Advanced Methodology for Estimation of Value of Lost Load (VOLL) Using Equipment Specific Health Indices

Nutraceuticals have been around for quite some time. As the nomenclature suggests, they are placed somewhere between food (nutra-) and medicine (-ceuticals) in terms of their impact on human health. Researches have focused on the impact of various types of nutraceuticals on health, their efficacy in health promotion and disease prevention, and often on suitable uses of certain categories of nutraceuticals for specific health issues. However, we are still far from utilizing the immense potential of nutraceuticals for benefiting human health in a substantial manner. We review the available scholarly literature regarding the role of nutraceuticals in health promotion, their efficacy in disease prevention and the perception of nutraceuticals' health benefits by consumers. Thereafter we analyze the need for regulation of nutraceuticals and various provisions regarding the same.

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The Health Rights of Children

The Oxford Handbook of Children's Rights Law ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190097608.013.19 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 366-385

Author(s):

Ursula Kilkelly

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Children's Rights ◽

Children’S Rights ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

Rights Of The Child ◽

Development Agenda ◽

Development Goals ◽

Health Rights ◽

Missed Opportunity ◽

Specific Health

Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) recognizes the child’s right to health and health care. Despite its importance, surprisingly little international advocacy focuses exclusively on child’s health. The Committee on the Rights of the Child has addressed health and health care issues in many of its General Comments, but it has been surprisingly slow to adopt a General Comment dedicated to Article 24. There has also been an apparent disconnect between children’s rights law and the global development agenda. While the UN Sustainable Development Goals address many of children’s specific health needs, they do not mention the CRC and are not framed in rights terms. Although progress continues in advancing Agenda 2030, it is not clear whether greater progress would have been possible were these goals expressed as a matter of children’s rights. Overall, this process appears to be a missed opportunity to advance the child’s rights to health.

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Nurses and Doctors Heroes? A Risky Myth of the COVID19 Era

Nursing Reports ◽

10.3390/nursrep10020006 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 37-40

Author(s):

Carlo V. Bellieni

Keyword(s):

Mass Media ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Social Life ◽

Health Field ◽

Specific Health ◽

Doctors And Nurses

Recent newspapers reports have named health professionals as “heroes”. This is surprising, because in the last few decades, doctors and nurses have been taken into account by mass media only to describe cases of misconduct or of violence. This change was due to the coronavirus pandemic scenario that has produced fear in the population and the need for an alleged “savior”. This need for health professionals seen as heroes is also disclosed by the fact that even politicians have abdicated to their role in favor of the healthcare “experts” to whom important decisions on social life during this pandemic have been delegated, even those decisions that fall outside of the specific health field. This commentary is a claim to framing the job of caregivers in its correct role, neither angel nor devil, but allied to the suffering person, that the image of “heroes” risks to overshadow.

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Geochemical and Mineralogical Characteristics of Airborne Particulate Matter in Relation to Human Health Risk

Minerals ◽

10.3390/min10100866 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 866 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marzena Rachwał ◽

Małgorzata Wawer ◽

Mariola Jabłońska ◽

Wioletta Rogula-Kozłowska ◽

Patrycja Rogula-Kopiec

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Susceptibility ◽

Particulate Matter ◽

Human Health ◽

Magnetic Particles ◽

Rank Order ◽

Human Health Risk ◽

Airborne Particulate Matter ◽

Ambient Air ◽

Average Concentration ◽

Health Indices

The main objective of this research was the determination of the geochemical and mineralogical properties of particulate matter: TSP (total suspended particles) and, especially PM1 (particles with aerodynamic diameter not greater than 1 µm) suspended in the air of a selected urban area in southern Poland. Identification of the emission sources of metals and metalloids bound in TSP and PM1 as well as the assessment of potential risk of urban ambient air to human health using hazard indices was an additional aim of this investigation. The daily TSP and PM1 quartz fiber filters collected during heating season were subjected to mass magnetic susceptibility (χ) measurements, SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) observations and geochemical analyses. Obtained results revealed that the concentration of TSP and PM1 well correlated with their mass-specific magnetic susceptibility. The good relationship between the PM concentration and χ suggests that magnetic susceptibility measurements can be a good proxy of low-level atmospheric dust pollution. The rank order of potentially toxic elements (PTE) based on average concentration was Ba > Zn > Al > Fe > Pb > Mn > Ti > Cu > Cr > Ni >As > Cd > V > Tl, both for TSP and PM1. PM1/TSP ratios for PTE concentrations and χ were around or slightly above unity, which indicated that PM1 was the main carrier of PTE (with the exception of cadmium, copper and lead) and technogenic magnetic particles. The non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks were confirmed by very high values of human health indices.

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Primary Care Guidelines for the Management of Persons Infected With HIV: 2013 Update by the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Clinical Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1093/cid/cit665 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 58 (1) ◽

pp. e1-e34 ◽

Cited By ~ 167

Author(s):

Judith A. Aberg ◽

Joel E. Gallant ◽

Khalil G. Ghanem ◽

Patricia Emmanuel ◽

Barry S. Zingman ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Infectious Diseases ◽

Hiv Infection ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Health Problems ◽

Antiretroviral Drugs ◽

New Information ◽

Immunodeficiency Virus ◽

Care Guidelines ◽

Evidence Based Guidelines ◽

Specific Health

Abstract Evidence-based guidelines for the management of persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were prepared by an expert panel of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. These updated guidelines replace those published in 2009. The guidelines are intended for use by healthcare providers who care for HIV-infected patients. Since 2009, new antiretroviral drugs and classes have become available, and the prognosis of persons with HIV infection continues to improve. However, with fewer complications and increased survival, HIV-infected persons are increasingly developing common health problems that also affect the general population. Some of these conditions may be related to HIV infection itself or its treatment. HIV-infected persons should be managed and monitored for all relevant age- and sex-specific health problems. New information based on publications from the period 2009–2013 has been incorporated into this document.

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Long-Term IoT-Based Maternal Monitoring: System Design and Evaluation

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s21072281 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (7) ◽

pp. 2281

Author(s):

Fatemeh Sarhaddi ◽

Iman Azimi ◽

Sina Labbaf ◽

Hannakaisa Niela-Vilén ◽

Nikil Dutt ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Energy Efficiency ◽

Maternal Health ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Health Monitoring ◽

Quality Care ◽

Well Being ◽

Pregnancy And Postpartum ◽

Comprehensive Framework ◽

Specific Health

Pregnancy is a unique time when many mothers gain awareness of their lifestyle and its impacts on the fetus. High-quality care during pregnancy is needed to identify possible complications early and ensure the mother’s and her unborn baby’s health and well-being. Different studies have thus far proposed maternal health monitoring systems. However, they are designed for a specific health problem or are limited to questionnaires and short-term data collection methods. Moreover, the requirements and challenges have not been evaluated in long-term studies. Maternal health necessitates a comprehensive framework enabling continuous monitoring of pregnant women. In this paper, we present an Internet-of-Things (IoT)-based system to provide ubiquitous maternal health monitoring during pregnancy and postpartum. The system consists of various data collectors to track the mother’s condition, including stress, sleep, and physical activity. We carried out the full system implementation and conducted a real human subject study on pregnant women in Southwestern Finland. We then evaluated the system’s feasibility, energy efficiency, and data reliability. Our results show that the implemented system is feasible in terms of system usage during nine months. We also indicate the smartwatch, used in our study, has acceptable energy efficiency in long-term monitoring and is able to collect reliable photoplethysmography data. Finally, we discuss the integration of the presented system with the current healthcare system.

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Explanatory Factors for Disease-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life in Women with Anorexia Nervosa

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm10081592 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 1592

Author(s):

Laura Al-Dakhiel Winkler ◽

Claire Gudex ◽

Mia Beck Lichtenstein ◽

Michael Ejnar Røder ◽

Carol E. Adair ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Normal Weight ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Explanatory Factors ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Disease Specific ◽

Specific Health

A better understanding of explanatory factors for disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in anorexia nervosa (AN) could help direct treatment providers to aspects of the most relevance for patient wellbeing and recovery. We aimed to investigate whether factors associated with HRQoL are the same for women with AN and normal-weight controls. The participants in this study were women with AN recruited from specialized eating disorder centers in Denmark and healthy, normal-weight controls invited via online social media. Participants completed online questionnaires on medical history, disease-specific HRQoL (Eating Disorders Quality of Life Scale, EDQLS) and generic HRQoL (SF-36), eating disorder symptomatology, depression, psychological wellbeing, and work and social adjustment. Questionnaires were fully completed by 211 women with AN (median age 21.7 years) and 199 controls (median age 23.9 years). Women with AN had poorer scores on all measures, i.e., worse HRQoL, psychological health, and work/social functioning. Eating disorder symptomatology affected EDQLS score in both groups, but poorer HRQoL in women with AN was also significantly associated with worse scores on bulimia, maturity fears, depression, vitality, and with older age. The factors investigated together explained 79% of the variance in EDQLS score. Management of disordered self-assessment and thought processes may be of particular importance to women with AN. Greater emphasis on these aspects alongside weight gain could enhance patient–clinician alliance and contribute to better treatment outcomes.

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