<p>According to past research, doctors and nurses in different areas of healthcare often describe supporting their patients’ existential needs – the psychological dimension of illness spanning feelings of isolation, alienation, emptiness and being abandoned – as one of their greatest care challenges.</p>
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<p>In our ‘The Professional Virtue of Civility and the Responsibilities of Medical Educators and Academic Leaders’,<cross-ref type="bib" refid="R1">1</cross-ref> we provided an historically based conceptual account of the professional virtue of civility and the role of leaders of academic health centres in creating and sustaining an organisational culture of professionalism that promotes civility among healthcare professionals and between medical educators and learners.</p>
<p><sec><st>Going beyond</st></p>
<p>We emphasised that any adequate understanding of the virtues, including professional virtues, has cognitive, affective, behavioural and social components. Some of the commentators expand on these components in important ways. Xuhao <i>et al</i> emphasises the importance of role models, especially in the hierarchical context of medical education.<cross-ref type="bib" refid="R2">2</cross-ref> The hierarchy of faculty in the senior position and junior doctors and other learners below them has characterised medical education for centuries. Xuhao <i>et al</i> rightly call for academic leaders to shape this hierarchy in a morally responsible way,…</p>
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<p>Walk Score is a common index used to estimate how suitable the built environment is for walking. Although Walk Score has been extensively validated as a measure of walkability and walking, there are limited studies examining whether commonly used constructs of walkability are associated with traffic safety in children. This study examined the association between Walk Score and child pedestrian injury controlling for observed walking exposure in school zones in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Results indicate that a higher Walk Score was associated with more child pedestrian injuries in all three cities, even after controlling for walking exposure. School travel planning should consider established individual pedestrian collision risk and individual factors rather than assuming a highly walkable environment is also a safe pedestrian environment.</p>
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Views of voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage among individuals living in a firearm-owning home: results from a qualitative study in two states
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URL: https://ifp.nyu.edu/2023/journal-article-abstracts/ip-2023-044868v1/
<p><sec><st>Introduction</st></p>
<p>Firearms account for the majority of suicide deaths in the USA. A recommended approach for suicide prevention is reducing access to firearms by temporarily removing them from the home. We sought to understand how firearm owners and those who reside with them view and might use voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage.</p>
<p></sec><sec><st>Methods</st></p>
<p>From July to November 2021, we interviewed English-speaking adults in Colorado and Washington who own firearms or reside with them, using semistructured interviews. We used a team-based mixed deductive and inductive approach to code transcripts and identify themes.</p>
<p></sec><sec><st>Results</st></p>
<p>Half of the 38 interviewees were men (53%) aged 35–54 years (40%); 92% identified as white. The average age that participants reported first having a firearm was 20.4 years; 16% reported never owning a firearm themselves, only living in homes with firearms. Qualitative findings fell into broad themes: (1) storage with family members/friends, (2) concerns/challenges with storing a firearm with a business/organization, (3) importance of trust (4) outreach methods for out-of-home storage programmes.</p>
<p></sec><sec><st>Conclusion</st></p>
<p>Programmes for voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage will not be impactful unless such storage is desired and used. Understanding views of potential storage users can help support development of acceptable and feasible programmes.</p>
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<p><sec><st>Objectives</st></p>
<p>End of life has unacceptable levels of hospital admission and death. We aimed to determine the association of a novel digital specific system (Proactive Risk-Based and Data-Driven Assessment of Patients at the End of Life, PRADA) to modify such events.</p>
<p></sec><sec><st>Methods</st></p>
<p>A cohort-controlled study of those discharged alive, who died within 90 days of discharge, comparing PRADA (n=114) with standard care (n=3730).</p>
<p></sec><sec><st>Results</st></p>
<p>At 90 days, the PRADA group were more likely to die (78.9% vs 46.2%, p<0.001), had a shorter time to death (58±90 vs 178±186 days, p<0.001) but readmission (20.2% vs 37.9%, p<0.001) or death in hospital (4.4% vs 28.9%, p<0.001) was lower with reduced risk for a combined 90-day outcome of postdischarge non-elective admission or hospital death (OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.27–0.74, p<0.001). Tightening criteria with 1:1 matching (n=83 vs 83) showed persistent significant findings in PRADA contact with markedly reduced adverse events (OR 0.15, 95% CI 0.02–0.96, p<0.05).</p>
<p></sec><sec><st>Conclusions</st></p>
<p>Being seen in hospital by a specialist palliative care team using the PRADA tool was associated with significantly improved postdischarge outcomes pertaining to those destined to die after discharge.</p>
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<p><sec><st>Objectives</st></p>
<p>The care needs of patients with advanced cancer and their relatives change throughout the disease trajectory. This study focused on the care-related problems and needs of patients with advanced cancer and their relatives. This was done from the perspective of centres for information and support.</p>
<p></sec><sec><st>Methods</st></p>
<p>This cross-sectional study used data from the eQuiPe study: an observational cohort study in which 40 Dutch hospitals participated. All adult patients with a diagnosis of a metastasised tumour and their relatives were eligible. Measures included information on the patients’ and relatives’ care problems and needs, assessed by the short version of the Problems and Needs in Palliative Care questionnaire. Socioeconomic demographics were also collected.</p>
<p></sec><sec><st>Results</st></p>
<p>1103 patients with advanced cancer and 831 relatives were included. Both patients (M=60.3, SD=29.0) and relatives (M=59.2, SD=26.6) experienced most problems in the domain of ‘psychological issues’. Both patients (M=14.0, SD=24.2) and relatives (M=17.7, SD=25.7) most frequently reported unmet needs within this domain. The most often reported unmet need by patients was ‘worrying about the future of my loved ones’ (22.0%); for relatives this was ‘fear for physical suffering of the patient’ (32.8%). There was no clear relationship between socioeconomic demographics and the experienced unmet needs.</p>
<p></sec><sec><st>Conclusions</st></p>
<p>The most often mentioned unmet needs consisted of fears and worries, followed by a broad range of topics within multiple domains. Centres for information and support may play a role in reducing the unmet needs of (potential) visitors as these centres provide support on a broad range of topics.</p>
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<p>Every so often, among the bags of breast milk sent for donation to milk banks, clear bags of milk are found that are hand decorated and accompanied by short texts written by donating mothers. In the bank labs, the milk is poured into pasteurisation containers, and the bags are thrown away. The milk comes to the neonatal ward packed in bar-coded bottles. Both donor and the recipient are anonymous to one another. To whom are the donating mothers writing their messages? What can be learnt from their writings and drawings about their lived experiences of transitioning into motherhood? In the current study I integrate theoretical content about the transition to motherhood and theories about epistolary literature, likening the milk bags to postcards and letters. In contrast to a private letter written with ink on folded paper in a closed envelope, writing on ‘milk postcards’ is exposed and privacy is absent. ‘Milk postcards’ have a double transparency: the self is reflected in the messages and the contents of the bag—breast milk, a bodily fluid from the body of the donor. From a visual analysis of 81 photos of human-milk bags with text and drawings photographed by milk banks laboratory technicians, it appears that the milk postcards serve as a ‘third voice’ that echoes the difficulties and the joys in the transition to motherhood, and that donors experience an imagined solidarity with unknown mothers. The milk itself serves sometimes as an image and sometimes as the background for the writing, while its colour, texture and the form in which it is frozen constitute part of the text and serve as self-testimony for the mother of her capability and of her being a nurturing mother, for both her own baby and other unknown babies.</p>
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<p>Homelessness is reaching record highs in the UK. The latest statistics on statutory homelessness show that in March 2023, 104,510 households – including over 131,000 children – were living in hotels, hostels, B&Bs and the like. But disabled people are particularly affected by homelessness…. While disabled people represent 22% of the overall population, a recent survey suggests they may represent up to 39% of the homeless population. </p>
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Have you considered psychological factors? It sounds a bit emotionally charged how you talk about food. Could be an eating disorder maybe? That’s usually about the topic of control. Did you have any life events that coincide with these phases where you can’t eat? Just an idea that you can entertain in parallel to the doctors treatment.
<h3 class="a-plus-plus">Abstract</h3>
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<h3 class="a-plus-plus">Purpose</h3>
<p class="a-plus-plus">With a rapid increase in older adults, progressive impairment in cognitive function has become an increasing concern owing to high social and economic burdens. The current study was designed to investigate the associations of sex hormones and bone metabolism with cognitive impairment (CI) in Chinese oldest-old females.</p>
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<h3 class="a-plus-plus">Methods</h3>
<p class="a-plus-plus">There were 396 oldest-old females from the China Hainan Oldest-old Cohort Study (CHOCS). Following standardized procedures, Mini Mental State Examination was effectively completed, and sex hormones and bone metabolism were assessed in these females.</p>
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<h3 class="a-plus-plus">Results</h3>
<p class="a-plus-plus">The median age of all females was 101 years (range: from 80 to 116). There were 340 females (86%) with CI. Participants with CI had significantly higher levels of age, progesterone, prolactin and estradiol than those without CI (P < 0.05 for all). Total type I collagen N-terminal elongation peptide [hazard ratio (HR): 1.018, 95%CI: 1.001–1.035] and prolactin (HR: 1.065, 95%CI: 1.005–1.129) levels were positively and significantly associated with CI (P < 0.05 for all).</p>
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<h3 class="a-plus-plus">Conclusions</h3>
<p class="a-plus-plus">Prolactin and total type I collagen N-terminal elongation peptide had positive associations with CI in Chinese oldest-old females. Thus, a balance in sex hormones and bone metabolism may have significant effects on cognitive function during the aging process.</p>
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<p>Volume 63, Issue 7, August 2023, Page 495-506<br />. </p>
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<p>Volume 33, Issue 4, 2023, Page 280-301<br />. </p>
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<p>One writer was in the depths of despair after enduring an unimaginable tragedy. But running gave her a renewed sense of peace.</p>
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<p>Medical universities use their websites to teach, research, and promote a culture of health. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the performance of medical universities in terms of health information and e…</p>
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<p>Volume 48, Issue 8, August 2023, Page 1137-1158<br />. </p>
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It’s mostly episodic like the original series and 90s Trek but it has some season long story arcs. But it’s modern in its style of telling. It’s funny without resorting to being MCU quippy. And the science is closer to modern science fiction rather than TOS’ parallel worlds pattern.
That said, it has a mix of action and moral dilemma and politics. There are “needs of the many” stories that don’t have clear right or wrong, the psychological impact from the horrors of war stories, even a courtroom episode that rivaled the best ones from TOS and TNG. But there are also flashy fan servicey episodes that are just fun.
I suggest giving the first episode a go. It sets the mood for the rest of the first two seasons. Each episode brings something different, but I think the first episode really speaks to what the series is trying to be.
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Strange New Worlds continues to rank in the Nielsen US streaming top ten (trekmovie.com)
This is good news for assuring that SNW’s 3rd season production will move ahead after the strike....
Danish government prepares bill to stop Koran burnings (www.reuters.com)