Featured Review: Interventions available during pandemics for heavy menstrual bleeding: an overview of Cochrane reviews
What is the effectiveness and safety of treatments commonly available during pandemics for heavy menstrual bleeding?Cochrane authors summarised the available evidence on the effectiveness and safety of treatments for heavy menstrual bleeding which can continue during pandemics.  Pandemics impact upon the ability to deliver specialist assessment and treatments. Examples of treatments that commonly continue during pandemics include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), antifibrinolytics, combined hormonal contraceptives, and progestogen.Key findingsThere is low-certainty evidence that NSAIDs (mefenamic acid) reduc...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - July 29, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Katie Abbotts Source Type: news

Band-Aid Adding New Brown And Black Skin Tones
NEW YORK (CBS) – The Band-Aid brand is diversifying its color palette. Parent company Johnson and Johnson says it will be rolling out new Band-Aids in various skin tones. For years advocates have pushed for more diversity from the brand, which says the new product is intended to be a stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.  In an Instagram post making the announcement, the company also said it will be making a donation to Black Lives Matter. View this post on Instagram We hear you. We see you. We’re listening to you.⁣ ⁣ We stand in solidarity with our Black ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - June 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Business Consumer Health Syndicated CBSN Boston Syndicated Local Band-Aid Black Lives Matter johnson and johnson Source Type: news

Psychological distress after the Great East Japan Earthquake: two multilevel 6-year prospective analyses - CORRIGENDUM - Goodwin R, Sugiyama K, Sun S, Aida J, Ben-Ezra M.
An error was made in the original paper. Prevalence of MMI and SMI for the complete sample should be as follows:20.9% of respondents reported indications of moderate mental illness in wave 1 (2011; n=969) declining to 14.2 14.2% at wave 6 (2016; n=2263); 1...
Source: SafetyLit - May 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Associations between community social capital and preservation of functional capacity in the aftermath of a major disaster - Gero K, Hikichi H, Aida J, Kondo K, Kawachi I.
We examined whether community-level social capital is correlated with the ability to maintain functional capacity amon...
Source: SafetyLit - May 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Family of Manchester coronavirus victim pay tribute to 'gracious gentleman'
Darrell Blakeley ’s family ask for acts of kindness in his memory amid rise in ‘mutual aid’ volunteer groupsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe family of a talented 88-year-old church choir singer who died after catching coronavirus have appealed for acts of kindness to be carried out in his memory.Darrell Blakeley, who died on Friday evening at a Manchester hospital, is thought to have been infected following contact at a restaurant with someone who had recently returned from a skiing trip to Italy.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 16, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Simon Murphy Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Science Manchester UK news Greater Manchester Source Type: news

Trajectory of evacuees' health condition after the Great East Japan Earthquake: health survey of residents in prefabricated temporary housing and private rented housing in the Miyagi prefecture - Kusama T, Aida J, Higashi D, Sato Y, Onodera T, Sugiyama K, Tsuboya T, Takahashi T, Osaka K.
OBJECTIVEs  The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred in March 2011. As of November 2018, 1100 survivors of its still lived in the Miyagi prefecture's temporary housing. Previous studies revealed that the residential relocation to temporary housing from th...
Source: SafetyLit - February 8, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Neighborhood ties reduced depressive symptoms in older disaster survivors: Iwanuma study, a natural experiment - Sasaki Y, Tsuji T, Koyama S, Tani Y, Saito T, Kondo K, Kawachi I, Aida J.
Objective: As most studies relating to mental health and disasters have employed cross-sectional or follow-up assessments about psychological health with post-disaster information, the association between changes in social ties and mental health rem...
Source: SafetyLit - January 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Pre-disaster social support is protective for onset of post-disaster depression: prospective study from the Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami - Sasaki Y, Aida J, Tsuji T, Koyama S, Tsuboya T, Saito T, Kondo K, Kawachi I.
We examined whether pre-disaster social support functions as a disaster preparedness resource to mitigate post-disaster depressive symptoms among older survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. The participants were 3,567 individuals a...
Source: SafetyLit - December 24, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Association of postdisaster depression and posttraumatic stress disorder with mortality among older disaster survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami - Li X, Aida J, Hikichi H, Kondo K, Kawachi I.
IMPORTANCE: Depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) represent 2 common mental health sequelae of natural disasters. However, to date, no studies have examined whether postdisaster depression and PTSD are associated with increased risk of mortal...
Source: SafetyLit - December 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Study finds online tool helps patients demystify the ‘Pandora’s box’ of genomic sequencing
First-of-its-kind trial evaluates decision aid’s efficacy
Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media - December 11, 2019 Category: Hospital Management Tags: Hospital News Source Type: news

Psychological distress after the Great East Japan Earthquake: two multilevel 6-year prospective analyses - Goodwin R, Sugiyama K, Sun S, Aida J, Ben-Ezra M.
BACKGROUND: The Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011 led to the relocation of 300 000 survivors. Studies following disasters focus primarily on data collected in the immediate aftermath and neglect the influence of wider community factors. AIMS: A ...
Source: SafetyLit - December 5, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Exclusive: Trust will need ‘mutual aid’ in no-deal Brexit scenario
South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has warned it will need “mutual aid” from other NHS providers and is highly likely to move to the highest emergency response category, REAP level 4, if there is a no-deal Brexit in October, HSJ has learned.
Source: HSJ - September 20, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

One of Nashville's larger nonprofits names new CEO
Tennessee ’s longest operating hospice provider has a new leader.  Kimberly Goessele has been named president and CEO of Alive Hospice, effective Sept. 23, according to a news release. She succeeds Anna-Gene O’Neal, who left the non-profit in June to run Brentwood-based Brookdale Senior Living’s hospi ce division. Goessele was most recently chief operating officer at Franklin-based 180 Health Partners, where she led business development and strategy for the organization, which provides aid…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 19, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joel Stinnett Source Type: news

Persistent impact of housing loss on cognitive decline after the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami: evidence from a 6-year longitudinal study - Hikichi H, Aida J, Kondo K, Kawachi I.
INTRODUCTION: We previously established that housing loss and residential dislocation in the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami was a risk factor for cognitive decline among older survivors. The present study extends the follow-up of survivors out to 6  yea...
Source: SafetyLit - August 8, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Relation of high social capital to preferable emotional response to news media broadcasting of natural disasters: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan - Horiuchi S, Ozaki A, Inoue M, Aida J, Yamaoka K.
Media coverage of disasters potentially damages mental health. Moreover, its effects may differ as recipients may have different emotional responses toward media. The present study examined whether social capital, known to be protective against mental prob...
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

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