Social capital and cognitive decline in the aftermath of a natural disaster: a natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami - Hikichi H, Tsuboya T, Aida J, Matsuyama Y, Kondo K, Subramanian SV, Kawachi I.
We examined prospectively whether social capital mitigates the adverse effects of natural disaster on cognitive decline. METHODS: The baseline for our study was established seven months before the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Ts...
Source: SafetyLit - February 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Weatherwatch: Extreme flooding on rise in Europe over past 20 years
Scientists track global statistics and conclude past events are not reliable predictors for future riskFor the inhabitants of the Cumbrian village of Glenridding, the winter of 2015/16 was a miserable one. Storm Desmond brought thefirst deluge in December, turning the river into a raging torrent, sweeping through many properties, andcutting the village off from the outside world for a full two days.Storm Eva barrelled in a few weeks later, and Glenridding ended up awash three times in the space of four weeks.So what is going on? Are extreme climate events becoming more frequent, or were the residents of Glenridding sufferi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Kate Ravilious Tags: Meteorology Cumbria UK news Storm Desmond Climate change Environment Rivers Source Type: news

Brazil's EMS and India's Torrent Pharma vying for Sanofi's generic drugs: sources
LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Brazilian drugs firm EMS and Indian rival Torrent Pharma have emerged as the only industry bidders for Sanofi's generic drugs unit, battling a series of buyout funds for an asset worth as much as $2.4 billion, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 5, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Does poor oral health status increase the risk of falls? The JAGES Project Longitudinal Study - Mochida Y, Yamamoto T, Fuchida S, Aida J, Kondo K.
We sought to examine if self-reported oral health conditions regarding difficulty eating tough foods, dry mouth, choking, number of teeth and denture use are associated with incident falls. Our study was based on panel data from the Japan Gerontological Ev...
Source: SafetyLit - February 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

M3dicine launches Stethee ‘ smart ’ stethoscope
Intelligent medical device developer M3dicine yesterday announced the launch of its Stethee AI-enabled stethoscope system designed to amplify, filter, record and analyze heart and lung sound. The newly launched, FDA-cleared Stethee Pro features technology to capture and analyze heart and lung sounds and data via Bluetooth, operating around smartphone applications for both Apple iOS and Google Android devices, the Brisbane, Australia-based company said. “The Stethee system has the potential to transform healthcare. We are on the forefront of a new era in healthcare driven by artificial intelligence and its ability to ...
Source: Mass Device - January 25, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Diagnostics m3dicine Source Type: news

Torrent Pharma buys US firm Bio-Pharm
Torrent Pharma said it plans further investments to expand the BPI facilities, including its research and development (R&D) capabilities, and increase the number of product filings from BPI.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - January 18, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

At Least 17 Dead, 13 Missing in California Mudslides
MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — Anxious family members awaited word on loved ones Wednesday as rescue crews searched for more than a dozen people missing after mudslides in Southern California destroyed an estimated 100 houses, swept away cars and left at least 17 victims dead.   "It's just waiting and not knowing, and the more I haven't heard from them — we have to find them," said Kelly Weimer, whose elderly parents' home was wrecked by the torrent of mud, trees and boulders that flowed down a fire-scarred mountain and slammed into this coastal town in Santa Barbara County early Tuesday. The drenching storm ...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - January 11, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marcio Jose Sanchez and Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press Tags: Major Incidents News Source Type: news

At Least 6 Dead as Mud Sweeps Away Homes in California Burn Areas
MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — At least six people were killed and homes were torn from their foundations Tuesday as downpours sent mud and boulders roaring down hills stripped of vegetation by a gigantic wildfire that raged in Southern California last month. Rescue crews used helicopters to lift people to safety because debris blocked roads, and firefighters slogged through waist-high mud to pull a grimy 14-year-old girl from a collapsed Montecito home where she had been trapped for hours. "I thought I was dead for a minute there," the girl could be heard saying on video posted by KNBC-TV before she was taken away o...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - January 9, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Christopher Weber, Daniel Dreifuss, Associated Press Tags: Major Incidents News Source Type: news

Mechanically robust, readily repairable polymers via tailored noncovalent cross-linking
Expanding the range of healable materials is an important challenge for sustainable societies. Noncrystalline, high-molecular-weight polymers generally form mechanically robust materials, which, however, are difficult to repair once they are fractured. This is because their polymer chains are heavily entangled and diffuse too sluggishly to unite fractured surfaces within reasonable time scales. Here we report that low-molecular-weight polymers, when cross-linked by dense hydrogen bonds, yield mechanically robust yet readily repairable materials, despite their extremely slow diffusion dynamics. A key was to use thiourea, wh...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 4, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Yanagisawa, Y., Nan, Y., Okuro, K., Aida, T. Tags: Materials Science reports Source Type: news

Torrent Pharma completes acquisition of Unichem Laboratories Ltd
he acquisition will accelerate Torrent's presence in the chronic space especially in the high growth segments of Indian Pharma market like Cardiology, Diabetology and Gastroenterology.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - December 14, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Novo Nordisk India and Torrent Pharma expand their insulin manufacturing facility
Torrent Pharmaceuticals and Novo Nordisk began their partnership 25 years ago in 1992 with the manufacture and launch of insulin in 40 IU vials.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - December 11, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Risk of mortality during and after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami among older coastal residents - Aida J, Hikichi H, Matsuyama Y, Sato Y, Tsuboya T, Tabuchi T, Koyama S, Subramanian SV, Kondo K, Osaka K, Kawachi I.
The Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study is a nationwide cohort study of individuals aged 65 years and older established in July 2010. Seven months later, one of the study field sites was directly in the line of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Ts...
Source: SafetyLit - December 4, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

“Ambition & Action ” Needed to End Open Defecation
Women village councilors in Penakota, a village in southeast India, go out into a field to relieve themselves, as there are no toilets in their workplace. Credit: Stella Paul/IPSBy Will HigginbothamUNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 2017 (IPS)What would life be like without access to a toilet? What if our waste was not properly disposed of?For those in the developed world, such questions are hard to fathom, but for 2.3 billion people around the world it’s a reality. Without access to a toilet many are forced to defecate in the open, significantly increasing the changes of spreading diseases.The sixth Sustainable Development Goal (SD...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 27, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Will Higginbotham Tags: Development & Aid Gender Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Water & Sanitation Source Type: news

ET Analysis: With Unichem Buy, Torrent's new M & A star in pharma
This deal, coming in on reasonable valuations of nearly four times of revenues, propels Torrent to become the fifth largest player in the domestic market with a market share of 3.4%.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - November 6, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Torrent Pharma gets green nod for Rs 300 crore project
The Union environment ministry has asked the Ahmedabad-based firm to seek necessary approvals from the Gujarat state pollution control board.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - November 6, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

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