Research Paper Title Milk Intake and Risk of Mortality and Fractures in Women and Men: Cohort Studies. Background The purpose of this research was to examine whether high milk consumption is associated with mortality and fractures in women and men. Methods This was a cohort study based on three counties in central Sweden. Two large Swedish… Read More
Want a Tastier Meal?
Cooks make tastier food when they can see their customers. Researchers set up four scenarios in a real cafeteria for two weeks. In the first, diners and cooks could not view one another; In the second, the diners could see the cooks; In the third, the cooks could see the diners; and In the fourth,… Read More
Training Needs: Emergency Responders in Disasters
Research Paper Title Self-reported Training Needs of Emergency Responders in Disasters requiring Military Interface. Background The purpose of this study is to identify perceived training needs of emergency responders to understand their needs to interface effectively with military operations for emergency response in the event of a disaster. Methods A Web-based survey with civilian medical… Read More
Campaign is Launched to Reverse the Trend of Diminishing Activity
An article by Nigel Hawkes for the British Medical Journal (BMJ), published on 24 October 2014: “Hold meetings standing up,” urged Kevin Fenton of Public Health England at the launch of a new drive to make Britons more active. “Or hold them while taking a walk,” he added, claiming that this was already common practice… Read More
Could Ex-Forces Personnel Answer Your Skills Shortages?
Former service men and women offer businesses an unparalleled skillset, says Hayley Kirton (a blogger on the People Management website): The UK Commission’s Employer Skills Survey 2013 reported that there were 655,000 job vacancies caused by skills shortages last year. Of those, between one-third and two-fifths were caused by a lack of applicants with soft… Read More
Follow the (Paternity) Leader
The influence of peers could play an important role in the take up of social programmes. However, estimating peer effects has proven challenging given the problems of reflection, correlated unobservables, and endogenous group membership. The researchers overcome these identification issues in the context of paid paternity leave in Norway using a regression discontinuity design. In… Read More
Vocal Cord Dysfunction related to Combat Deployment
Research Paper Title Vocal Cord Dysfunction related to Combat Deployment. Background Several aetiologies for vocal cord dysfunction (VCD), a syndrome of dyspnea, noisy breathing, and inspiratory vocal cord closure are suggested; there is no consensus on the predisposition to its development. One previously identified psychiatric aetiology is combat stress. Methods A retrospective review of military… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 