Psychology & Psychiatry
Fear of public places after mass shootings? Tips to overcome anxiety
It's a scene that's become all too familiar in American culture.
Nov 13, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The BMJ questions transparency of information surrounding safety of Pandemrix vaccine
An investigation published by The BMJ today raises fundamental questions about the transparency of information surrounding the safety of GlaxoSmithKline's Pandemrix vaccine used in 2009-2010.
Sep 21, 2018
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Health
Health professionals have role in warning about impaired driving
(HealthDay)—Physicians, pharmacists, and public health officials play an important role in educating individuals about the risks of impaired driving caused by marijuana or opioids, according to a report from the Governors ...
Aug 16, 2018
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Health
Why Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria is so much higher than officials thought
"If you don't get away from those areas, you are going to die." That statement concluded Puerto Rico Secretary of Public Safety Héctor Pesquera's press conference before Hurricane Maria.
Jun 1, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Americans overwhelmingly see gun violence as a public health issue
Americans are more united than divided when it comes to guns – they see gun safety as an issue and they want to see actions to prevent gun violence. The majority of Americans (87 percent) see gun violence as a public health ...
May 8, 2018
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Health
Hearing screening for public safety professionals—new method for 'fitness for duty' assessments
Hearing is an important part of fitness-for-duty assessments of police officers and other public safety professionals - but standard hearing tests don't give a true picture of whether these professionals can hear and communicate ...
Apr 27, 2018
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Medications
Mass. public safety, public health agencies collaborate to address the opioid epidemic
A new study shows that public health and public safety agencies established local, collaborative programs in Massachusetts to connect overdose survivors and their personal networks with addiction treatment, harm reduction, ...
Feb 14, 2018
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Health
Infections, complications and safety breaches—why patients need better data on how hospitals compare
Australia's health system is an information industry – it is awash with data. Tragically, though, the data is not well collated, not put into the hands of the people responsible for acting on it. Nor is it shared with patients.
Nov 8, 2017
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Health
Some private hospitals are safer than others, but we don't know which
The recent jailing of British breast surgeon Ian Paterson after performing multiple unnecessary operations has highlighted the issue of hospital safety.
Jun 13, 2017
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Health
Canada unveils legislation to legalize cannabis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government unveiled legislation Thursday to fully legalize marijuana, making Canada only the second country to do so, after Uruguay.
Apr 13, 2017
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