May 23, 2022 Although warm weather brings an opportunity to enjoy spending time outside, it also brings with it the dangers of the sun’s powerful rays – primarily, skin cancer. May is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, a time to educate people on what […]
Healthcare
Autistic Individuals Have Poorer Health and Healthcare
Summary: Autistic individuals are more likely to experience chronic physical and mental health problems than their peers without ASD. Additionally, those on the autism spectrum are more likely to report inadequacies in health care services provided to them. Source: University of Cambridge Autistic individuals are more likely to have chronic […]
Why some health-care practitioners are prescribing food to their patients
Angela is a 54-year-old mother of two living with Type 2 diabetes in a small apartment in Guelph, Ont. Despite steady access to health care and a physician who encourages regular exercise and healthy eating, Angela’s complications have worsened in recent years. These complications cause mobility challenges, sometimes rendering her […]
‘Failure of an American ideology’: why Covid has an outsized impact on the US | US healthcare
David Rosner continually talks to colleagues who are distraught about the American response to the Covid-19 pandemic. “When you are in a school of public health and a public health environment, people really feel when they are failing,” said Rosner, who studies public health and social history at the Columbia […]
Association of 5-item Brief Symptom Rating Scale scores and health status ratings with burnout among healthcare workers
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate that the severity of psychological symptoms, measured by the BSRS-5, can significantly associated with burnout among different sex and age, and that this effect persists after controlling for common potential confounders, including age, sex, smoking, alcohol consumption, […]
BJC HealthCare Unveils community health plan for St. Louis
BJC HealthCare, the hospital system that operates Barnes-Jewish Hospital and more than a dozen others in the St. Louis region, on Wednesday unveiled a strategic plan that aims to decrease health disparities between the city’s richest and poorest residents, particularly the gap in health outcomes for Black and white people. […]
Leading medical oncologist, Dr. Manish Bhandari, joins St. Elizabeth Healthcare; leads clinical trials
St. Elizabeth Healthcare has announced a leading medical oncologist, Manish Bhandari, MD, has joined its oncology care team. Dr. Bhandari is a graduate of Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, and completed his oncology fellowship from the reputed oncology division at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. His area […]
Healthcare Workers Seek Mental Health Help
Researchers analyzed anonymous data from an Ontario database involving 34,000 physicians. They found that 27 percent more doctors sought help for burnout and substance misuse in the first year of the pandemic than in 2019. Findings indicate that psychiatrists showed the highest rate of annual visits at 3,442 visits per […]
Death of Stanford nurse brings attention to healthcare workers’ mental health
STANFORD, Calif. (KRON) – It’s a problem facing health care workers across the country, including here in the Bay Area. Don’t miss a story, start your day with KRON4.com Friends of a Stanford nurse who died by suicide last week say his death is bringing attention the to importance of […]
Gender inequality within healthcare exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic
© iStock/visualspace Blandine Mollard of the EIGE discusses the findings from the Gender Equality Index 2021 and explores how gender inequality needs to be addressed within health and social care. The Gender Equality Index has had a focus on health for 2021, looking at how gender affects the health of […]
Food & Beverage Digest – New Year’s 2022 – Food, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Happy New Year from the Alston & Bird Food, Beverage & Agribusiness Team! A Look Ahead to See What 2022 May Bring Many year-end publications often feature a look back at the highlights of […]