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A week in science: A copper-age "queen," a sea squirt and malaria-fighting mosquitoes
NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Short Wave hosts Regina Barber and Geoff Brumfiel about a copper-age "queen," a 500-million-year-old sea squirt, and a way to help mosquitoes fight malaria.
Source: NPR Health and Science - July 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Regina G. Barber Source Type: news

Opioid analgesia for acute low back pain and neck pain (the OPAL trial): a randomised placebo-controlled trial - Jones CMP, Day RO, Koes BW, Latimer J, Maher CG, McLachlan AJ, Billot L, Shan S, Lin CWC, McLachlan H, Webb M, Hamilton M, Ahedi H, Barber A, Mak W, Mathieson S, Petrova V, Bompoint S, Shan S, Murnion B, Buckley N, Demirkol A, Wrigley P, Needs C, Brooks L, Cantori S, Preisz P, Aitken J, Allan S, Burke M, Cameron G, Cepeda FJV, Davis C, Dullur J, Emmanuel J, Errey C, Fieuw-Makaroff S, Gaudry A, Genua L, Longhurst I, McCroary K, Merhi D, Nguyen T, Obayd ZR, Penm M, Pobbathi S, Poh WS, Schnitzler P, Shahnaz S, Tan V, Tang D, Tan B, Thu WK, Triantopolous T, Venkatesan R, Wong WCF, Yang SC.
Background Opioid analgesics are commonly used for acute low back pain and neck pain, but supporting efficacy data are scarce. We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of a judicious short course of an opioid analgesic for acute low back pain and n...
Source: SafetyLit - July 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Perceived barriers and facilitators to treatment for alcohol misuse among survivors and victim service professionals following sexual assault and intimate partner violence - Hahn CK, Shapiro M, Rheingold AA, Gilmore AK, Barber S, Greenway E, Moreland A.
Survivors of sexual assault (SA) and intimate partner violence (IPV) report high rates of alcohol misuse and often receive services from community agencies. We conducted a qualitative study to examine barriers and facilitators to treatment for alcohol misu...
Source: SafetyLit - July 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

This week in science: gravitational waves, nature-inspired robots and Orca attacks
Hosts of NPR's science podcast Short Wave talk about newly-discovered gravitational waves, a robot designed with inspiration from nature and why Orcas might be attacking boats near the European coast.
Source: NPR Health and Science - June 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Regina G. Barber Source Type: news

Integrating, harmonizing, and curating studies with high-frequency and hourly physiological data: proof of concept from seven traumatic brain injury datasets - Yaseen A, Robertson CS, Cruz Navarro J, Chen J, Heckler B, DeSantis S, Temkin N, Barber J, Foreman B, Diaz-Arrastia RR, Chesnut RM, Manley GT, Wright D, Vassar M, Ferguson AR, Markowitz AJ, Yamal JM.
Research in severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) has historically been limited by studies with relatively small sample sizes that result in low power to detect small, yet clinically meaningful outcomes. Data sharing and integration from existing sources hol...
Source: SafetyLit - June 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Retiring civil rights leader says Juneteenth shouldn ' t be jubilant
Human rights activist Rev. William J. Barber II delivered his last sermon as pastor of his North Carolina church on Sunday, using the occasion to decry jubilance associated with the Juneteenth holiday. "They want you jumping around and drinking," he said. "That's not what Juneteenth is." Barber,…#williamjbarberii #northcarolina #yaledivinityschool #goldsboro #poorpeoplescampaign #martinlutherkingjr #poorpeoplecampaign #abrahamlincoln #confederate #galveston
Source: Reuters: Health - June 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Northridge mob-style smash-and-grab impacts several businesses, video shows
NORTHRIDGE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A mob-style smash-and-grab burglary caught on camera impacted several businesses in Northridge. A crew of masked bandits -- one wearing a Jason mask, another armed with a saw -- all captured on camera as they busted into the Modern Barber Room in Northridge. The…#northridge #kabc #modernbarberroom #atm #pisco #sourmarket #lapd #gofundme
Source: Reuters: Health - June 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Science news: Elements of life on a Saturn moon and how spaceflight affects the brain
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with hosts of NPR's science podcast, Short Wave about Saturn's moon Enceladus, a tiny 'quasi-moon' near Earth's orbit, and how spaceflight affects astronauts' brains.
Source: NPR Health and Science - June 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Regina G. Barber Source Type: news

Tony Award Broadcast Details Announced: Nominated Musical Performers & Last Year ’s ‘Funny Girl’ Set For Writer-Less Ceremony
The Tony Awards broadcast this Sunday will feature performances from the casts of Tony Award nominated best musicals and revivals including Camelot, Into The Woods, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, New York, New York, Parade, Shucked, Some Like It Hot and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.…#tonyaward #camelot #kimberlyakimbo #sweeneytodd #leamichele #joaquinakalukango #paradisesquare #musical #abeautifulnoise #neildiamond
Source: Reuters: Health - June 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tony Awards Performances to Include ‘Sweeney Todd,’ ‘Some Like It Hot,’ ‘Camelot’ and More
The 76th Annual Tony Awards will feature performances from the casts of best musical and revival nominees “Camelot,” “Into The Woods,” “& Juliet,” “Kimberly Akimbo,” “New York, New York,” “Parade,” “Shucked,” “Some Like It Hot” and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” Additionally,…#annualtonyawards #camelot #intowoods #kimberlyakimbo #somelikeithot #abeautifulnoise #funnygirl #joaquinakalukango #musical #theatre
Source: Reuters: Health - June 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sight Extended review – unsettling tale is an eye-opener in our age of AI anxiety
An agoraphobic downloads an app that promises to turn his life around – but things begin to get sinister when it takes over his social interactionsThis disturbingly real-looking artificial intelligence sci-fi was made a couple of years ago on what looks like a budget of small change tipped out of the film-makers ’ coin jars. It’s getting a release now presumably on account of AI anxiety creeping up the league table of things that keep people awake at night. Like the Nosedive episode of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, the premise here is that in an apparently-near future people wear contact lenses that feed them inf...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 7, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Cath Clarke Tags: Film Science fiction and fantasy films Artificial intelligence (AI) Technology Culture Consciousness Computing Human biology Neuroscience Psychology Source Type: news

Co-founders of ‘compassionate’ LA law firm resign after vile, sexist emails exposed
A pair of cofounders at an LA-based law firm resigned Monday after The Post exposed blatantly racist and sexist emails the two sent while at their old firm. John Barber and Jeffrey Ranen — who launched their new “compassionate” firm Barber Ranen just last month — stepped down from their positions…#johnbarber #jeffreyranen #barberranen #timgraves #lewisbrisbois #georgefloyd #larchmont #koreatown #jewish #jew
Source: Reuters: Health - June 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

This week in science: a paralyzed man walks again and a sticker-like vaccine patch
Short Wave hosts Emily Kwong and Regina Barber talk about a paralyzed man that walked again, a sticker vaccine and the science behind a crop of new RSV vaccines.
Source: NPR Health and Science - June 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Kwong Source Type: news

A science news roundup with Short Wave
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong, hosts of the Short Wave podcast, about the mysteries of multicellular organisms, a house built with diapers, and the physics of gummy candy.
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Understanding the relationship between domestic and intimate partner violence, adverse childhood experiences, and chronic opioid use disorder: the patient perspective - Thiesset HF, Barber M, Moore B, Van Komen A, Crandall AA.
INTRODUCTION: Opioid dependence and misuse are a plague of epidemic proportions in our communities and globally. Prior trauma in childhood may contribute to opioid dependence, while one consequence of opioid misuse is increased risk for involvement as both...
Source: SafetyLit - May 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news