Prevalence of xylazine in overdose cases: an analysis of Miami-Dade County medical examiner case data - Potoukian RB, Gonyea J, Shoff EN, Hime GW, Moore DM.
Xylazine sedative, muscle relaxant, and analgesic used in a veterinary setting. Although xylazine was never approved for therapeutic use in humans, it has become popular in the street drug market as a cutting or bulking agent in the fentanyl and heroin sup...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

A five-year study on the profile of acute poisoning cases admitted to poison center, Alexandria, Egypt - Saeed NM, Ghanem M, Alhoshy HA, Atef M.
BACKGROUND: Poisoning remains one of the health problems that causes significant patient mortality and morbidity worldwide regardless of a country's development or culture. It can occur secondary to exposure to natural ingredient or chemical substance. ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

Intimate partner femicide-suicide in Eswatini: offenders, victims, incident characteristics and sociocultural contexts - Adinkrah M.
The current article reports the results of a systematic study of 42 intimate partner femicide-suicides with 91 fatal casualties in Eswatini, Africa, from 2009 to 2022. The study used a media-surveillance methodology to identify the 42 cases from a major lo...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Sociological study of sexual harassment of disabled women in Mazandaran Province - Rostamian A, Rahmani Firouzjah A, Abbasi Asfajir AA.
Introduction Sexual abuse of people with disabilities is a common problem in contemporary society. However, many cases of harassment do not appear to be reported and thus remain unknown. The study of sexual harassment of disabled women is one of the topics...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Bucket handle mesenteric tear with seatbelt sign following a motor vehicle accident: a case report - Quren A, Albloushi B, Alfaraj A, Alfaraj D, Nabri M, Alshahrani A.
BACKGROUND: Traumatic bucket-handle mesenteric injury is exceptionally rare, as only 20 cases were reported during the past 63 years. It is a life-threatening injury that is difficult and challenging to detect during bedside physical examination and requi...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Epidemiology of adult hand injuries presenting to a tertiary hand surgery unit: a review of 4216 cases - Kankam HKN, Ibrahim H, Liew MS, Hauff E, Tullie S, Parthiban S, Chester DL.
This study investigates the pattern of hand injuries presenting to a UK regional tertiary centre. All referrals to our Hand Surgery Unit in 2019 were reviewed. Subgroup analyses of sex, deprivation, occupational injuries and assault cases were carried out....
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

106 Cases of homicide poisoning in China-a retrospective study - Tao Z.
In this study, the author collected data on 106 cases of hom...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news

A bibliometric analysis of global research trends on suicidal ideation - Mohamad Farok NH, Mahmud N.
Suicide cases have increased drastically over the years, while the upsurge has inevitably spiked society's concerns. Suicidal behaviours such as suicidal ideation have received special attention from professionals due to the harmful and irreversible conseq...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

An Mpox Cluster Affecting Persons Previously Vaccinated An Mpox Cluster Affecting Persons Previously Vaccinated
In this unusual cluster of mpox cases, a large number of cases had been vaccinated with mpox vaccine.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - September 4, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news

Covid cases nearly DOUBLE in a month with estimates showing almost 93,000 new infections each day
Data from the ZOE health study shows there were 92,965 new daily cases of symptomatic infection on September 1 - up from about 50,000 at the start of August.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What Are the Complications of Sickle Cell Trait?
Discussion Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited blood disorders where there are abnormal hemoglobin molecules and the red blood cells take on a characteristic sickled shape instead of a rounded shape. Sickled hemoglobin provides an evolutionary advantage of giving the individual increased protection against severe and cerebral malaria. The sickled shape doesn’t move through the vascular system as well and therefore is more likely to aggregate in small vessels causing an increased risk of vaso-occlusive disease, acute chest syndrome, splenic sequestration, and priapism. There is also an increased risk of ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - September 4, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Increasing cases of dengue: Signs to look out for
Source: The Economic Times - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'Channel your inner five-year-old’ to spot the signs of leukaemia
EXCLUSIVE: There are almost 10,000 new UK cases of leukaemia - a blood cancer that affects cells in the bone marrow. Families are being encouraged to ask "why" if they notice unusual health symptoms as leukaemia could be the cause.
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

U.S. sees rise in COVID-19 cases ahead of Labor Day weekend
Source: Reuters: Health - September 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Trump ’s Georgia trial will be televised
The news that Donald Trump’s Georgia state prosecution will be televised is a welcome dose of transparency. But remember, federal proceedings across the country aren’t broadcast, as we’ve seen (or not seen) in Trump’s federal cases playing out in Washington, D.C., and Florida. Cameras haven’t been…#donaldtrumps #georgia #nt #trump #florida #markmeadows #meadows #fultoncounty
Source: Reuters: Health - September 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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