life is like ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Difficulties in functioning one year after injury: the role of pre-injury socio-demographic and health characteristics, healthcare and injury-related factors - Langley J, Davie G, Wilson S, Lilley R, Ameratunga S, Wyeth E, Derrett S.
OBJECTIVE: To identify the role of pre-injury socio-demographic and health characteristics, injury and injury-related healthcare characteristics in determining functional outcomes 12 months after injury. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study involving one...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Alliances against Depression-a community based approach to target depression and to prevent suicidal behaviour - Hegerl U, Rummel-Kluge C, Varnik A, Arensman E, Koburger N.
Depressive disorders as well as fatal and non-fatal suicidal behaviour continue to be important mental health issues. Because of the close relation between depression and suicidal behaviour, it is likely that preventive actions improving care and optimizin...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: news

Racial/ethnic differences in alcohol-related suicide: a call for focus on unraveling paradoxes and understanding structural forces that shape alcohol-related health - Keyes KM, Cerda M.
[Abstract unavailable] Language: Eng...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to alcohol in Mongolia: a national population-based survey - Demaio AR, Dugee O, De Courten M, Bygbjerg IC, Enkhtuya P, Meyrowitsch DW.
BACKGROUND: The leading cause of mortality in Mongolia is Non-Communicable Disease. Alcohol is recognised by the World Health Organization as one of the four major disease drivers and so, in order to better understand and triangulate recent national burden...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Alcohol: the lubricant to suicidality - Ali S, Nathani M, Jabeen S, Yazdani I, Mouton CD, Bailey RK, Mahr M, Pate RJ, Riley WJ.
Suicide is a major public health problem in the United States as well as around the world. The significant role that alcohol plays in suicidality is well known and accepted in the scientific community. The use of alcohol does not necessarily lead to suicid...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Attention to the neglected: prospects for research on child neglect for the next decade - Boyce CA, Maholmes V.
In 1997, the National Institutes of Health within the United States Department of Health and Human Services reviewed the state of its research on child abuse and neglect (US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, 1997). The...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Sexual coercion among in-school adolescents in Rwanda: Prevalence and correlates of victimization and normative acceptance - Van Decraen E, Michielsen K, Herbots S, Van Rossem R, Temmerman M.
This study assesses the preval...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Methodology of the youth risk behavior surveillance system - 2013 -
Priority health-risk behaviors (i.e., interrelated and preventable behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youths and adults) often are established during childhood and adolescence and extend into adulthood. The You...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Interrupting violence: how the CeaseFire program prevents imminent gun violence through conflict mediation - Whitehill JM, Webster DW, Frattaroli S, Parker EM.
Cities are increasingly adopting CeaseFire, an evidence-based public health program that uses specialized outreach workers, called violence interrupters (VIs), to mediate potentially violent conflicts before they lead to a shooting. Prior research has link...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Bullying, mental health, and parental involvement among adolescents in the Caribbean - Abdirahman HA, Bah TT, Shrestha HL, Jacobsen KH.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationships between peer victimization, mental health, and parental involvement among middle school students in the Caribbean. METHODS: Data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) conducted in the Cayman Islan...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

South Africa: Department Must Not Close Pongola Hospital
[IFP]The IFP calls on the Department of Health in Kwa-Zulu Natal to immediately stop the closing down of Pongolo Hospital in northern Kwa-Zulu Natal. The people of Pongolo and surrounding areas have a constitutional right to healthcare in their own area and do not have the means to travel to other areas for medical treatment.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 2, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

South Africa: Expanding Contraceptive Options for South Africa?s Women
[Health-e]I recently met a young woman named Mercy who had five children and was struggling to make ends meet. She had tried oral contraceptives to prevent pregnancy, but admitted that she often forgot to take the pill every day. She then tried injectable contraceptives, which required her to visit to the health centre every quarter, but she often did not have enough money for transport. In fact, she became pregnant with her fifth child after missing one injection.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 2, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

South Africa: Girl Traumatised After Abortion
[Health-e]A 17-year-old girl from Senekal in the Free State told OurHealth that having an illegal abortion was a “trauma I will never forget”.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 2, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

South Africa: Patients Complain About Rude Staff, Poor Service At KZN Clinic
[Health-e]Patients here have been complaining about the level of service and unfriendliness of staff at the Impilwenhle Clinic in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 2, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

South Africa: Patricia and Pepfar
[U.S. Embassy Pretoria]Senator Christopher Coons recently lead a congressional delegation to South Africa to meet with high-ranking South Africa government officials on U.S. foreign policy priorities in Africa such as health.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 2, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

South Africa: ?long Live Those Living With HIV?
[Health-e]Nkosiphendule Ngwendu, or Di, as people call him, lives in Mevana Administration Area in Lusikisiki. He is 32 years old and living with HIV.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 2, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

South Africa: HIV Prevention On Grass-Roots Level
[Health-e]The country’s National Strategic Plan (NSP) to reduce HIV, sexually transmitted infections and TB offers a multi-pronged approach to tackle some of the country’s greatest health challenges.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 2, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

U.S. Judges Offer Addicts a Way to Avoid Prison
In federal courts in eight states including New York, “drug courts” for some defendants in nonviolent crimes are embraced by a judiciary bristling at rigid sentencing guidelines.
Source: NYT Health - March 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MOSI SECRET Tags: Gleeson, John Drug Abuse and Traffic Courts and the Judiciary United States Sentencing Commission Mandatory Sentencing Justice Department Source Type: news

Try This: A graceful stretch to the tips of the fingers
Sometimes you just don't know how much tension you're holding until you take a good stretch. This quick upper-body loosener, demonstrated by fitness expert Jennifer Kries, from her "Hot Body Cool Mind" DVD series, is sweet relief in the middle or at the end of the workday.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dorothy Hamill on skating and regaining strength
For the Olympian, the ice was once a way to escape into her world of shyness. Now it's a way to call her back into a world of health.You know you're famous when your haircut becomes the haircut.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Reader health tip: Clean up while you firm up
March is here. That means you have 305 days left to follow through on your 2013 health and fitness resolutions.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Exercise class welcomes dogs too
Many people get home from work in need of a trip to the gym or an exercise class. But the list of excuses is myriad, starting with that most precious commodity, time. Factor in a dog — in my case, a rambunctious terrier mix named Beanie — and it's likely that all thoughts of a workout vanish.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Experts call for UK-wide minimum alcohol price
More than 70 health organisations back a new independent alcohol strategyRelated items from OnMedica‘Flawed’ alcohol regulatory system fails to protect childrenNHS sees huge rise in cost of problem drinkingDoctors say alcohol must cost at least 50p/unitStudy backs discount ban on alcoholPledge to cut 1000 alcohol deaths
Source: OnMedica Latest News - March 2, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Eating healthy helps keep teeth healthy
CHICAGO, March 1 (UPI) -- Most people don't know the plaque on teeth contain bacteria that can cause cavities, U.S. dentists say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

BPA found in cans linked to asthma
NEW YORK, March 1 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers report a link between early childhood exposure to bisphenol A -- a chemical used in can liners and store receipts -- and higher asthma risk.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pro sports leagues aim to put workers' comp out of play
The NFL and others claim retired pro athletes — many from out of state — are ripping off California's workers' comp system. The Legislature may be buying it.One would think that we've learned from bitter experience not to trust a word uttered by our major professional sports leagues.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Whistleblower Attorney Thomas M. Greene Testifies Before Congress on...
Whistle Blower attorney Thomas M. Greene testifies before Congress at a committee hearing entitled “Fostering Innovation in Fighting Health Care Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.”(PRWeb March 01, 2013)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10484329.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 1, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Peter Neupert Joins the Board at Clinithink
Former Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Health Solutions Group and co-founder of MSNBC, has joined the Board at Clinithink.(PRWeb March 01, 2013)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10481896.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 1, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

HMP Communications Holdings, LLC Launches Psych Congress Network
New online resource expands U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress brand(PRWeb March 01, 2013)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10483751.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 1, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

The ethics of pediatric lead studies
In the current (March 21, 2013) issue of the New York Review of Books, Helen Epstein reviews the forthcoming book Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America’s Children by Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner. In the review, Epstein discusses the marketing of lead paint in the United States during the early and mid-twentieth century, as well as the important legal case of Grimes v. Kennedy Krieger Institute. As Epstein notes, by the time of the Great Depression public health experts knew that ingestion of lead paint chips frequently caused pediatric lead poisoning. At that time, many European nations ...
Source: The Poison Review - March 1, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical helen epstein kennedy krieger institute lead toxicity lead wars new york review of books paint Source Type: news

Melanoma 'hits body's immune system'
A deadly form of skin cancer is able to avoid attack from the body's immune system, UK researchers have found.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Can fitness boost cancer surgery success?
The patients getting fit for cancer surgery
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Many in Britain don't trust their hospital
LONDON, March 1 (UPI) -- In England, almost 40 percent of National Health Service staff would not recommend their hospital to their friends and family, health officials say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Response to Post-Hurricane Sandy Mold Is Questioned
Some see possibly unsafe conditions being ignored the way air quality concerns were played down after the Sept. 11 attack.
Source: NYT Health - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By SARAH MASLIN NIR Tags: Mold New York City Hurricane Sandy (2012) Allergies Floods Medicine and Health Queens (NYC) New Jersey Source Type: news

Early Elective Deliveries on the Decline
March 1, 2013 - Early elective deliveries seem to be on the decline, but there’s still a great deal of room for improvement. And children’s health advocates say that nurses can continue making a positive difference in the rate of preterm births.
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 1, 2013 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Screening Decisions Are Better Informed When Risk Information Is Personalized
02/28/2013, The Cochrane Library, Patients' ability to make genuinely informed choices about undergoing disease screening increases when the risk information that they receive is related to their own personal risk, rather than average risks, according to the results of a Cochrane systematic review.
Source: Health Behavior News Service - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pets health: My cat is messing around in the house
Q: My 15-year-old cat Thomas has started messing in and around the house. He is otherwise in good health. It may be to do with a cat that has moved in a few of doors down.
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Video: New treatment for shark attacks
A new reports says there were 53 shark attacks in 2012. Lethal attacks are very rare, but bites are often the site of severe infection. Mark Strassmann reports on the hunt for new treatments.
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

It's straight to the shark's mouth for treatment to aid bite victims
Researchers hunt for shark bacteria in an effort to create targeted antibiotics for those who've been attacked
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CDC: No states report high flu activity
ATLANTA, March 1 (UPI) -- Influenza activity remains elevated in parts of the United States, but there continues to be a downward trend nationally, health officials say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Women dieters don't eat any less yet they DO feel more guilty
Women who regularly go on diets rob themselves of the pleasure of enjoying food while setting themselves up for failure, according to a study from Utrecht University, in The Netherlands.
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rite Aid Opens In-Store Clinics In Select Locations
BOSTON (CBS) – Rite Aid Pharmacy is opening in-store medical clinics in Massachusetts. Rite Aid Executive Vice President Robert Thompson tells WBZ it’s a one-of-its-kind “virtual” doctors office. WBZ NewsRadio 1030′s Jeff Brown reports Download: rite-aid-ext.mp3 The service is called NowClinic. It costs $45 for a 10 minute consult with a doctor. It’s free to talk to a nurse. “Through the technology, a patient can receive a consultation, face-to-face, with a physician who, if they feel it’s appropriate, can make a diagnosis or...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: deanreddington Tags: Health Heard On WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Local Syndicated Local Watch Listen NowClinic Rite Aid Pharmacy Robert Thompson Source Type: news