A small venture capital player becomes a symbol in the fight over corporate diversity policies
A venture capital firm that has backed buzzy new companies like restaurant chain S.ty Vegan and beauty brand Live Tinted has become symbolic of the fight over corporate diversity policies since becoming a target of a lawsuit over a grant program for Black women. But the Fearless Fund is a tiny…#s.tyvegan #livetinted #fearlessfund #atlanta #ariansimone #hispanic #digitalundivided #supremecourt #edwardblum #striversgrantcontest
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

An Atlanta school warned a Batman researcher not to say " gay. " He quit rather than be censored
Marc Tyler Nobleman was supposed to talk to kids about the secret co-creator of Batman, with the aim of inspiring young students in suburban Atlanta’s Forsyth County to research and write. Then the school district told him he had to cut a key point from his presentation — that the artist he helped…#marctylernobleman #batman #atlanta #forsythcounty #georgia #newjersey #indiana #cathrynoakley #humanrightscampaign #oakley
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rat-Borne Parasite That Can Cause Brain Disease Spreading in Southern U.S.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 -- Brown rats found and analyzed near Atlanta now carry rat lungworm, researchers report. It ' s a parasite that can trigger a dangerous brain encephalitis in both people and pets, and which now threatens a wide area of the...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 20, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Economic burden of US youth violence injuries - Peterson C, Parker EM, D'Inverno AS, Haileyesus T.
The health burden of US youth violence is substantial. Among youths aged 10 to 24 years, homicide has been a top 3 leading cause of death and assaults have been a top 10 leading cause of emergency department (ED) injury visits for more than 2 decades.1 Qua...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Structural intervention at one bridge decreases the overall jumping suicide rate in Victoria, Australia - Dwyer J, Spittal MJ, Scurrah K, Pirkis J, Bugeja L, Clapperton A.
AIMS: There is clear evidence that installing safety barriers is effective in preventing jumping suicides from high-risk bridges with only moderate displacement to other nearby bridges. However, the impact of barriers on jumping suicides across broader geo...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Traumatic tear of the pectoralis major muscle during military parachute jumping - Estel K, Waldmann K, R öttel S, Heller R, Willy C, Back DA.
A tear of the pectoralis major (PM) muscle is a rare injury that is prevalent in men between 20 and 40 years of age and those in a military profession.1 2 In a 26-year-old soldier, an incorrectly attached parachute harness led to unintentional hyperabdu...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

"The wild west:" nurse experiences of responding to the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting - Choi KR, Heilemann MSV, Romero SA, Peng K, Wu J, Sondereker D, Fisher C, Brymer M.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of nurses who responded to a public mass shooting in 2017. METHODS: This qualitative study was conducted with a sample of nurses who responded to a mass shooting, recruited purposi...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Exploring the differences in rider injury severity in vehicle-two-wheelers accidents with dissimilar fault parties - Hu L, Song Y, Wang F, Lin M.
OBJECTIVE: The division of responsibility in vehicle-two-wheelers accidents reflects the extent to which different fault parties contributed to the occurrence of the accident, with significant differences in the injuries sustained by the riders in accident...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Seat belt use in the US by pregnant motor vehicle occupants - Espelien C, Jin R, Mostofizadeh S, VanRyzin R, Hartka T, Forman J, Chernyavskiy P.
Introduction Motor vehicle (MV) collisions are a leading cause of trauma for pregnant individuals in the US that often result in adverse maternal and fetal outcomes.1 MV collisions account for 82% of injury-induced fetal deaths and 55% to 78% of trauma...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Association of four medication classes and non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with affective disorders - a retrospective chart review - Eggart V, Mortazavi M, Kirchner SK, Keeser D, Brandstetter L, Hasan A, Wagner E.
BACKGROUND: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) behaviour is frequently observed in children and adolescents with psychiatric conditions. Affected individuals are regularly treated with psychotropic drugs, although the impact of these agents on NSSI behaviour ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Impact of COVID-19 and telehealth on mental health in Bangladesh: a propensity score matching approach - Rahman S, Amit S, Kafy AA.
COVID-19 have deteriorated mental health conditions in Bangladesh. The study aims to examine the impact of COVID-19 on mental health conditions through the propensity score matching method and establish the relationship between telehealth usage on mental h...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The Man Who Thinks He Can Live Forever
In a neat little neighborhood in Venice, Calif., there’s a block of squat, similar homes, filled with mortals spending their finite days on the planet eating pizza with friends, blowing out candles on birthday cakes, and binging late-night television. Halfway down the street, there’s a cavernous black modern box. This is where Bryan Johnson is working on what he calls “the most significant revolution in the history of Homo sapiens.”  [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Johnson, 46, is a centimillionaire tech entrepreneur who has spent most of the last three years in pursuit of a si...
Source: TIME: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlotte Alter Tags: Uncategorized feature Source Type: news

The Reason Why Bitcoin Is Such a Unique Invention Also Lies in Satoshi Nakamoto ’s Unique Personality. One of the first two men to review Bitcoin ' s source …
If you liked reading this, feel free to click the ❤️ button on this issue so more people can discover it on Substack . You often read that Satoshi Nakamoto gave humanity a wonderful gift by creating Bitcoin and giving it away without seeking personal benefit. This is where Satoshi stands out from…#substack #satoshinakamoto #satoshi #raydillinger #halfinney #trusted #trustless #bitcoinblockchain #bitcoin
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Elon Musk ’s perks at Tesla under Justice Department scrutiny: report
Federal investigators are widening a probe of benefits Tesla Inc. TSLA, provided to Chief Executive Elon Musk as part of a criminal investigation, according to a published report. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Justice Department was probing personal benefits Tesla has provided the…#teslainc #elonmusk #justicedepartment #tesla #journal #spx
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

IHS: Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Information Collection: Indian Health Service Forms To Implement the Privacy Rule
Notice from the Indian Health Service (IHS) seeking comment on an information collection titled "IHS Forms to Implement the Privacy Rule." IHS will use the data collected from these forms to meet the requirements of the Privacy Rule, which creates national standards to protect an individual's personal health information and gives patients increased access to their medical records. Comments are due by October 20, 2023.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - September 20, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

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