NC Health News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Lassiter declined NC Health News’ interview request for this story, citing department policy against commenting on pending litigation. NC Health News spoke to nearly a dozen advocates and juvenile attorneys familiar with the state’s juvenile justice system and with conditions in youth detention centers.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Reporting on alcohol use and alcohol use disorder: Data, disparities, and responsible journalism Moderator: Naseem Miller , senior health editor, The Journalist’s Resource Jordan Gass-Pooré , podcast producer and investigative journalist Nasim Maleki, Ph.D. assistant professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Patricia A. Powell, Ph.D.

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Exploring Health

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

million cases and 107,500 deaths were reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), primarily impacting young children. Still, there is notable debate about prescribing drugs like Ozempic among health professionals, despite possible benefits for many Americans.

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Ageing and Health 91

Smart Data Collective

APRIL 13, 2021

With the sheer volume of information that patients are capable of producing and the heightened emphasis on the industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic , big data may yet develop into one of the most significant tools in maintaining the health of individuals and even anticipating the emergence of conditions that are yet to manifest in patients.

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Smart Data Collective

APRIL 28, 2021

According to the most recent App Annie report, there was a 26% rise in app downloads in 2020, as well as an increase in the amount of time consumers spent using mobile applications. Having a well-developed mobile user experience is critical to any business’s success, so which industries are proving most adept at using apps to their advantage?

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HEALTHBEAT

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. Lisa Schavrien worked as a nurse for more than a decade before considering the link between voting and health. Department of Health and Human Services. For more on elections and how voting works, visit Votebeat.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

As the population ages and lifestyles change, the prevalence of chronic diseases continues to climb. The cost to health systems is staggering — over $1 trillion annually in the U.S. The cost to health systems is staggering — over $1 trillion annually in the U.S. million Americans aged 65 and over currently affected.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 16, 2023

These include advanced age, depressive disorders, diabetes, obesity, social isolation, and a low level of education. They published their results in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. The bones correspond to at least three individuals: A female adult, and two younger specimens, aged approximately 11.5

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 16, 2023

These include advanced age, depressive disorders, diabetes, obesity, social isolation, and a low level of education. They published their results in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. The bones correspond to at least three individuals: A female adult, and two younger specimens, aged approximately 11.5

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In honor of the international day of Older Persons (October 1st) we spoke to the first onboarded Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Aging , Dr. Morten Scheibye-Knudsen, and the most recently joining Specialty Chief Editor Dr. Richard Siow.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

It’s long been acknowledged that obesity in American adults is a public health problem. The Threat of Ultraprocessed Foods to Liver Health Could the ultraprocessed foods your child regularly consumes be silently fueling serious liver diseases? adolescents aged 12 to 19 years are grappling with MASLD. According to the U.S.

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Black Health Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

According to the World Health Organization , 240,000 babies are born each year with sickle cell disease (SCD) on the continent of Africa, and 80% of them will die before age five from severe infections or acute chest syndrome. The post SCD Newborn Screenings Are Saving Lives in Africa appeared first on Black Health Matters.

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Black Health Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2024

DaBaby’s new initiative, DaBaby Cares , is a game-changer in the world of mental health. Launched on September 25th in memory of his brother, Glenn Johnson, who sadly took his own life in 2020, this program aims to break the silence around mental health, especially in our communities. from 2018 to 2021.

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The Health Care Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Between May 12, 2021 and October 31, 2021 within a population of 32 million persons aged 12-50 years, 21 million first doses of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer) vaccine and 2.86 The highest risk of myocarditis is in women aged 18-24 after the second dose of the Moderna vaccine at a rate of ~ 1/18,700.

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Fiverr, a platform where freelancers offer services for a fee, had a 43 percent increase in the number of video game coaching sessions booked between January and March 2020. By August 2020, the sale of video games increased to $3.3 The renowned soccer video game franchise added 7 million new players during the second quarter of 2020.

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Mercola

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A study of 374,021 older veterans with diabetes uncovered a crucial connection between long-term blood sugar management and cognitive health. Diabetes Takes a Toll on Your Brain Health The study revealed that individuals with the lowest HbA1c TIR had a 19% higher risk of developing dementia compared to those with the highest TIR.

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Smart Data Collective

APRIL 22, 2020

Now, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, big data has become a life-saving ally for the health care community. Whether to help us mount a defense, adjust our personal habits or anticipate where the disease will take the heaviest toll, each of the following risk factors plays a role in analytical models : Age, location and socioeconomic status.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

You can learn a lot by watching a two-part video of a boarding summit convened in October by the HHS Agency for Health Quality and Research. Boarding reflects health care system failures. Massachusetts health authorities called on providers and health plans to take steps to free up capacity. Tell patient stories.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Mental health in America is slowly deteriorating. According to a report from TIME, only 31% of adults rated their mental health as "excellent" in 2022, which went down from 43% two decades prior. Between January 2016 and December 2022, the monthly antidepressant dispensing rate among Americans aged 12 to 25 years old rose by 66.3%.

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Environmental Health News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

PITTSBURGH — More than a year after the Pennsylvania Department of Health published three studies linking fracking to cancer and other health effects, advocates say the agency failed to keep promises to help residents living near fracking wells.

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The Health Care Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Its workforce is aging and burnt out. In 2020, the number surpassed 180. In fact, the article says, “Utility customers on average experienced just over eight hours of power interruptions in 2020, more than double the amount in 2013.” Lives have been lost because it wasn’t performing when it needed to be.

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The Health Care Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

Yet, Offit has publicly questioned the practice of giving third doses to young people with no health risk factors, and thinks that a case of COVID-19 probably should count as a dose. Thus, in telling Rogan about his own case of COVID-19 in early 2020, Malone said,my lungs were burning, until I took famotidine and that relieved that.

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Maternal and Child Health Ageing and Health Health Metrics and Evaluation Risk Factors 105

Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Emphasize the groups most at risk and accompanying vaccine recommendations Pertussis isnt fun at any age it can involve literal months of constant coughing but its most dangerous for infants under 2 months old and older adults. There are more angles than just reporting the numbers, and this tip sheet offers some ideas.

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HEALTHBEAT

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. Drug overdose deaths in New York City decreased in 2023 for the first time in four years, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The city’s data mirror national trends.

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The Health Care Blog

JANUARY 11, 2022

An essay in Aeon had me at the title: The Waste Age. The essay is by Justin McGuirk, chief curator of the Design Museum in London, and accompanies an exhibit there: Waste Age: what can design do ? We live in the Waste Age. In a time of digital health, where are our smart toilets to help us track changes in our health? .

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Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Ageing and Health Health Policy 76

Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Unlike chronic kidney disease with known causes such as diabetes, which increases in prevalence with age, this type of kidney disease is seen in younger and middle-aged adults and sometimes even children. Mortality has doubled over the past 20 years, sparking a public health exploration into the epidemic.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) COVID-19 public health campaign, revealing it was fraught with miscalculations that set the stage for widespread public distrust. 1 In December 2020, the U.S. However, by April 2020, the CDC had completely reversed its stance, recommending masks for everyone outside the home.

Food Security and Safety 75

Food Security and Safety Media and Health Communication Ageing and Health Health Policy 75

Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Now, one of those leading the breakthrough research, Dr Emmanuelle Logette, reveals as part of the Frontier Scientists series how even at a very young age she knew she wanted to be a researcher in the fascinating world of genetics. In March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic appeared and we were all locked down at home.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Similarly, a survey from 2020 estimated that approximately 100 million (30%) Americans of all ages have allergies today. For example, the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology estimates that half of the population of the EU will have allergies by 2025: an increase by 20 percent points since 2015.

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Big Cities Health Coalition

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Big Cities Health Coalition and 50 other organizations urged House and Senate leadership to allocate $38 million in FY25 to the Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program (CSP) under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S.,

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Mental Health and Public Health Violence Prevention Ageing and Health 52

Smart Data Collective

APRIL 29, 2020

Changing Future of Remote IT Support in the Big Data Age. At this point in 2020, remote working is less a preference than an absolute necessity. The global pandemic has already had a devastating impact on both health and the economy. Smart IT companies will utilize it to full effect in 2020.

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International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

Iñaki Permanyer and Júlia Almeida Calazans Policymakers and scholars are increasingly interested in monitoring and curbing health inequalities. Measuring how ‘similar’ or ‘dissimilar’ the different causes of death are can help us understand global health inequalities and patterns of mortality. Read more: Permanyer I, Calazans JA.

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The Health Care Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Since no one has thought fit to actually generate any clinical data on boosters in college kids because of the continuous state of COVID emergency we have been in since early 2020, we are left to try to extrapolate from a vast amount of ecological data and surrogate endpoints. Anish Koka is a cardiologist (follow him on twitter @anish_koka).

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Your Local Epidemiologist

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Here is a dose of public health that may help you forget the stress of the elections. Participation in the study involves completing surveys about your health. They are particularly looking for people ages 50 and older or those living with chronic health conditions, but anyone over 18 in the United States is eligible to join.

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The Health Care Blog

JULY 18, 2022

He was responsible for seminal work in Cardiology in the 1980’s on the use of clot busting drugs for patients having heart attacks, and became head of cardiology for the famed Cleveland Clinic at the age of 36! (I I vaguely recall feeling like I was starting to understand Cardiology at the age of 36.)

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Health Policy 105

Maternal Health Task Force

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Today, Kevin is studying to become a Midwife and dreams of becoming an international maternal and infant health advocate. To end fistula, it is critical that bold new strategies and robust evidence are readily available to policymakers, program managers, health care providers and development practitioners. Now is the time!

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Maternal and Child Health Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Ageing and Health Reproductive Health 52

Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

by Dr Dario Novak, University of Zagreb Image courtesy of Dr Novak: Dario Novak and Marin Čilić, 2020 Olympic silver medalist To provide adequate support to young athletes, it is important to understand their development path. In our study, Grand Slam winners articulated against early specialization and intensive training at a young age.

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