Christina Ebanks

Listening to Music Has a Surprising Impact on Dementia Risk, Study Shows Listening to music into old age could reduce the risk of dementia by almost 40 percent, a new study has found.

Listening to music into old age could reduce the risk of dementia by almost 40%, a new study has found.
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rather than pulling the ladder up. Pay attention to the quiet experts. Remember the ones who live their values more than they expound them. Recruit perpetually.

We celebrate learning. New skills. New systems. New technologies.

But we rarely talk about unlearning. Unlearning is harder. It means letting go of what once worked, of habits that once brought success, of assumptions that once felt true.

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Truly saddening but not surprising. Most NHS Trusts acknowledged in their response to the Birthrights inquiry into racism in maternity care birthrights.org.uk/campaigns-re... they had no clear routes for reporting racism. Staff and patients are suffering from racism and it costs all of us billions.

NHS staff face ‘ugly’ racism akin to the 70s and 80s, says Wes Streeting Health secretary and NHS England chief warn of winter pressures and rising levels of abuse

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"Incidents of verbal and physical abuse based on people’s skin colour now happen so often that it has become “socially acceptable to be racist”, the health secretary said."

'Socially acceptable to be racist'?

What even is this world that we live in?

#Racism

The Descendants | Slavery Remembrance Day

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The Descendants by Ean Flanders. #Liverpool #Remembrance #BlackHistory #BritishHistory

Nursing ratios: ‘The price of unsafe staffing is too high' | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing Professor Jane Ball, Director of the RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence, sets out why mandated minimum nurse-to-patient ratios are essential. Investing in minimum staffing levels delivers better outc...

A review of international research on minimum nurse-to-patient ratios and safe staffing legislation from @unisouthampton.bsky.social has strengthened our call for ratios to protect patients and staff from harm to be enshrined in law.

Read more from @janeeball.bsky.social ⬇️

Safety fears for England’s screening services if national oversight is lost - BMJ Group

bmjgroup.com/racism-and-s... It's empirical not anecdotal that Sexism and Racism is imbued in the NHS with detrimental effects for patients and staff.NHS needs an honest,transparent,rigorous and meaningful impact measurement approaches to tackle the menace.It costs NHS billions should be a priority.

An excellent collaboration with RCN president Bejoy Sebastian and the vice president of the African nurses and midwives association UK, Modupe Akin-Areola. Bejoy's incredible leadership and commitment to supporting nurses for a positive impact and indelible change is truly palpable and inspiring.

No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye In this age of Tory nativism and Faragist populism, the question isn’t ‘is this person a bigot’? Now it is ‘does that matter at all?’ says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

“Racism has become thoroughly detached from “serious” politics”
It has been reduced to language.
So, instead of fearing accusations of racism, politicians now exploit them as petty, name-calling distractions from what really matters.
It’s an ugly, cynical deceit.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

”I believe that everyone ought, in duty, to do any good they can.”
The man who saved children: Thomas Coram, English sea captain, philanthropist & founder of London’s Foundling Hospital, world’s first incorporated charity.
Portrait 1740 by William Hogarth, died #OTD 1764.
Foundling Museum

It's not the pain, it's how you handle it, research shows - UPI.com A study from the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom found that one's ability to cope with pain plays a big role in maintaining physical activity.

The study suggests that building psychological resilience could be just as important as pain management for improving long-term health.
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Is it time for your flu shot? What to know about effectiveness and how long it lasts This year’s doses protect against three strains of influenza, including two types of influenza A and one type of influenza B.

Brent Teichman was 29 years old when he died in 2019 from flu complications. His father, Dr. Jeb Teichman, said his son’s only risk factor for severe illness was that he didn’t receive a flu shot.
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New menopause drug to target hot flashes without hormones gets FDA approval | CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has approved another once-a-day pill that works without hormones to treat moderate to severe hot flashes in menopausal women, drugmaker Bayer said Friday.

The FDA has approved another once-a-day pill that works without hormones to treat moderate to severe hot flashes in menopausal women.
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Social determinants of health at play over and over again as a revolving door.Medicaid budget cut is truly sad. Society's poorest are the ones who always suffer the most from such ruthless initiatives.Really needless, there is enough wealth around for everyone.Where is our conscience and empathy?

Pregnancy and breastfeeding during an Ebola virus outbreak Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding during an Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak urgently need clear guidance so that they can make informed decisions about their own health and the health of thei...

Thank you, a very interesting and insightful read especially regarding Ebola "sanctuary sites" and community concerns. It instigated further reading on breastfeeding & Ebola and risks to infants www.who.int/news/item/10...

Spine docs alarmed over 'tech neck' hazard for young smartphone users - UPI.com Concerns are mounting over the phenomenon of "tech neck" among young smartphone users, prompting spine experts to call for new counteractive measures.

As medical concerns mount over chronic pain among young smartphone users dubbed "tech neck," experts are calling for new measures to counteract the phenomenon, which they warn can potentially lead to early-onset spinal problems.
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Influenza is taking off already. If you can get vaccinated, please do (I did 2 weeks ago).

If you think you have ‘flu but aren’t so ill as to need medical care, please do the right thing and isolate. Influenza is still a very serious infection for many people.

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The questions that made you stop. The ones that made you rethink what you thought you knew. The ones that made the room go quiet for a moment.

We need more people asking better questions.

We don’t value questions enough at work.

We prioritise answers and solutions, we reward confidence and promote people who ‘know’. But the best people I’ve worked with weren’t the ones with all the answers, they were the ones who asked the best questions.
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Chief Student Experience Officer at Buckinghamshire New University Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

Just over 2 weeks left to apply to be our first Chief Student Experience Officer, overseeing the entire student journey from outreach to alumni. Superb opportunity to create a student experience beyond expectations.
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Standing together in solidarity with the Royal College of Nursing chief executive Professor Nicola Ranger.

RCN President Bejoy Sebastian meeting His Majesty King Charles at RCN HQ in London. RCN General Secretary and General Secretary Professor Nicola Ranger is stood on the left-hand side.

It was an honour to meet His Majesty the King today to relaunch the RCN Prince of Wales Nursing Cadet scheme, now the Royal College of Nursing King’s Nursing Cadets.

The support of His Majesty has inspired many young people to begin their journey working in health care.

Royal college of Nursing SE Black History Month event today was beyond excellence! Pleased to be a speaker along with RCN president Bejoy Sebastian, Chaplain speaker- house of commons, former Queen's chaplin, Bishop of Dover and Canterbury the Rt Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin&other esteemed speakers

Professor Steve Turner, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (@RCPCHtweets) @SteveTurnerABDN.

"children, mercifully, were spared from the harm of that came from Covid. Even my most sick patients .... it was their parents who were unwell...."

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I owe all my education to those great days and ironically including a lot of decision makers too. We need them back now more than ever. So desperately; they ought to come back for the good of society and humanity.

I miss the days when higher education was seen as a social good, a national treasure. When the social, cultural and intellectual contribution of higher education was valued as highly as economic contribution. When students from poorer backgrounds had proper financial support. When the humanities 1/

RCN South East BHM Event | Events | Royal College of Nursing RCN South East Black History Month event.

Looking forward to Black History Month celebrations with RCN South East as an invited speaker with RCN president Bejoy Sebastian Join us.

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Chief Student Experience Officer, Buckinghamshire New University - Alumni Global Originally established as a School of Science and Art in 1891, our University has been transforming lives for 130 years. We’re proud to make a difference because of the education we pro...

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