Can coronavirus affect eyesight? Evidence is lacking, say experts
Medics including Royal College of Ophthalmologists say cases of impaired vision alongside coronavirus infection ‘rare’See all our coronavirus coverageSpeaking to the press on Monday, Dominic Cummings said he drove, with his wife and child, on a 30-mile trip to Barnard Castle during lockdown to see if he could drive safely, concerned that his eyesight might have been affected by coronavirus.In a press conference later the same day, Boris Johnson also claimed to have experienced problems with his eyesight following Covid-19, brandishing a pair of glasses and saying: “I’m finding that I have to wear spectacles for the...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 26, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Dominic Cummings Coronavirus outbreak Doctors Health Medical research UK news Science Infectious diseases Society Source Type: news

‘A License for Neglect.’ Nursing Homes Are Seeking — and Winning — Immunity Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
It was 11 p.m. on a Sunday in early May when Penny Shaw, a 76-year-old in Braintree, Massachusetts, picked up the phone and reported her nursing home to the local police. The staff on duty had just told her they couldn’t provide any of their usual care because they had no personal protection equipment (PPE). Since the coronavirus pandemic hit, the staff is supposed to wear PPE when helping all patients, but only the home’s administrator, who doesn’t work late on weekends, could give it out. So the certified nursing assistants wouldn’t be able to get masks, gloves or gowns until the morning. Shaw wa...
Source: TIME: Health - May 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abigail Abrams Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

Ocular scientists advise contact lens & spectacles wearers during COVID-19 pandemic
(McDougall Communications) A new peer-reviewed paper from five prominent ocular scientists will help eye care practitioners instruct and reassure contact lens wearers during the global COVID-19 / coronavirus pandemic. Published in Contact Lens& Anterior Eye, 'The COVID-19 Pandemic: Important Considerations for Contact Lens Practitioners' delves into multiple aspects of eye health amidst the global health crisis, with a specific emphasis on the safe use of contact lenses.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 13, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Ocular scientists advise contact lens and spectacles wearers during COVID-19 pandemic
(McDougall Communications) A new peer-reviewed paper from five prominent ocular scientists will help eye care practitioners instruct and reassure contact lens wearers during the global COVID-19 / coronavirus pandemic. Published in Contact Lens& Anterior Eye, 'The COVID-19 Pandemic: Important Considerations for Contact Lens Practitioners' delves into multiple aspects of eye health amidst the global health crisis, with a specific emphasis on the safe use of contact lenses.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 13, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Exclusive: Snap's Spectacles team is making coronavirus face shields
Snap Lab, the hardware team behind Snap Inc.'s Spectacles video sunglasses, has pivoted at least temporarily to produce medical face shields during the coronavirus crisis. The much-needed equipment is being donated to ICU staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a key hospital in Los Angeles' fight during the pandemic. Snap Lab's prototyping team has converted its workspace to create the medical face shields using 3D printing technology. Work began in late March to v et designs, procure materials…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 3, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Annlee Ellingson Source Type: news

Cannabis crashes: myths & truths (Response to critiques) - Macdonald S.
[Abstract unavailable] Keywords: Cannabis impaired driving Language: en...
Source: SafetyLit - March 26, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

White House Coronavirus Official Says Effects Of Social Distancing Won ’t be Seen For 7 to 14 Days
In an interview with the TODAY Show on Tuesday, Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said Americans likely won’t see the effects of social distancing for seven to 14 days. Social distancing, or deliberately avoiding contact with other people, has been a crucial part of the government’s effort to stem the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus. Tuesday morning, TODAY Show host Savannah Guthrie asked Birx about Surgeon General Jerome Adams’s comment on on Monday that “this week, it’s going to get bad.” “Do you agree, and in what wa...
Source: TIME: Health - March 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Madeleine Carlisle Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 News Desk Source Type: news

The whole place self: reflecting on the original working practices of rape crisis - Vera-Gray F.
Critiques of the trauma model for understanding the harms of sexual violence raise some important questions about the radical roots of Rape Crisis Centres in the UK and their relationship to the services offered, and funded, today. Drawing from a research ...
Source: SafetyLit - March 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Cautions, concerns, and future directions for using machine learning in relation to mental health problems and clinical and forensic risks: A brief comment on "Model complexity improves the prediction of nonsuicidal self-injury" (Fox et al., 2019) - Siddaway AP, Quinlivan L, Kapur N, O'Connor RC, De Beurs D.
Machine learning (ML) is an increasingly popular approach/technique for analyzing "Big Data" and predicting risk behaviors and psychological problems. However, few published critiques of ML as an approach currently exist. We discuss some fundamental cautio...
Source: SafetyLit - March 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Eyewear for rugby union: wearer characteristics and experience with rugby goggles - Little JA, Eckert F, Douglas M, Barrett BT.
Unlike many other sports, Rugby Union has not permitted players to wear spectacles or eye protection. With an industrial partner, World Rugby developed goggles suitable for use while playing rugby for the purposes of growing participation amongst those tha...
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news

The mechanism of disaster capitalism and the failure to build community resilience in post-disaster situations: learning from the L'Aquila earthquake - Imperiale AJ, Vanclay F.
We reflect on what happened in L'Aquila, Italy, in the recovery operations following the 6 April 2009 earthquake. Previous critiques have focused on the actions of the Italian government and Department of Civil Protection, with little research on the role ...
Source: SafetyLit - January 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Response to Comment on "Eocene Fagaceae from Patagonia and Gondwanan legacy in Asian rainforests"
Denk et al. agree that we reported the first fossil Fagaceae from the Southern Hemisphere. We appreciate their general enthusiasm for our findings, but we reject their critiques, which we find misleading and biased. The new fossils unequivocally belong to Castanopsis, and substantial evidence supports our Southern Route to Asia hypothesis.
Source: ScienceNOW - November 13, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Wilf, P., Nixon, K. C., Gandolfo, M. A., Cuneo, N. R. Tags: Paleontology t-comment Source Type: news

No credibility without plausibility: a response to Lewis and Lanier - Rose RA.
In this commentary I respond to Lewis (2019) and Lanier (2019), building on their critiques and ideas, offering some additional thoughts about the dissemination of the Campbell, Rubin, and Pearl causal frameworks and their potential emergent value to the f...
Source: SafetyLit - November 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Commentary Source Type: news

9 in 10 people say they've been bullied at work by bosses, managers and colleagues, survey finds 
A new survey from job search engine Monster.com reveals that people have been bullied via aggressive emails, critiques that weren't constructive and taking undeserved credit.
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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