Episode 13: The Public Health Report with Laura Sheckter

Welcome to the Public Health Report. In this week's episode our host Laura Sheckter reports on three papers and some breaking news.

Topic 1- How to approach the antimicrobial resistance problem

Irene Anna Lambraki, Melanie Cousins, Tiscar Graells, Anaïs Léger, Patrik Henriksson, Stephan Harbarth, Max Troell, Didier Wernli, Peter Søgaard Jørgensen, Andrew P. Desbois, Carolee A. Carson, Elizabeth Jane Parmley, Shannon Elizabeth Majowicz. Factors influencing antimicrobial resistance in the European food system and potential leverage points for intervention: A participatory, One Health study. PLOS ONE, 2022; 17 (2): e0263914 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263914

 

Topic 2- Is there a connection between bad sleeping and bad driving?

Jason M Doherty, Catherine M Roe, Samantha A Murphy, Ann M Johnson, Ella Fleischer, Cristina D Toedebusch, Tiara Redrick, David Freund, John C Morris, Suzanne E Schindler, Anne M Fagan, David M Holtzman, Brendan P Lucey, Ganesh M Babulal. Adverse driving behaviors are associated with sleep apnea severity and age in cognitively normal older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Sleep, 2022; DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsac070

 

Topic 3- Brain longevity of the Japanese Population

Megumi Kasajima, Karen Eggleston, Shoki Kusaka, Hiroki Matsui, Tomoki Tanaka, Bo-Kyung Son, Katsuya Iijima, Kazuo Goda, Masaru Kitsuregawa, Jay Bhattacharya, Hideki Hashimoto. Projecting prevalence of frailty and dementia and the economic cost of care in Japan from 2016 to 2043: a microsimulation modelling study. The Lancet Public Health, 2022; 7 (5): e458 DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00044-5

 

Topic 4- Decriminalization of Fentanyl Testing Strips

https://khn.org/news/article/states-decriminalize-fentanyl-testing-strips/

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