60% Of Sun Screens Would Fail Federal Safety Tests!
Here in South Florida, spring break is in full swing. Temperatures are in the mid-to-high-80s, and tourists are flocking to our beautiful, sunny beaches. Of course, that also means it’s prime time for sunscreen companies to kick up their marketing efforts in an attempt to whip up more fear over the sun. They want to scare you into thinking that each time the sun strikes your unprotected skin, you risk malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. If you’re a regular reader, you know that I’ve been vocal about Big Retail’s money grab and how they put out misinformation because they profit each time you slat...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - September 19, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news

Subsequent Breast Cancer Risk Higher for Child Cancer Survivors Receiving Doxorubicin
TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 -- For female survivors of childhood cancer, the risk for subsequent breast cancer (SBC) is more than twofold higher for those who receive a cumulative dose of 200 mg/m ² or more of doxorubicin compared with those who never...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

How Oregon hospitals are investing in the health of their communities
Health care isn ’t just what happens within a doctor’s office or hospital’s walls. It’s an entire ecosystem of people, programs and policy working together to keep people healthy. In Oregon, hospitals partner on projects in their communities that do just that. Long-term plans to help Oregonians secure safe housing and build a new fitness center that keeps seniors moving are some of the ways hospitals are embracing their leadership role as engines for improved community health. Becky Hultberg,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: The Hospital Association of Oregon Source Type: news

BA.2.86 Variant Spotted in 10 States; Vax and Long COVID; Children and Suicide
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The highly mutated COVID variant BA.2.86 has been spotted in samples from Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and...
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 19, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nicky Newman: Celebrities pay tribute to inspirational cancer campaigner
Nicky Newman, who inspired with her brave outlook despite having stage four breast cancer, has died.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

United Breast Cancer Foundation Executive Director, Stephanie Mastroianni, Honored at Twisted Pink Annual Gala
UBCF sponsored 17 breast cancer guests in attendance, celebrating resilience while raising funds for metastatic breast cancer research HUNTINGTON, N.Y., Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- United Breast Cancer Foundation (UBCF) was pleased to serve for the second consecutive year as the...
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Many Women May Overestimate Risks From Genes Tied to Breast Cancer
TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 -- Women who carry mutations in genes known as BRCA have an elevated risk of breast cancer. But a large, new study suggests that risk may be lower than generally believed -- especially if a woman has no close relative with...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 19, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Community activation for disaster risk reduction through OpenStreetMap: a scoping review - Muhamad N, Hakimi FHM, Mahadzir MDA.
The advancement of geospatial technology has significantly altered how data is utilised for facilitating the growth of open-access data for disaster risk reduction (DRR). OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a part of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), built on t...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Established and Emerging Lipid-Lowering Drugs for CVD Prevention Established and Emerging Lipid-Lowering Drugs for CVD Prevention
This review summarizes the mechanisms of action, side effects, effect on blood lipids, and reduction in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality of both established and emerging lipid-lowering drugs.American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news

Health care workers in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. authorize strike against Kaiser Permanente, joining thousands across the nation
Some 3,800 union healthcare workers in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., are threatening to go on strike at the end of this month if the leadership at Kaiser Permanente and the union cannot agree to a new contract addressing staffing shortages and low pay for workers. According to a Monday…#maryland #virginia #kaiserpermanente #opeiulocal2 #opeiulocal2union #colorado #oregon #southwestwashington #kaiser #lindabridges
Source: Reuters: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Preferred stimulant safer supply and associations with methamphetamine preference among people who use stimulants in British Columbia: findings from a 2021 cross-sectional survey - Ferguson M, Sedgemore KO, Scow M, Choisil P, Haywood B, Xavier J, Crabtree A, Stitilis B, Liu L, Buxton JA.
BACKGROUND: As safer supply programs expand in Canada, stimulant safer supply is often overlooked despite the harms and criminalization faced by people who use stimulants. METHODS: The 2021 Harm Reduction Client Survey was administered at 17 harm r...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Observation-based pedestrian scenario extraction for virtual testing - Schachner M, Kirillova N, Wei ßenbacher F, Schneider B, Possegger H, Bischof H, Eichberger A, Magosi ZF, Dobberstein J, Lich T, Kirchengast M, Hennecke M, Klug C.
27th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV): Enhanced and Equitable Vehicle Safety for All: Toward the Next 50 Years https://www-esv.nhtsa.dot.gov/Proceedings/27/27ESV-000167.pdf An overall reduction of pedestrian...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

The failure to cut salt from our diets may have cost tens of thousands of lives
The failure of Britain's once world-leading salt reduction programme may have cost tens of thousands of lives, shocking research claims.
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New evidence exposes huge scale of gambling marketing at start of Premier League football season and lack of harm reduction warnings
Research has revealed for the first time the extent gambling messages saturate UK media coverage and social media during the opening weekend of the English Premier League football season.
Source: University of Bristol news - September 18, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Alumni, Announcements, Business and Enterprise, International, Postgraduate, Public engagement, Publications, Research; Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, School of Management; Press Release Source Type: news

Your WiFi Can See You
Authored by Mr.E via BombThrower.com, When police suspected Danny Kyllo, an Oregon man, of growing cannabis in his home they drove to his house with a thermal imaging device to scan it. They found hot pockets in the house, which were used to obtain a search warrant and…#dannykyllo #oregon #supremecourt #fourthamendment #uc #santabarbara #ieeeacc2009 #sensing #philippholl #friedemannreinhard
Source: Reuters: Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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