15 strategies to find new business opportunities in a market downturn
While market downturns can devastate companies across industries, they can also be full of potential. By leaning in on being agile and flexible, business leaders can effectively navigate uncertainty, find new opportunities and execute needed change. As experts, the members of Newsweek Expert Forum…#newsweekexpertforum #willerlandson #relevancecom #kiragraves #kiragravesconsulting #unifyconsulting #navyfederal #apple #iphone #sabinapons
Source: Reuters: Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study Finds Link Between Asbestos Exposure and Autoimmune Conditions
Asbestos is widely known as an occupational hazard, but emerging evidence suggests that prolonged exposure to environmental asbestos could lead to severe autoimmune conditions, according to a study by Montana State University researchers. Microbiology and immunology research associate Dr. Jean Pfau and a team of researchers discovered the connection to a specific type of asbestos found near the once badly contaminated town of Libby, Montana, and a novel autoimmune disease. The autoimmune condition is associated with collagen thickening of the serum-producing membranes surrounding the lungs. Pfau, chairperson for the ...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - August 31, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Asbestos Exposure Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments Source Type: news

Cochrane seeks Managing Editor - Remote/Flexible
Specifications: 12-Months Fixed Term – ContractSalary: £42,000 per annum  Location: UK – Remote/FlexibleClosingdate: 13 Sep 2023Cochrane is an international charity. For 30 years we have responded to the challenge of making vast amounts of research evidence useful for informing decisions about health. We do this by synthesising research findings and our work has been recognised as the international gold standard for high quality, trusted information.Cochrane ' s strength is in its collaborative, global community. We have 110,000+ members and supporters around the world. Though we are spread out across the globe, our ...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - August 31, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news

A study on meta-analysis approach for pedestrian-vehicle interaction using LiDAR - Swargiary M, Kadali BR.
To analyse the continuous and intricate interaction between pedestrians and vehicles and to safeguard them, high-resolution micro-traffic data is needed. In comparison to other traditional means of data collection, light detection and ranging (LiDAR) techn...
Source: SafetyLit - August 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Effects of workplace variables on workers intentions to misuse prescription opioids - Weaver GL, Hansen WB, Ruppert S, Tabassum QM, Hebard S, Milroy J, Wyrick D.
OBJECTIVE: Workers in industries with high rates of opioid dispensing as well as those with high rates of non-fatal work-related injuries are at greater risk for opioid misuse, which can lead to addiction, overdose, or death. METHODS: Using seconda...
Source: SafetyLit - August 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Social anxiety and interpersonal risk for suicidal ideation: a longitudinal daily diary analysis - Brown BA, Rottenberg J, Goodman FR.
INTRODUCTION: Social anxiety is associated with elevated suicidal ideation (SI). One potential explanation is that socially anxious persons experience frequent interpersonal stressors that elicit SI. Longitudinal designs with temporal ordering are needed t...
Source: SafetyLit - August 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news

Drug stores will start selling Narcan over the counter next week
For the first time, people across the US will soon be able to purchase an overdose-reversal drug that’s as easy to administer as Flonase, without a prescription. Next week, nationwide chains like Walgreens, CVS, Walmart, and Rite Aid will begin selling two-dose boxes of Narcan, a naloxone nasal…#flonase #cvs #walmart #riteaid #narcan #medicaid #medicare #missouri #massachusetts #rhodeisland
Source: Reuters: Health - August 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

White House plan to negotiate drug prices could affect 165,000 Arizonans
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration targeted 10 prescription drugs Tuesday as part of the first-ever Medicare price negotiation, a move that it said could benefit 9 million beneficiaries – including 165,000 in Arizona. The medications, which are used to treat heart failure, blood clots, diabetes, arthri tis, Crohn’s disease and more, account for the highest spending for drugs in Medicare Part D, and cost Medicare enrollees an estimated $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket expenses last year. The…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 30, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Alexandria Cullen Source Type: news

Narcan Available for Over-the-Counter Purchase: What to Know
The overdose-reversal drug should be more widely available, health experts have said. It arrives in many stores next week, no prescription necessary.
Source: NYT Health - August 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jan Hoffman and Noah Weiland Tags: your-feed-science Naloxone (Drug) Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Drug Abuse and Traffic Content Type: Service Drugstores Opioids and Opiates Addiction (Psychology) Medicine and Health Emergent BioSolutions Inc Source Type: news

Hurricane Idalia gives Ron DeSantis an opportunity to save his campaign
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has a chance to give his 2024 presidential bid a much needed boost if he can handle the upcoming crisis set to be brought by Hurricane Idalia. The potential life-threatening storm made landfall in Florida Wednesday morning, bringing with it winds of up to 125 miles…#florida #rondesantis #hurricaneidalia #desantis #christopherdevine #universityofdayton #ohio #donaldtrump #republicans #trump
Source: Reuters: Health - August 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘More generous’ wages needed to meet NHS workforce plan ambitions
Wages for nurses and other NHS staff will need to become ‘more generous’ in order to grow staffing levels in line with the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, new research has suggested. A new paper from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) also warned that the long-awaited workforce plan had failed to consider the ‘medium-term’... Read moreThe post ‘More generous’ wages needed to meet NHS workforce plan ambitions appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
Source: Nursing in Practice - August 30, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Source Type: news

Adolescent cannabis users who have never smoked a combustible cigarette: trends and level of addictive drug use from 1976 to 2020 - Miech RA.
BACKGROUND: Adolescents cannabis users are at a substantially elevated risk for use of highly addictive drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and nonmedical use of prescription drugs. Unknown is whether this elevated risk applies to adolescent cannabis users who ...
Source: SafetyLit - August 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Homicides of psychologists, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and other health professionals: National Violent Death Reporting System data 2003-2020 - Robiner WN, Barnes RD, Freese RL, Palmer B, Kim MH.
OBJECTIVE: Homicide is the extreme endpoint along the continuum of interpersonal violence. Violence in healthcare settings and directed toward healthcare workers has been a growing concern. Analysis of health professionals' homicides is needed to inform pr...
Source: SafetyLit - August 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news

Blood thinners, diabetes meds among first 10 drugs for US price negotiations
The Biden administration on Tuesday released its list of 10 prescription medicines that will be subject to the first-ever price negotiations by the U.S. Medicare health program that covers 66 million people, with big-selling blood thinner Eliquis from Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY.N) and Pfizer…#usmedicare #bristolmyerssquibb #medicare #merckco #xarelto #johnsonjohnson #abbvie #imbruvica #amgen #boehringeringelheim
Source: Reuters: Health - August 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

ACR Issues Guideline for Managing ILD in Rheumatic Disease ACR Issues Guideline for Managing ILD in Rheumatic Disease
"Guidance was needed for which tests to use for screening and monitoring this particular disease," said lead author Sindhu R. Johnson, MD, PhD. The full manuscript will be published by early 2024.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news

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