£134,000-a-year NHS consultants charging hospitals up to £3,000 PER SHIFT for covering striking medics
University Hospitals Plymouth handed the senior medic the sum for working a 12-and-a-half-hour night shift, which was supposed to be performed by a junior doctor.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Integrating traditional knowledge with GIS for snow avalanche susceptibility mapping in Kargil-Ladakh Region of Trans-Himalayan India - Akbar M, Bhat MS, Chanda A, Lone FA, Thoker IA.
Snow-avalanches are responsible for loss of life and damage to infrastructure in mountainous areas across the world. The present study aims to integrate traditional knowledge with Geographic Information System (GIS) for generation of snow-avalanche suscept...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Worst strike in history of the NHS: Junior doctors and consultants join forces for first in series of co-ordinated walkouts
UK junior doctors are joining forces with consultants in the first of a series of co-ordinated walkouts designed to 'maximise disruption'.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Is ‘smart money’ that smart? Top 5 DeFi wallets have unrealized losses
In finance, ‘smart money’ typically refers to institutional or professional investors presumed to possess greater market knowledge and resources. However, an intriguing pattern emerges when examining the top holders across major DeFi platforms. CryptoSlate analyzed the top 5 wallets (excluding…#defi #cryptoslate #cherrypick #uni #uniswap #justlend #tvl #lido #defillama #sushiswap
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Government launches consultation on changing NHS strike legislation
The government is considering introducing new industrial action regulations which would require NHS nurses and doctors to provide ‘minimum service levels’ during strikes. The new minimum service level (MSL) regulations would be put in place ‘to protect patient safety’, health secretary Steve Barclay said today. It comes as hospital consultants and junior doctors walk out... Read moreThe post Government launches consultation on changing NHS strike legislation appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
Source: Nursing in Practice - September 20, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news

Direct GP referrals may cease for many non-urgent cases under new national strategy
National leaders are looking to greatly reduce the number of direct hospital referrals made by GPs, by insisting that they first discuss cases with hospital consultants.
Source: HSJ - September 20, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Health-related quality of life in patients discharged from hospital after suicide attempt with violent methods compared to self-poisonings - Persett PS, Bjornaas MA, Jacobsen D, Ekeberg, Myhren H.
INTRODUCTION: Suicide attempts by violent methods (VM) can leave the patient with physical and mental trauma affecting health-related quality of life (HRQOL). There is limited knowledge about the impact and HRQOL after a suicide attempt by VM. AIMS: To com...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Parents whose kids bought gear on Fortnite without asking can get a refund after a $520 million settlement with the video game ' s maker
Parents whose kids bought virtual gear without their knowledge on the popular Fortnite video game could soon be able to get a refund. U.S. regulators are starting to notify more than 37 million people by email that they may be eligible for compensation as part of a legal settlement with Fortnite’s…#fortnite #fortnites #epicgames #vbucks #ftc
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cycle Syncing Won ’ t Fix Women ’ s Fitness
While most of the video series and programs available on the popular “holistic wellness”/fitness site Alo Moves—owned by the trendy activewear line Alo Yoga—are run by solitary instructors, the company’s newest offering is marked by photos and videos of a group of four women pulled close up against one another and roaming Hawaiian beaches. It’s a clearly symbolic presentation of the company’s new SYNCD program, a collection of 24 videos designed to guide users through self-care and fitness activities customized for each of the four phases of the menstrual cycle. The program, whi...
Source: TIME: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Improving youths' perceptions of law enforcement: results from an experimental design in two cities - Sheeran AM, Freiburger TL, Knoche VA.
This study examined the effectiveness of Students Talking it Over with Police (STOP) to improve youth's perceptions of the police, perceptions of procedural justice, willingness to cooperate with police, willingness to file a police report, and knowledge a...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Reported risky alcohol use among US adults prescribed 3 classes of chronic alcohol-interactive medications - Bernstein EY, Baggett TP, Anderson TS.
Alcohol-interactive medications pose increased risk of adverse events and death when used with alcohol.1 To our knowledge, the most recent study of alcohol use and alcohol-interactive medications included data through 2010.1 Mortality rates from alcohol an...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Beating around the bush - Swedish schoolgirls' coping strategies and impact processes of sexual harassment - Eek-Karlsson L, Berggren J, Torpsten AC.
The aim of this study is to contribute knowledge about Swedish school girls' perspectives of sexual harassment and their relations to peers when exposed to violence in terms of sexual harassment, both online and offline. The empirical data was collected th...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Special report from the CDC: provider knowledge and practices around driving safety and fall prevention screening and recommendations for their older adult patients, DocStyles 2019 - Ortmann N, Haddad YK, Beck L.
INTRODUCTION: Falls and motor-vehicle crashes (MVCs) are leading causes of unintentional injury deaths among older adults (65+) in the United States. Injury prevention resources exist to help healthcare providers reduce fall and MVC risk among older adult ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

' Dumb Money ' review: You won ' t find a more crowd-pleasing movie about rising stock prices
You don’t have to have a financial degree or boast extensive knowledge about short squeezes and the "stonk market" to enjoy “Dumb Money,” a meme-filled novelty of class warfare that fully embraces the scrappy Everyman attitude of its protagonists. Director Craig Gillespie's true-life A-list…#dumbmoney #everyman #craiggillespie #gamestop #pauldano #bigshort #wolfofwallstreet #keithgill #massachusetts #reddit
Source: Reuters: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news