The U.S. Surgeon General Fears Social Media Is Harming the ‘ Well-Being of Our Children ’
On May 23, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory warning about the impact that social media is having on the mental health of young people. “I issued this advisory because this is an urgent crisis,” Murthy tells TIME. “In the effort to maximize the benefit and minimize the harms of social media on children, we have not made enough progress. As a consequence, I worry about the mental health and well-being of our children.” In a conversation with TIME, Murthy discusses how parents, policy makers, researchers, and technology companies can and should come together to make social media...
Source: TIME: Health - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Mental Health Source Type: news

Nate Lenz: Why $7 Billion Concurrent Advisors Left Raymond James
At age 34, Nate Lenz already seems to have fit a full career into a little more than a decade. He has led a succession-planning and acquisitions team at Raymond James Financial, founded his own consulting firm, and just moved Concurrent Advisors, which he co-founded on the RayJay platform, to…#natelenz #concurrentadvisors #rayjay #tampa #barronsadvisor
Source: Reuters: Health - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

McLean ' s Booz Allen Hamilton posts $68M Q4 loss on costs tied to DOJ probe
The technology and management consulting giant said the investigation cost the company as much as $378 million.
Source: Reuters: Health - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sex differences in mortality of older adults with falls after emergency department consultation: FALL-ER registry - Mir ó, Gil-Rodrigo A, García-Martínez A, Aguiló S, Alemany X, Nickel CH, Jacob J, Llorens P, Herrero P, Torres-Machado V, Cenjor R, Coll-Vinent B, Martínez-Nadal G, Del Nogal ML, Peacock F, Martín-Sánchez FJ.
BACKGROUND: To investigate if sex is a risk factor for mortality in patients consulting at the emergency department (ED) for an unintentional fall. METHODS: This was a secondary analysis of the FALL-ER registry, a cohort of patients ≥65 years w...
Source: SafetyLit - May 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

The Ancient Roots of Psychotherapy
Our medical ancestors sought to heal the mind long before they could treat diseases of the brain. Magicians and priests tended the sick through suggestion, therapeutic bond, and tincture of time, not by science. This has changed. During the last century and a half, our progress in understanding and treating mental suffering has been remarkable by any standard, drawing importantly upon lessons from the asylum, advances in psychology and the science of the brain, and what had been learned by doctors and nurses who treated shell shock during the First World War. Psychotherapy has been described as the oldest branch of medicin...
Source: TIME: Science - May 25, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Kay Redfield Jamison Tags: Uncategorized Excerpt freelance health Source Type: news

Patriot missile success in Ukraine has shocked even the Pentagon
Ukraine's success with U.S.-made Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems in the war with Russia has shocked even the Pentagon, according to a military analyst. Ivan Kirichevskiy, an expert at military media and consulting company Defense Express, weighed in on Kyiv's use of the advanced missile…#ukraine #usmadepatriot #pentagon #ivankirichevskiy #defenseexpress #radionv #volodymyrzelensky #patriot #russian #netherlands
Source: Reuters: Health - May 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

3D Printer Company Stratasys Is in Talks to Merge with Alphabet-Backed Desktop Metal
Stratasys Ltd. is in talks to acquire Desktop Metal Inc. in an all-stock deal that would create a leading 3D printer company in a fragmented industry, according to people familiar with the matter. • None Apple Plans to Turn Locked iPhones Into Smart Displays With iOS 17 • None McCarthy Signals…#stratasysltd #desktopmetalinc #noneappleplans #usput #creditwatch #papersleft #everest #stratasys #desktopmetal #consulting
Source: Reuters: Health - May 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study: Africa Likely to Leapfrog Leading Fintech Regions if It Adopts New Technologies
Africa will likely leapfrog the top fintech regions if startups on the continent adopt new technologies, the Global Fintech 2023 report by the Boston Consulting Group and QED Investors has said. The report points to the African continent’s young population as well as the projected population…#africa #globalfintech2023 #qedinvestors #african #middleeast #nigeria #africans #latinamerica #asiapacific #register
Source: Reuters: Health - May 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ex- ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli is now living in Queens on $2,500 a month after nearly 7 years in prison
Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical chief executive officer who served almost seven years in prison for securities fraud, is earning $2,500 a month consulting for a law firm and living with his sister in Queens, New York, according to the US Probation Office. Shkreli, 40, has had a mostly…#martinshkreli #queens #usprobationoffice #shkreli #lawoffice #christopherkjohnston #brooklyn #allenwood #pennsylvania #picasso
Source: Reuters: Health - May 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Digital transformation expert on mass layoffs: I would have expected more from tech
Interview Digital business transformation expert and erstwhile COBOL programmer Kamales Lardi has spent a lot of time in the tech industry, including consulting with large corporates and SMEs who are going through a process of making cuts. But mass layoffs are hitting mid-career tech pros and…#kamaleslardi #register #lardi #layoffsfyi #henryford #echoinggartner #openai #satyanadella #amazon #google
Source: Reuters: Health - May 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Americans Urged to Cancel Surgeries in Mexico Border City after Meningitis Cases
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — State and federal health officials are warning U.S. residents to cancel planned surgeries in a Mexico border city after five people from Texas who got procedures there came back and developed suspected cases of fungal meningitis. One of them died, officials said. The five people who became ill traveled to Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, for surgical procedures that included the use of an epidural, an anesthetic injected near the spinal column, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday. Four remain hospitalized, and one of them later died. Those who became ill range...
Source: TIME: Health - May 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Public Health wire Source Type: news

US would be crazy to ignore growing hazards of doing business in China
Chinese police last week raided several CapVision offices in China, following similar raids on the Mintz Group in Beijing and Bain & Company in Shanghai. Due diligence and corporate consulting are not usually lightning rod industries, yet these American companies suddenly had their employees…#capvision #mintzgroup #beijing #baincompany #shanghai #minsk #mss #soviet #kgb #ccp
Source: Reuters: Health - May 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

2023 Women in Business: Ebony Eromobor builds her practice, and the next generation of therapists
Ebony Eromobor is leading efforts to increase the percentage of Black and Brown therapists in Minnesota, while also providing culturally specific mental health care to patients at a time when the country is facing a mental health crisis. She will celebrate three years as founder and executive director of Village Support Therapy and Consulting this month.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 16, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Brooke Strickland Source Type: news

‘1.5 billion square feet of office space could become obsolete,’ says Boston Consulting Group
The pandemic normalized work from home. But many companies have permanently gone remote, putting the pressure on office spaces across the U.S. That post-pandemic pivot has sent office real estate into a downward spiral. The drop in demand for office space is turning up the heat for many office…#barclaysbcs #manhattan #colliers #washingtondc #savills
Source: Reuters: Health - May 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why Now Could Be The Best Time To Enter The China Market
The conventional wisdom this month for American companies and investors in China has been: “Whoa! Risk!” U.S-China relations are in a low ebb this year, and raids on foreign consulting and due diligence companies – not to mention a new spying law — have many businesspeople worried. Yet the editor…#shanghaikergibbs #postcovid #gibbs #amchamshanghai #shanghai #beijing #markfischer #nba #donwilliams #hoganlovells
Source: Reuters: Health - May 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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