Bring on the tartan blankets and half a shandy, I ’m happy to embrace later life | Kevin McKenna
As a survey reveals that the over-50s are joining gyms and having sex, the reality is something rather more comfortableThe psychological challenges that arrive with your 50th birthday are rarely addressed in debates about Scotland ’s health. To be honest, they’d all been pulsing and fermenting away for a few years before then anyway. Many of us choose to put them in one of those wee mental boxes that psychologists tell their patients to imagine when they want to dodge bad memories and negative vibes. We then mark it with big virtual red capital letters: “NOT TO BE OPENED UNTIL YOU’RE 50.” These little red flags r...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 14, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Kevin McKenna Tags: Scotland Ageing Science Middle age UK news Society Source Type: news

Uniting for peace not aggression: responding to chemical weapons in Syria without breaking the law - Barber R.
In April 2018 in response to a chemical weapons attack in Syria, the USA, UK and France attacked Syrian chemical weapons facilities without Security Council authorisation. The intervention was illegal but widely supported. The events epitomised a declining...
Source: SafetyLit - July 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Type of firearm used in suicides: findings from 13 states in the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2005-2015 - Hanlon TJ, Barber C, Azrael D, Miller M.
PURPOSE: Although household firearm ownership has been consistently associated with increased suicide rates in the U.S., scant data speak to the type of gun used in U.S. suicides. We address this research gap using data from the National Violent Death Repo...
Source: SafetyLit - June 30, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

Poor Outlook for HIV-positive Children in Pakistan
This report comes as it is announced South Africa has attained the UN goal of 90-90-90 diagnosis-treatment-suppression of HIV ahead of the 2020 objective. Pakistan’s recent leap away from that target illustrates the profound disparity in treatment and prevention of HIV across the globe. On April 25th, a number of children from Larkana, a city in the north-west of the Sindh province of Pakistan, were referred for HIV testing after they exhibited a persistent fever. An initial HIV-positive diagnosis of 15 children aged between 2 and 8 years old prompted a large-scale screening programme beginning on April 28th. Larkana Dep...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 20, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charlotte Munns Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Global Headlines Health Population Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Women's Health Source Type: news

Recovery after mild traumatic brain injury in patients presenting to US Level I trauma centers: a Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury (TRACK-TBI) study - Nelson LD, Temkin NR, Dikmen S, Barber J, Giacino JT, Yuh E, Levin HS, McCrea MA, Stein MB, Mukherjee P, Okonkwo DO, Diaz-Arrastia R, Manley GT, Adeoye O, Badjatia N, Boase K, Bodien Y, Bullock MR, Chesnut R, Corrigan JD, Crawford K, Duhaime AC, Ellenbogen R, Feeser VR, Ferguson A, Foreman B, Gardner R, Gaudette É, González L, Gopinath S, Gullapalli R, Hemphill JC, Hotz G, Jain S, Korley F, Kramer J, Kreitzer N, Lindsell C, Machamer J, Madden C, Martin A, McAllister T, Merchant R, Noel F, Palacios E, Perl D, Puccio A, Rabinowitz M, Robertson CS, Rosand J, Sander A, Satris G, Schnyer D, Seabury S, Sherer M , Taylor S, Toga A, Valadka A, Vassar MJ, Vespa P, Wang K, Yue JK, Zafonte R.
IMPORTANCE: Most traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are classified as mild (mTBI) based on admission Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores of 13 to 15. The prevalence of persistent functional limitations for these patients is unclear. OBJECTIVES: To charact...
Source: SafetyLit - June 8, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Tiki Barber's latest play: Cannabis consultant
The retired New York Giant discusses entrepreneurship, the ins and outs of legal marijuana, and why the NFL should change its suspension policies.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 14, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Anthony Noto Source Type: news

Age and sex-mediated differences in six-month outcomes after mild traumatic brain injury in young adults: a TRACK-TBI study - Yue JK, Levin HS, Suen CG, Morrissey MR, Runyon SJ, Winkler EA, Puffer RC, Deng H, Robinson CK, Rick JW, Phelps RRL, Sharma S, Taylor SR, Vassar MJ, Cnossen MC, Lingsma HF, Gardner RC, Temkin NR, Barber J, Dikmen SS, Yuh EL, Mukherjee P, Stein MB, Cage TA, Valadka AB, Okonkwo DO, Manley GT.
INTRODUCTION: Risk factors for young adults with mTBI are not well understood. Improved understanding of age and sex as risk factors for impaired six-month outcomes in young adults is needed. METHODS: Young adult mTBI subjects aged 18-39 years (18-...
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news

How A Cosmic Collision Sparked A Native American Translator's Labor Of Love
On April 1, astronomers will start two huge machines and continue hunting for ripples in space-time. One scientist gets his mom to translate news of each discovery into her native language, Blackfoot.(Image credit: Courtesy of Russell Barber)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 31, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nell Greenfieldboyce Source Type: news

When A Barber Offered Free Condoms, There Were Holes In His Plan
Don ' t staple your condoms.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 11, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Contributor Source Type: news

The Londonderry barber shop offering men head space
Bareknuckle Barbershop in Londonderry is offering men the chance to open up about their mental health.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Developing an intervention for fall-related injuries in dementia (DIFRID): an integrated, mixed-methods approach - Wheatley A, Bamford C, Shaw C, Flynn E, Smith A, Beyer F, Fox C, Barber R, Parry SW, Howel D, Homer T, Robinson L, Allan LM.
BACKGROUND: Falls in people with dementia can result in a number of physical and psychosocial consequences. However, there is limited evidence to inform how best to deliver services to people with dementia following a fall. The aim of the DIFRID study was ...
Source: SafetyLit - March 5, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Nurse, 25, fitted with a pacemaker following her self-diagnosed blood clotting condition
Katie Barber, from Long Island, experienced dizzy spells weeks after self-diagnosing two blood clotting conditions. Scans revealed she had a junctional rhythm.
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Quantitative multimodal assessment of concussion recovery in youth athletes - Howell DR, Myer GD, Brilliant A, Barber Foss K, Meehan WP.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate recovery trajectories among youth athletes with a concussion and healthy controls across different domains using a quantitative and multifaceted protocol. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective repeated measures. PARTICIPANTS: Youth athletes diag...
Source: SafetyLit - February 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

The dynamics of intimate partner violence and the risk of pregnancy during the transition to adulthood - Barber JS, Kusunoki Y, Gatny H, Budnick J.
Using a reproductive coercion framework, we investigate the role of intimate partner violence (IPV) in pregnancy during the transition to adulthood. We use two types of data from a population-based sample of 867 young women in a Michigan county: a 60-minut...
Source: SafetyLit - February 13, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Association between 5-year clinical outcome in patients with nonmedically evacuated mild blast traumatic brain injury and clinical measures collected within 7 days postinjury in combat - Mac Donald CL, Barber J, Patterson J, Johnson AM, Dikmen S, Fann JR, Temkin N.
IMPORTANCE: Although previous work has examined clinical outcomes in combat-deployed veterans, questions remain regarding how symptoms evolve or resolve following mild blast traumatic brain injury (TBI) treated in theater and their association with long-te...
Source: SafetyLit - January 17, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

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