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Mashup Score: 12Public Health On Call: 749 - Planetary Health: Thinking About The Earth Crisis As A Humanitarian Crisis - 20 day(s) ago
Humans are transforming, degrading, and altering Earth’s natural life support systems so profoundly that our actions have created an existential crisis. For Earth Day, Sam Myers, founding director of the Planetary Health Alliance and director of the brand new Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the concept of planetary health, an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how the state of the earth affects the health of us all. Learn more:
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Mashup Score: 11
The presence of infectious diseases can be picked up through wastewater surveillance but how can this data be useful in predicting future outbreaks? Dr. Dylan George, director of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics at the CDC, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how the Center’s forecast for the 2023-2024 respiratory virus season performed and the role of wastewater surveillance as part of a multifaceted approach to aggregating data. Resources from this episode:
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Mashup Score: 10
There’s a lot of research around Type 2 diabetes that has informed patient care when it comes to diagnosis, treatment, and lifestyle management. But much less is known about Type 1, long mislabeled “childhood diabetes.” Johns Hopkins epidemiologists Elizabeth Selvin and Michael Fang talk with Stephanie Desmon about new research debunking a lot of previously held assumptions about Type 1 diabetes, the prevalence of adult onset and correlation with obesity, and why different approaches to diagnosis and management are necessary. They also discuss the cost of insulin and why more research is needed around medications like Ozempic for Type 1 diabetes.
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Mashup Score: 48
Cigarette butts are the most littered object in the world. With their plastic filters and toxic substances, they are a significant source of contamination for soil and water. Grazi Grilo, a researcher at the Global Institute for Tobacco Control, talks with Stephanie Desmon about her work quantifying the scope of the problem, and why some of the very things that make cigarettes so environmentally hazardous also provide enormous benefits for the tobacco industry.Read more about her work here:
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Cigarettes are the most littered object in the world. With their plastic filters and toxic substances, they are a significant source of contamination for soil and water. @IGTC_Hopkins’ @gragrilo talks about her work quantifying the scope of the problem. https://t.co/TVDrMMyoor https://t.co/btePpCY7J5
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Mashup Score: 8Public Health On Call: 745 - A Conversation With Dr. Antonia Novello, Former Surgeon General - 1 month(s) ago
Dr. Antonia Novella served as the 14th Surgeon General under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 – 1993. She is the first female and first Hispanic Surgeon General in U.S. history. Dr. Novella talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about her life and career, from being born with a rare condition called Hirschsprung’s disease to her childhood in Puerto Rico and her notable career in medicine and public health. She also discusses facing prejudice, staring down Big Tobacco, and even buying support hose for a U.S. Senator. You can read more in her new autobiography: Read more about the epic surgeons general event here:
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Mashup Score: 22
Much research has been dedicated to the long-lasting negative impacts of adverse childhood experiences—far less has focused on the powerful effects of positive experiences. Dr. Melissa Walls, co-director of the Center for Indigenous Health and a member of the Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nation bands, talks with Lindsay Smith Rogers about her research with benevolent childhood experiences among Indigenous communities. They discuss the importance of researching the positive, not only for public health, but in celebrating the inherent strengths of Indigenous individuals, their families, and culture. Read more:
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Mashup Score: 5Public Health On Call: BONUS - Coping With The Psychological Aftermath of The Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore - 1 month(s) ago
On March 26, Baltimore’s iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge was hit by a cargo ship and collapsed, killing six people. Since then, many have found themselves watching endless loops of the video and ongoing coverage, and some are feeling symptoms of anxiety or even intense fear. Dr. George Everly, a Johns Hopkins psychologist, talks with Stephanie Desmon about the phenomenon of “psychological contagion” and how something so rare but so spectacular can suddenly make us question our sense of safety. They also discuss how to talk to kids about events like these and what to do when healthy curiosity becomes problematic. Read Dr. Everly’s Psychology Today piece here:
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The collapse of Baltimore’s iconic Key Bridge left many people feeling symptoms of anxiety or intense fear. Hopkins psychologist @DrGeorgeEverly talks about “psychological contagion” and how an accident like this can make us question our sense of safety. https://t.co/zoo7JaTzPH https://t.co/SkWgpNqmcz
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Mashup Score: 36
Xolair is the first FDA-approved therapy to prevent severe and potentially life-threatening reactions in adults and children who are allergic to dairy, eggs, wheat, nuts and other foods. Dr. Robert Wood, the director of pediatric allergy and immunology at Johns Hopkins, talks with Lindsay Smith Rogers about this drug that has the potential to make life a little easier for patients and parents of children with severe allergies.
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Mashup Score: 18Public Health On Call: 740 - The Forgotten Youths Who Are Caregivers For Their Families - 1 month(s) ago
A hidden population of children serve as caregivers for family members who are chronically ill, elderly, disabled or injured. Left out of the systems that support adult caregivers, these youths often sacrifice their education, health, well-being, and childhoods. Connie Siskowski, founder and president of the American Association of Caregiving Youth, and Dr. Julie Belkowitz, a pediatrician at the University of Miami School of Medicine talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about these young people and the enormous responsibilities they take on, and what is needed to help support them so they can thrive. Learn more:
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Many children serve as caregivers for family members who are elderly or ill—sacrificing their education, health, and childhoods. Connie Siskowski of @AACYorg and @univmiami’s Julie Belkowitz talk about the enormous responsibilities these youth take on. https://t.co/G8ZUFvAsOF https://t.co/kertrnYVfO
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Mashup Score: 12Public Health On Call: 739 - How an 1882 Play, The Enemy of the People, is Helping Communities Heal from the Trauma of COVID-19 - 1 month(s) ago
How can a play about rural Norway in 1882 help us process the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s the question posed by Theater of War Productions, which is hosting readings of The Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen—and then is leading intense community conversations immediately following the productions. Bryan Doerries, artistic director of Theater of War Productions, speaks to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how this old Norwegian play speaks to the trauma experienced by the public health field and by community members during the pandemic. You can watch the Ohio productions live via Zoom and participate in the conversation afterwards on April 6 and 7 at 6pm. You can sign up for free under the events tab at. If you missed our first conversation about the parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and The Enemy of the People, you can listen here:
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A play about rural Norway in 1882 is helping people process the trauma of COVID-19. Bryan Doerries, artistic director of Theater of War Productions, speaks to the trauma experienced by the public health field and by community members during the pandemic. https://t.co/2XJpB3sHpx https://t.co/A8yasU8OWj
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Humans have altered Earth's natural life-support systems, creating an existential crisis. Sam Myers, director of the @JohnsHopkins Institute for Planetary Health and the @PH_Alliance, helps us understand how the state of the earth affects our health. https://t.co/HxCKn82pS0 https://t.co/7USWyLOIaZ