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Why does my knee hurt when I cycle uphill? Ask the GP DR MARTIN SCURR
DR MARTIN SCURR: Your letter reminds me of a patient whose knee stuck at specific times, much like yours. I sent him to an orthopaedic specialist who ordered an MRI scan.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AltaPointe Health Recognizes Suicide Prevention Month by Shedding Light on a Dark Issue
In a world often bustling with the noise of daily life, there exists a silent epidemic that claims far too many lives each year—suicide. In the past 20 years, there has been a 32% increase in the rate of suicide deaths in the United States with more than 41,000 recorded deaths by suicide...
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Why Fighting Cancer In Low Income Countries Helps Progress In Rich Countries, Too
Cancer should be addressed " as the global health emergency that it is, " Dr. Satish Gopal, director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute's Center for global health tells Forbes Editor-at-Large Russell Flannery in an interview.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bernard Osei, Forbes Staff Tags: Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Source Type: news
A national transgender health survey from China assessing gender identity conversion practice, mental health, substance use and suicidality - Wang Y, Han M, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Li G, Huang Z, Ma Z, Ou J, Chen R.
In this study, the term GICP refers to both professio...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Substance use disorders, mental illness, and health care utilization among adults with recent criminal legal involvement - Shah H, Hawks L, Walker RJ, Egede LE.
OBJECTIVE: Individuals involved with the criminal legal system have higher rates of mental illness, addiction, and health care utilization. The authors examined whether substance use disorders and mental illness alone or in combination drive health care ut...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
A machine learning-based correlation analysis between driver behaviour and vital signs: approach and case study - Othman W, Hamoud B, Kashevnik A, Shilov N, Ali A.
Driving behaviour analysis has drawn much attention in recent years due to the dramatic increase in the number of traffic accidents and casualties, and based on many studies, there is a relationship between the driving environment or behaviour and the driv...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Risk factors linked to violence in female same-sex couples in a: Hispanic America scoping review - Garay-Villarroel L, Castrechini-Trotta A, Armadans-Tremolosa I.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) among women is an understudied topic in Hispanic Americans; therefore, we aim to describe this phenomenon and its associated risk factors in comparison with other sexual orientations and practices. A scoping review was carri...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
QuickStats: Number of deaths resulting from being bitten or struck by a dog,* by sex - National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2011-2021 - Xu J, Mini ño A.
During 2011-2021, a total of 468 deaths from being bitten or struck by a dog occurred (average = 43 deaths per year). The annual number of deaths ranged from 31 (2016) to 81 (2021). During 2011-2016, more deaths occurred among males than among females duri...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Off to the park: a geospatial investigation of adapted ride-on car usage - Hoffman ME, Steele KM, Froehlich JE, Winfree KN, Feldner HA.
PURPOSE: Adapted ride-on cars (ROC) are an affordable, power mobility training tool for young children with disabilities. Previous qualitative research has identified environmental factors, such as weather and adequate drive space, as barriers to families'...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Global polio eradication effort struggles with the end game
In 1988, a collection of health and nonprofit organizations launched a vaccination program to eradicate polio, and the World Health Organization resolved to accomplish this lofty goal by 2000. More than 20 years later, the
Global Polio Eradication Initiative
(GPEI) has yet to cross the finish line. A new,
sharply critical report
issued on 8 September by an independent monitoring board says GPEI is likely to miss yet more deadlines, and faults it for long embracing “a highly positive public ‘almost there’ narrative that was close to magical thinking.”
Through massive vaccination ...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 18, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
What Is Progressive Supranuclear Palsy? Lawmaker Calls Her Rare Neurological Disorder ‘Parkinson’s On Steroids.’
The representative from Virginia was first diagnosed with Parkinson ’s disease, which is much more common and affects patients similarly to supranuclear palsy.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news topline Source Type: news
Some Politicians Want to Research Geoengineering as a Climate Solution. Scientists Are Worried
Stratospheric aerosol injection, the idea of spraying sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere to cool the planet, is one of the most controversial topics in climate science, with scientists engaged in a fierce, yearslong debate over whether even researching such techniques poses unacceptable risks. To some people outside of that community, though, it no longer matters much what the academics think. “Can we just disagree and move on?” Andrew Song, the co-founder of controversial geoengineering startup Make Sunsets, said in February, as he and his business partner Luke Iseman drove to the Reno, Nev., site of the...
Source: TIME: Science - September 18, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Alejandro de la Garza and Justin Worland Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Turn off the TV! Too much screen time for infants can hinder development
Parents are warned about the dangers of too much screen time for their infants after Japanese report warns it affects their development.
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NSF invests $72.5M to design revolutionary materials
A $72.5 million investment from the U.S. National Science Foundation will drive the design, discovery and development of advanced materials needed to address major societal challenges. The Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future …
Source: NSF News - September 18, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
The Fed Isn ’t Getting the Economy It Expected
When the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee sits down Tuesday and Wednesday, one thing it has to grapple with is that underlying inflation is looking cooler than it thought just a few months ago. Another: The economy is looking much stronger.#federalreserves
Source: Reuters: Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
