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Lay people can fill the gap for mental health mental-health provision with comparable and sometimes better outcomes than professionals can, according to John Naslund, a psychiatric epidemiologist at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. #mentalhealth

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How students and grandparents could solve the global mental-health crisis
African researchers piloted a slew of innovative, low-cost programmes for addressing the troubling shortage of mental-health professionals on the continent. Now the rest of the world is taking notice.
www.nature.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:51 PM
More-powerful AI is coming. Academia and industry must oversee it — together.

Once confined to the realms of science fiction, there is now the question of when we might create artificial general intelligence.

#medski #digitalhealth #academicsky

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
More-powerful AI is coming. Academia and industry must oversee it — together
AI companies want to give machines human-level intelligence, or AGI. The safest and best results will come when academic and industry scientists collaborate to guide its development.
www.nature.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Winter Woes: NHS Faces 'Quad-Demic' Challenge as Flu, Norovirus, and More Strain Our Healthcare System

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#nhs #healthcare #medski
Flu cases make NHS busier than ever with 95% of beds full
NHS England medical director warns hospitals under strain after sharp rise in flu cases.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 2:04 PM
📢 The EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) is coming! 📢

The Digital Services Act (DSA) aims to create a safer, more transparent online environment. It sets clear rules for digital services, including social media and marketplaces

#digitalsafety #DigitalServicesAct #OnlineSafety #TechPolicy
December 1, 2024 at 4:15 PM
[BMJ Heart] Handing over the car keys: a reappraisal of driving restrictions after implantable cardioverter/defibrillator implantation #MedicalResearch #BMJ #Cardiology
Handing over the car keys: a reappraisal of driving restrictions after implantable cardioverter/defibrillator implantation
A set of keys to one’s first car is an unrivalled symbol of personal autonomy and liberation. The elation a teenager feels when getting the car keys for the first time (now more likely to be fobs, phones or fingerprints) is only equaled in intensity by the crushing defeat of being stripped of this p
heart.bmj.com
November 30, 2024 at 12:05 PM
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Terrific article #auspol #mediasky
How the Social Media Ban Harms Children

*Social media is a life line for socially excluded children
November 30, 2024 at 6:30 AM
[BMJ Heart] Handing over the car keys: a reappraisal of driving restrictions after implantable cardioverter/defibrillator implantation #MedicalResearch #BMJ #Cardiology
Handing over the car keys: a reappraisal of driving restrictions after implantable cardioverter/defibrillator implantation
A set of keys to one’s first car is an unrivalled symbol of personal autonomy and liberation. The elation a teenager feels when getting the car keys for the first time (now more likely to be fobs, phones or fingerprints) is only equaled in intensity by the crushing defeat of being stripped of this p
heart.bmj.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:44 AM
[BBC Health] Fix palliative care before assisted dying is introduced, doctors urge #NHS #UKHealthcare #Health
Fix palliative care before assisted dying is introduced, doctors urge
Leading end-of-life doctors warn system is struggling, and changing law could make situation worse.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:40 AM
[BMJ Heart] Handing over the car keys: a reappraisal of driving restrictions after implantable cardioverter/defibrillator implantation #MedicalResearch #BMJ #Cardiology
Handing over the car keys: a reappraisal of driving restrictions after implantable cardioverter/defibrillator implantation
A set of keys to one’s first car is an unrivalled symbol of personal autonomy and liberation. The elation a teenager feels when getting the car keys for the first time (now more likely to be fobs, phones or fingerprints) is only equaled in intensity by the crushing defeat of being stripped of this p
heart.bmj.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:36 AM
[BBC Health] Price of tattoos 'will rise' as new safety rules begin #NHS #UKHealthcare #Health
Price of tattoos 'will rise' as new safety rules begin
Improving standards is the aim, but licensing costs could mean tattoos become more expensive.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:18 PM
[BBC Health] Assisted dying bill: What is in proposed law? #NHS #UKHealthcare #Health
Assisted dying bill: What is in proposed law?
The proposed law would allow some terminally ill adults to end their own lives. But there are requirements.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:13 PM
[Lancet] [Comment] Breaking the cycle of transfusion dependence in β-thalassaemia #NHS #UKHealthcare #Health #AcademicSky #MedSky
[Comment] Breaking the cycle of transfusion dependence in β-thalassaemia
Life with transfusion-dependent β-thalassaemia (TDT) is marked by a perpetual cycle of red blood cell transfusions and iron chelation. Despite being essential therapies, consistent access remains difficult for the majority of people affected by thalassaemias who live in low-income and middle-income
www.thelancet.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:13 PM
[BBC Health] Fifth person with mpox confirmed in England #NHS #UKHealthcare #Health
Fifth person with mpox confirmed in England
The new case has been detected in Leeds after the infected person travelled from Uganda.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:06 PM