Mille Lacs County (MN) Paramedic Collapses and Dies While Answering Call
Tim Harlow Star Tribune (MCT) A central Minnesota paramedic collapsed and died Wednesday night while on duty. Toby Rowan had just finished responding to a medical call for the Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia and was still on the scene when he collapsed, according to a statement from the Mille Lacs County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s deputies and other paramedics who had responded to the call attempted to revive Rowan, but were unsuccessful. The patient who Rowan was trying to save also died, the sheriff’s office said. Rowan had worked for the&...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - January 8, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: News News Feed LODD Minnesota Paramedic Source Type: news

Tens of thousands Indian farmers have been camping at the border of the capital city for 11 days. Demanding the government to scrap...
Why this photograph of a policeman swinging his baton at an elderly Sikh farmer went viral.
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Time Spent in Nature Boosts Kids ' Well-Being
MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 -- Whether camping, hiking or gardening, connecting with nature has many benefits for children ' s well-being, a new study suggests. " There is strong evidence that children are happier, healthier, function better, know more about...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 31, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Part 1: How I ’m helping rough sleepers in London access healthcare
Doctors of the World UK (DOTW) is working to improve rough sleepers’ access to healthcare in the City of London. We have secured new funding from the City of London Corporation to run weekly outreach sessions until July 2021, in partnership with homeless charity St Mungo’s. The service is being led by our mobile clinic coordinator Dr Durga Sivasathiaseelan and follows a successful six-month pilot project. Durga shares her experience returning to the streets of London to support this vulnerable population. The city feels like it’s changed. Pubs, bars and restaurants are open again, and everyone is...
Source: Doctors of the World News - August 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Britney Sacopon Tags: Uncategorised Source Type: news

Did you solve it? Carry on camping
The solutions to today ’s hard onesEarlier todayI set you the following puzzle:Six friends – Babs, Charles, Hattie, Joan, Kenneth and Sid – are going camping in France. They are travelling across the Channel on a magic carpet that can take only two people at a time. So, in order for everyone to get across there will need to be 9 trips in total from their starting point in England: 5 a cross carrying two people, and 4 returning carrying one person. (Magic carpets cannot fly empty, which is why one person needs to travel back. All the friends are able to fly alone on the carpet if need be.)Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 10, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Alex Bellos Tags: Mathematics Education Science Source Type: news

Can you solve it? Carry on camping
Sir, your puzzle is so hard!UPDATE: Solutions now posted hereToday ’s puzzle is a seasonal update of a cherished gem of British culture: the river-crossing puzzle, in which people travel back-and forth across a stretch of water in a very small vessel. The earliest-known river-crossing puzzles appear in a manuscript by Alcuin of York in the eighth century.Another British cultural artefact from a distant age is the Carry On film. Not wanting to appear too parochial, however, today ’s puzzle also includes an element from the Thousand and One Nights.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 10, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Alex Bellos Tags: Science Mathematics Education Source Type: news

Blog: LGBT+, COVID-19 and mental health
COVID-19 has meant it’s a pretty scary time to be a human. Add into the mix being LGBT+, Black, disabled and/or a woman and life can be even more difficult. And because of prejudice and discrimination, people from the LGBT+ community are more likely to experience mental health problems. In the wider community, around 1 in 4 people are affected by mental ill health. But in the LGBT+ community these figures can be as high as 70%, with trans people – and in particular young trans people – significantly over-represented (41% having attempted to end their lives). Meanwhile, over the past 10 years dedicated LGBT+ serv...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - August 4, 2020 Category: Food Science Authors: Martin Cullen Tags: Blogs equality LGBT Mental health matters Source Type: news

The Coronavirus Infected Hundreds at a Georgia Summer Camp
The camp took precautions but did not require campers to wear masks, the C.D.C. reported. Singing and cheering may have helped spread the virus.
Source: NYT Health - August 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Camps and Camping Masks Disease Rates Tests (Medical) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Youth Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Georgia Source Type: news

On the Lookout for Moose on Michigan ’s Isle Royale
The remote Isle Royale, tucked away in the northern reaches of Lake Superior, is one of America ’s least visited national parks.
Source: NYT Health - July 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tony Cenicola Tags: Islands Moose Photography National Parks, Monuments and Seashores Camps and Camping Historic Buildings and Sites Parks and Other Recreation Areas Travel and Vacations National Park Service Source Type: news

A Life Full of Meaning
The diabetes camp that gave us hope had an unlikely connection to my father, a former priest who would have delighted in being our guardian angel.
Source: NYT Health - July 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Suzanne Travers Tags: Diabetes Camps and Camping Summer (Season) Children and Childhood Insulin Chaplains Source Type: news

Homeless people in tents fight Toronto parks bylaw amid COVID-19 pandemic
A Toronto bylaw banning tents and camping in city parks should be declared unconstitutional given the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of homeless people and activist organizations argue in a new court application.
Source: CBC | Health - July 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news

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