UK Health Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

With the exception of a dip during October half-term school holidays, activity has increased again across all age groups. However, health and social care settings also contribute to the spread of the virus, given its highly contagious nature and the vulnerability of individuals in these settings. 17 Key information about GII.17

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

While mainstream media portrays this development as concerning, I believe it reflects a positive shift toward greater awareness and a desire among parents to make informed decisions about their children's health care. Department of Health and Human Services. These numbers fall below the 95% threshold recommended by the U.S.

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Ageing and Health 64

Black Health Matters

JULY 15, 2024

Racism is not just dangerous for your mental and emotional health; it can age your brain. A new study from the Journal of the American Medical Association found that “repeated exposure to racial discrimination has been associated with a greater incidence of brain health disorders.”

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BU School of Public Health Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2024

October 18, 2024 0 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Breastfeeding difficulties, hypertension, depression, and sleep deprivation are just a handful of the health challenges that mothers may experience in the weeks and months following childbirth.

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UK Health Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The following is an explainer of important information about these winter infections; their signs and symptoms, and information on who is eligible for vaccination. This accounts for approximately 20,000 hospitalisations annually in children aged under 1. Over the past 2 winters, at least 18,000 deaths were associated with flu.

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Black Health Matters

JULY 24, 2024

We all face brain aging, so understanding its signs can significantly affect how we approach our health. We asked her to share her wisdom on brain health with us. BHM: Can you tell us about the McKnight Brain Research Foundation and its work to bridge the knowledge gap on normal cognitive aging?

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KFF Health News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Children younger than that suffer the highest rates of hospitalization of any age group except people 75 or older. adults, age 70 and older. ” But there are ways to push back against bad information, and states show wide variation in the proportion of nursing home residents who got vaccinated last winter. where some 1.2

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Smart Data Collective

JUNE 29, 2021

But this is something that insurance companies were doing long before the age of the internet. When applying for insurance, you provide information about all the potential risks based on who you are, where you live, and so on. If you have pre-existing medical conditions, your health insurance premium will be edited accordingly.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

COVID-19 lockdowns accelerated brain aging in adolescents, according to a recent study. 1 The pandemic drastically changed daily routines, leaving many young people struggling with their mental and physical health. 3 This decline isn’t just about physical health; it’s closely tied to mental well-being as well. years in boys.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The core of epidemiology is understanding why some groups of people are healthier or sicker than others, so we can use that evidence to improve everyone’s health. Epidemiologists work on a huge range of health concerns, from infertility to healthy aging and everything in between. Consider the environment of the program overall.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Sign up for Your Local Epidemiologist New York and get Dr. Marisa Donnellys community public health forecast in your inbox a day early. Last week, I had the privilege of attending a White House convening of public health communication and advocacy experts. Have questions, comments, or ideas for future topics? Just reply to this email.

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Smart Data Collective

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

By 2034, it’s estimated that the number of people over the age of 65 will surpass the number of children under the age of 18. In the past, monitoring someone with a chronic illness or serious health problem meant that another person would need to physically be near them in case something went wrong. Here are a few ways.

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Ageing and Health 130

Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Safeguarding sensitive patient health information is not only essential; it’s the law. Keep reading to learn more about hipaa fax and how to make sure your office is compliant and keeping patient information safe. HIPAA and the Secure Transport of Information. HIPAA and the Secure Transport of Information.

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Ageing and Health 124

Black Health Matters

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The holiday season can be a joyous time, but it can also bring about stress and loneliness, impacting both our brain health and overall well-being. Dr. Brangman shares her wisdom on maintaining brain health, recognizing holiday stress and loneliness, and supporting cognitive well-being during this festive season.

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Ageing and Health 52

Mercola

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Brooke Scheller, a doctor of clinical nutrition, founder of Functional Sobriety (a nutrition-based program for alcohol reduction) and author of "How to Eat to Change How You Drink," who has done extensive research on the health impacts of alcohol consumption. Every drink causes damage to your body on a cellular level.

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Ageing and Health 83

Frontiers

AUGUST 22, 2023

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Researchers analyzed health information on middle-aged and senior participants in the UK Biobank. They showed that those who took part in adult education classes had a 19% lower risk of developing dementia within five years of follow-up.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. Children younger than that suffer the highest rates of hospitalization of any age group except people 75 or older. adults age 70 and older. Loveland’s maternity leave ended in late June, when Maya wasn’t yet 2 months old.

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The Health Care Blog

AUGUST 19, 2022

Our rural health care system has suffered badly during the COVID-19 pandemic. It entered the pandemic with severe structural weaknesses, including magnified health disparities and inequities, lower rates of vaccination in the general population, and high risk of rural hospital closures. BY ERIC LARSEN and TOMMY IBRAHIM. Eric Larsen.

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Frontiers

JANUARY 17, 2022

Understanding how to halt the spread of false news while increasing the circulation of information from credible sources during the pandemic. Mental health. Aging brains. Evaluating factors that predispose aging Covid patients to more severe complications. Political misinformation. 11 articles | 219,000 views.

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NC Health News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

By Rachel Crumpler The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the critical role of public health workers. The work was visible as society reeled from an unprecedented health emergency that disrupted life for so many. Even though we might be out of the public health emergency, we have ongoing needs.

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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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Exploring Health

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Whisper transcription tool has grown in popularity in US hospitals, despite OpenAI’s caution against its use in “high-risk domains” Whisper uses information from databases to transcribe audio, assuming what a speaker will say based off the information it gets from these sources.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Hospitals and healthcare facilities around the world hold highly sensitive information about their patients. Living in a digital age where cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, it’s understandable that there are huge concerns about healthcare data security.

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UK Health Security

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Flu can be particularly dangerous for certain groups, including pregnant women, young children, and those with long-term health conditions. As we enter the 2024 flu season, taking proactive steps to protect our health has never been more important.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Could your oral health be a key indicator of your overall well-being? According to a recent study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 1 the state of your mouth is deeply connected to your general health and the aging process. 3 This is why maintaining good oral health isn’t just about your teeth and gums.

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Ageing and Health 63

Frontiers

AUGUST 4, 2021

One of Taiwan’s leading medical research institutions, the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), and the open-access publisher Frontiers have today announced a publishing deal effective as of August 2021. By default, eligible articles are articles by corresponding authors affiliated with the National Health Research Institutes.

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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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Mercola

DECEMBER 1, 2024

1 The study, conducted on healthy middle-aged Australians, revealed that low magnesium levels, especially when combined with high homocysteine, significantly increase DNA damage. This finding underscores the vital role magnesium plays in maintaining your genetic health and staving off age-related diseases.

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Ageing and Health 90

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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Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

They found that those living at higher altitudes have a reduced risk of death or hospitalization because of a stroke, and tend to experience strokes at a greater age. That is, more than 160m people live above 2,500 meters and there is very little information regarding epidemiological differences in terms of stroke at altitude.

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Ageing and Health 140

Mercola

OCTOBER 20, 2024

I’ve long been fascinated by cholesterol’s role in our health, and research published over the last few years challenges what we’ve been told for decades. But what if I told you that low cholesterol could actually harm your heart health? Another intriguing discovery is the "cholesterol paradox" observed in various health conditions.

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The Health Care Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

By JEFF GOLDMSITH As health systems struggle to emerge from the post-COVID financial crisis, the importance of the clinical enterprise to these systems has dramatically increased. This commitment has a direct financial consequence for health systems. A roll-up is not a credible foundation for a system, but merely a holding action.

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Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Too much blue light from electronic devices may age us faster Experiments in fruit flies, reported in Frontiers in Aging , suggest that the blue light given off by many LED devices may have negative repercussions for our cellular processes.

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Ageing and Health 98

Washington University in St. Louis - Institute for

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In service of WashU public health, the conference is a collaboration between the university’s strategic plan, Here and Next and the Institute for Public Health. McGraw | Photo: Tina McGrath McGraw outlined how to bring the perspectives of health data utility and privacy together for the benefit of creating better health outcomes.

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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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