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☆ UK healthcare strikes to intensify as junior doctors vote to walk out
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Junior doctors agreed in 2019 to an annual 2% pay rise as part of a four-year deal but say that is now inadequate in light of much higher inflation. "This vote shows, without a shadow of a doubt, the strength of feeling among most of England’s junior doctors," the BMA said. The BMA describes junior doctors as those who are qualified in clinical training and have up to eight years' experience working as a hospital doctor or up to three years in general practice. Another trade union for doctors, the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, said its junior doctor members had also voted to carry out strike action in a separate ballot. More than 10,000 ambulance workers were on strike on Monday, while the nursing trade union last week announced a fresh 48-hour strike from March 1.

☆ Fact Check-No evidence COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are significant contributing factor to UK’s 30,000 excess cardiovascular deaths
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Millions of people have viewed a BBC News interview with a British cardiologist who used the broadcast to spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. Malhotra cites the British Heart Foundation (BHF) for reporting 30,000 excess cardiovascular deaths “during the pandemic or since the pandemic”. A BHF spokesperson told Reuters that there were indeed 30,000 excess deaths involving ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in England between March 2020 and August 2022. Reuters has addressed similar claims linking COVID-19 vaccines with excess mortality (here, here and here), cardiac arrests (here, here and here), and other heart issues. Experts say the 30,000 excess cardiovascular deaths reported since the beginning of the pandemic are due to COVID-19 infection and issues with healthcare services.

☆ Fact Check-No evidence COVID-19 vaccines are linked to athletes collapsing or dying
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

He suffered a cardiac arrest moments after making a tackle and had to have his heartbeat restored on the field (here). In the UK, Dr Steven Cox, chief executive of charity Cardiac Risk on the Young (CRY), also told Reuters via email that sudden cardiac death in young people “is sadly not a new phenomenon”. The authors also noted that this was “likely... a significant underestimate” of the true incidence of cardiac death in the young. Another study published in 2022 by PLOS medicine found acute COVID-19 was associated with a 5.8x increased risk of cardiovascular disease, including a 6.4x increased risk of atrial arrythmias in the month after infection. Experts say there is no research that shows a link between COVID-19 vaccines and athletes collapsing or dying from sudden cardiac arrest.

☆ UK officials meet with unions in bid to end strikes by nurses and ambulance drivers
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Senior UK government officials are meeting with labor unions on Monday in a last-ditch effort to avert another wave of strikes affecting vital public services such as health care and transport. On Monday, the education minister will meet with teaching unions, the transport minister will meet with rail unions and the health minister will meet with unions representing nurses and ambulance drivers. Workers are demanding higher pay and better working conditions in the face of record inflation and a sharp fall in living standards. Ambulance workers will strike on January 19 in Wales and on January 23 in England. Teacher unions are balloting members over a possible strike, while the British Medical Association started balloting junior doctors on Monday.

☆ An AI bot scored nearly as well as doctors on a radiology exam — but it's not ready to replace humans yet
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An AI bot took the exam radiologists in the UK have to pass before finishing training. The AI candidate passed two of 10 mock exams, while humans passed four of 10. The AI candidate was a Smarturgences tool developed by French AI company Milvue that is commercially available. The AI candidate needs more training analyzing areas that are considered 'non-interpretable' like the abdomen and axial skeleton. While the AI candidate had "relatively high" accuracy, it was only the highest scoring candidate for one of the mock exams.

☆ British nurses launch historic strike, as pay and staffing crises threaten the NHS
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“The reality is, every day, nurses across the UK are walking into understaffed hospitals,” Mackay said. “I feel really sorry for the young girls who are now trying to get into the profession, they have to pay for their training. Nurses’ pay dropped 1.2% every year between 2010 and 2017 once inflation was taken into account, according to the Health Foundation, a UK charity that campaigns for better health and health care. Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesEarlier this year, the RCN rejected an offer by the government to increase nurses’ pay by a minimum of £1,400 ($1,707) a year, which amounted to an average rise of 4.3%, well below the rate of inflation. Members of Britain’s armed forces were being trained to drive ambulances and firefight in the event of strike action, ministers said earlier this month.

The UK government has promised to overhaul the youth gender care system, after it was deemed inadequate by England’s regulator of health and social care. They described a deeply flawed system that is now hobbled by a toxic political climate around gender care. The letter said a decision would be made at some point from early 2022 on whether the child “is likely to meet the access criteria” for gender care. The family has received no NHS gender care or mental health support since the referral, she said. These recommended supporting “identity exploration” and mental health treatment as the first steps to ensure that any psychological issues are addressed.

☆ People who caught mild Covid had increased risk of blood clots, British study finds
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Patients with mild Covid, defined as those not hospitalized, were 2.7 times more likely to develop blood clots, according to the study published in the British Medical Journal's Heart on Monday. Participants were tracked until they developed cardiovascular disease, died or until the study ended in March 2021. While people with mild Covid had an increased risk of blood clots, patients hospitalized with the virus had a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular disease in general. The risk of cardiovascular disease for mild and severe cases was highest in the first 30 days after infection but continued later. The scientists said their findings highlight the importance of monitoring even people who had mild Covid for cardiovascular disease over the the long term.

For Quiñones and other Puerto Ricans, the continuing fragility of Puerto Rico's power grid five years later is a constant source of concern in a region that expects the possibility of hurricanes every fall. “Five years later, we are still exposed to the same risk,” Marxuach, who recently completed an analysis on the state of Puerto Rico’s electric power system, said. On Sunday afternoon, an islandwide blackout was reported as the eye of Fiona neared Puerto Rico's southwestern coast. Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, 2017. In the meantime, residents were getting ready for another tropical storm, albeit one less destructive than Hurricane Maria.

☆ WHO 'strongly advises against' use of two COVID treatments
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Natalie Grover | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. The virus has since evolved, and mounting evidence from lab tests suggests the two therapies - sotrovimab as well as casirivimab-imdevimab - have limited clinical activity against the latest iterations of the virus. Another COVID therapy that emerged early in pandemic was Gilead's (GILD.O) antiviral remdesivir. The WHO expanded its conditional recommendation for the drug, advising that it can be used in patients with severe COVID as well as non-severe COVID patients at the highest risk of hospitalization. There are a handful of existing COVID therapeutics that remain useful in the fight against the virus, and others in development that are expected to also benefit patients.

☆ Millions still without sense of smell or taste after Covid-19
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-27 | by ( Evan Bush | Evan Bush Is A Science Reporter For Nbc News. He Can Be Reached At Evan.Bush Nbcuni.Com. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Still struggling with your sense of smell after a bout with Covid-19? About three quarters of those affected by loss of taste or smell regained those senses within 30 days. “You could track the pandemic across the globe” by analyzing Google searches about smell loss, Patel said. Patients who suffered smell loss after Covid-19 make up a unique subset, said Dr. “I’m now, in my clinic, starting to see an uptick again.”Treatments are available for people who have lost their sense of taste and smell due to Covid-19.

America’s relationship to gun ownership is unique, and its gun culture is a global outlier. It is then unsurprising that the US has more deaths from gun violence than any other developed country per capita. A 2019 study published in the British Medical Journal found that US states with more permissive gun laws and greater gun ownership had higher rates of mass shootings. A decade of gun violence, culminating with the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, prompted the Australian government to take action. Many countries around the world have been able to tackle gun violence.

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Lying on your side may be healthier than on your back, according to a number of sleep experts. Changing your sleeping position to be on your side can have multiple benefits for many different reasons. Sleep specialist and pulmonologist at the Sleep Academy in Berlin, Alexander Blau, also recommends that those suffering from respiratory diseases position themselves better at night by lying on their sides. Hans Förstl, who runs a clinic for psychiatry and psychotherapy in Munich, explained that the brain is flushed out during sleep. Andresen also says that most people with heart problems automatically assume the correct lying position in any case.

☆ О пользе белого и красного вина. Какое вино полезней?
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-08 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +5 min

Говорят, что стакан красного вина за столом – это «свято». Согласно British Medical Journal, рекомендованное количество – один бокал вина в день (5 мг алкоголя). «При производстве красного вина кожица красного винограда, которая отличается высоким содержанием полифенолов (обладающих антиоксидантными свойствами), участвует в процессе мацерации, длящемся около 20 дней. В случае красного вина сохранятся кожица винограда, где находится наибольшее количество антиоксидантов, а также знаменитый ресвератрол, который вызвал большой научный интерес. Каково рекомендованное количество вина?

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Tulpina britanicăÎn Regatul Unit a apărut o nouă variantă a SARS-CoV-2 (cunoscută sub numele de 20I / 501Y.V1, VOC 202012/01 sau B.1.1.7) cu un număr mare de mutații. Tulpina sud-africanăÎn Africa de Sud, o altă variantă a SARS-CoV-2 (cunoscută sub numele de 20H / 501Y.V2 sau B.1.351) a apărut independent de cea britanică. „Cea din Marea Britanie este mai transmisibilă, dar cea din Africa de Sud are transmisibilitate similară cu tulpinile clasice, iar simptomele sunt la fel. Totuși, potrivit secretarului în sănătate din Marea Britanie Matt Hancock, tulpina din Africa de Sud pare să se răspândească mai repede decât cea din Marea Britanie. Conform Ministerului Sănătății din Japonia, mutația a fost descoperită la un călător care a ajuns la Aeroportul Narita, lângă Tokyo, din Filipine.

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De asemenea, s-a constatat că această tulpină este cu aproximativ 40% – 70% mai contagioasă în comparație cu alte variante dominante de coronavirus de până la apariția acesteia. Tulpina sud-africanăÎn Africa de Sud, o altă variantă a SARS-CoV-2 (cunoscută sub numele de 20H / 501Y.V2 sau B.1.351) a apărut independent de cea britanică. „Cea din Marea Britanie este mai transmisibilă, dar cea din Africa de Sud are transmisibilitate similară cu tulpinile clasice, iar simptomele sunt la fel. Totuși, potrivit secretarului în sănătate din Marea Britanie Matt Hancock, tulpina din Africa de Sud pare să se răspândească mai repede decât cea din Marea Britanie. Conform Ministerului Sănătății din Japonia, mutația a fost descoperită la un călător care a ajuns la Aeroportul Narita, lângă Tokyo, din Filipine.

☆ Одно яблоко в день может защитить от инфаркта
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-10 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Если бы человек взял за привычку съедать одно яблоко в день, то это серьезно бы снизило число смертей от сердечно-сосудистых заболеваний, в частности от инфаркта, выяснили британские ученые из Оксфордского университета (University of Oxford) , статья которых изложена в журнале British Medical Journal. Авторы работы при помощи математической модели вычислили, что ежедневный прием статинов во второй группе населения снижает число смертей в результате инсультов и инфарктов на 9,4 тысячи случаев в год. При этом добавление в ежедневный рацион одного яблока способно предотвратить 8,5 тысячи сердечно-сосудистых смертей среди 70% населения Великобритании возрастом старше 50 лет, передает informing.ru. Но следует заметить, что подобная практика в отдельных случаях может привести к дополнительным случаям диабета и миопатии. Таким образом, не существует универсального средства от всех заболеваний, а соблюдать меру необходимо даже в яблоках.

Organizations: University of Oxford, British Medical Journal, Оксфордский университет Locations: Великобритания

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