Science Daily: Pharmacology News
AUGUST 2, 2024
A new study suggests that Earth's natural forces could substantially reduce Antarctica's impact on rising sea levels, but only if carbon emissions are swiftly reduced in the coming decades. By the same token, if emissions continue on the current trajectory, Antarctic ice loss could lead to more future sea level rise than previously thought.
Smart Data Collective
JULY 29, 2024
There are a lot of cybersecurity risks for companies that rely on AI, but they can be rectified if you take the right steps.
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Black Health Matters
AUGUST 1, 2024
For those aged 50 and above, keeping your mind sharp is not just about memory. Overall well-being and quality of life are key factors of wellness and brain health. Brain health encompasses a wide range of factors, from cognitive function to emotional balance. It is a crucial part of maintaining independence and enjoying the golden years. By focusing on six key areas, there are practical steps you can take to enhance brain health and improve mental well-being.
JPHMP Direct
JULY 30, 2024
This post reveals critical insights into public health leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, including identified gaps in crisis training, communication, adaptive competencies, and strategies for supporting team well-being. The post Navigating Leadership in Crisis: Key Insights from Public Health Leaders During COVID-19 first appeared on JPHMP Direct.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JULY 29, 2024
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is widespread among wildlife species, according to new research. The virus was detected in six common backyard species, and antibodies indicating prior exposure to the virus were found in five species, with rates of exposure ranging from 40 to 60 percent depending on the species.
Smart Data Collective
AUGUST 1, 2024
Explore how AI and data analytics are revolutionizing internet providers' approaches to customer satisfaction and service efficiency!
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JPHMP Direct
JULY 31, 2024
This post highlights how the Community Health Worker Toolkit: Capacity Building in Local Health Departments may be used to support local health departments in recruiting and retaining community health workers. The post Tools for Recruiting and Retaining CHWs in Public Health Agencies first appeared on JPHMP Direct.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JULY 31, 2024
A new large study suggests incidence rates continued to rise in successively younger generations in 17 of the 34 cancer types, including breast, pancreatic, and gastric cancers. Mortality trends also increased in conjunction with the incidence of liver (female only), uterine corpus, gallbladder, testicular, and colorectal cancers.
Smart Data Collective
AUGUST 1, 2024
Cloud scalability empowers 8 industries to boost efficiency and drive success. Learn which sectors are reaping the rewards now!
AIDSVu
JULY 29, 2024
The post COMPASS Report on HIV Prevalence, Access, and Service in Atlanta and Houston appeared first on AIDSVu.
National Network of Public Health Institutes
AUGUST 1, 2024
TFAH is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that promotes optimal health for every person and community and makes the prevention of illness and injury a national priority. TFAH is committed to making prevention and health equity foundational to policymaking at all levels of society. Some focus areas at TFAH include public health funding and infrastructure, public health preparedness, obesity, health equity, substance misuse and suicide, and population health.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
AUGUST 1, 2024
As they are in many places around the globe, glaciers perched high in the Andes Mountains are shrinking. Now, researchers have uncovered evidence that the high-altitude tropical ice fields are likely smaller than they've been at any time since the last ice age ended 11,700 years ago.
Smart Data Collective
JULY 30, 2024
Data duplication is an issue that Salesforce marketers need to prevent by removing redundant records.
Bamboo News
AUGUST 1, 2024
Providers, dispensers and state governments utilizing prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) can face challenges in building comprehensive views of controlled substance use. As the opioid epidemic continues to evolve, the solutions that states and providers are using to combat it must also evolve to keep communities safe and prevent further incidences of substance use disorder (SUD).
Black Health Matters
JULY 31, 2024
“People from racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by postpartum weight retention (PPWR).” According to a report published in Women’s Health , examining a narrative mapping literature to the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Framework. “80% of Black and 69.5% of Hispanic/Latina/o/x birthing people begin pregnancy overweight or obese compared to 55% of white, non-Hispanic birthing people.” The report ind
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
AUGUST 1, 2024
Researchers have developed a new model to explain the formation of giant planets such as Jupiter, which furnishes deeper insights into the processes of planet formation and could expand our understanding of planetary systems.
Smart Data Collective
JULY 30, 2024
Discover essential data ethics for social media marketers! Learn privacy practices that protect users while boosting engagement and brand loyalty.
Better Health For All
AUGUST 1, 2024
“ Many of the public health challenges faced today are global health problems and require an understanding of the global dimensions of health and its influences. Public health professionals need an understanding of the global influences on health to be able to improve the health of the population.” – Public Health Specialty Training Curriculum 2022 Demand for global public health training opportunities is high, with many registrars wishing to undertake a global health placement either in t
Black Health Matters
JULY 29, 2024
Kidney disease overwhelmingly impacts minority communities. “African Americans are three times more likely, and Hispanics are 2.5% more likely to end up on dialysis than non-blacks,” according to Dr. Sylvia E. Rosas, MD, MSCE, and The National Kidney Foundation President. “We know that there’s a lot of social determinants of health that are involved with who gets kidney disease and who progresses into kidney failure.” Race was a factor in how we were evaluated for t
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JULY 29, 2024
Researchers have developed a self-powered 'bug' that can skim across the water, and they hope it will revolutionize aquatic robotics.
UK Health Security
AUGUST 2, 2024
As we move into autumn, protection from any earlier COVID-19 vaccination you may have had will be starting to wane. For those who are more likely to become seriously ill from COVID-19, the NHS offers a free vaccine in the autumn, previously known as the ‘Autumn Booster’. Current vaccines provide good protection against severe disease and hospitalisation.
JPHMP Direct
JULY 31, 2024
Including the presence of people in long-term recovery into conversations surrounding substance use disorder (SUD) can be one way of mitigating the effect of structural stigma against those with SUD. The public health community can play a role in helping to connect recovery community leadership with policy makers to ensure “nothing about us without us,” as the saying goes.
Black Health Matters
JULY 30, 2024
Anise Dnyez Banks Anise was diagnosed with aTTP in 2018, and is deeply committed to advocating for awareness and better care for those affected by aTTP by promoting health equity. Living with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP) is a journey. For many, including Anise Banks, the path to diagnosis can be complicated and overwhelming. In this interview, Anise highlights her personal story as a patient and advocate who has bravely navigated the challenges of living with aTTP.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JULY 30, 2024
Researchers have found that training successive generations of generative artificial intelligence models on synthetic data gives rise to self-consuming feedback loops.
The Network for Public Health Law
AUGUST 1, 2024
The Network for Public Health Law (the Network) has released a guide on “Law and Policy Considerations for Workforce Protections from Extreme Heat,” detailing federal, state, and local legal and policy protections for both indoor and outdoor workers exposed to extreme heat on the job. The guide also addresses significant barriers to safeguarding this workforce, including the legal doctrine of preemption, which allows higher levels of government to limit the authority of lower levels; and provide
UK Health Security
JULY 30, 2024
The sun is shining and most of us will be happy to see the arrival of warmer and drier weather after the wet and cool summer we have had so far. This week’s higher temperatures have triggered a yellow Heat-Health Alert, issued for England by the Met Office and UKHSA. While some may question the necessity of such warnings, it's crucial to understand the significant health implications that accompany changes in temperature.
Black Health Matters
JULY 29, 2024
After uncertainty about her passing, Roland Martin confirmed the death of actress Erica Ash this afternoon from cancer. Ash, 46, excelled in comedic and dramatic roles, including “Real Husbands of Hollywood” and as M-Chuck in “Survivor’s Remorse.” Her mother, Diann Ash, wrote, “We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our beloved daughter, sister, and friend, Erica Chantal Ash (1977-2024).
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
AUGUST 1, 2024
Exceptional fossils with preserved soft parts reveal that the earliest mollusks were flat, armored slugs without shells. The new species, Shishania aculeata, was covered with hollow, organic, cone-shaped spines. The fossils preserve exceptionally rare detailed features which reveal that these spines were produced using a sophisticated secretion system that is shared with annelids (earthworms and relatives).
National Network of Public Health Institutes
JULY 31, 2024
International Association of Coroner’s and Medical Examiner’s Annual Symposium, July 2023, Las Vegas, NV Amidst the crowd of conference attendees, a familiar face emerged – the coroner of a small rural county in the east-central part of Alabama, whose frequent visits to the NNPHI booth during the 2022 conference had left an indelible mark. The coroner greeted me not with a formal handshake but with an unexpected hug.
HEALTHBEAT
AUGUST 1, 2024
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. A new study lends weight to fears that more livestock workers have gotten the bird flu than has been reported. “I am very confident there are more people being infected than we know about,” said Gregory Gray, the infectious disease researcher at the University of Texas Medical Branch who led the study, posted online Wednesday and under review to be published in a leading infectious disease journal.
Public Health Newswire
JULY 31, 2024
508 million illnesses averted among US children
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JULY 30, 2024
Physicists have been exploring the theoretical possibility of spaceships driven by compressing the four-dimensional spacetime for decades. Although this so-called 'warp drive' originates from the realm of science fiction, it is based on concrete descriptions in general relativity. A new study takes things a step further -- simulating the gravitational waves such a drive might emit if it broke down.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JULY 31, 2024
A lesser-known cannabinoid that is gaining in popularity Cannabigerol (CBG) effectively reduced anxiety in a clinical trial without the intoxication typically associated with whole plant cannabis. It may even have some memory enhancing effects, according to a new study. For the study, researchers conducted the first human clinical trial investigating the acute effects of CBG on anxiety, stress and mood.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JULY 31, 2024
Scientists have made significant strides in understanding the properties of a ferroelectric material under an electric field. This breakthrough holds potential for advances in computer memory, lasers and sensors for ultraprecise measurements.
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