Military Suicides Dipped In 2022, Bucking A Worrying Upward Trend
The pattern, reported by the AP, isn't particularly simple, however: While overall suicide deaths in the U.S. military are slightly down, reversing a decade-long rise, deaths from suicide were up among active-duty troops. Meanwhile, the Europe-wide salmonella outbreak is linked to chicken and chicken kebab products.
AP:
The Number Of Military Suicides Dipped In 2022 As The Pentagon Works On New Prevention Programs
The number of suicides among U.S. military members and their families dipped slightly in 2022, compared with the previous year, as the Defense Department tries to build prevention and treatment programs to address what has been a steadily growing problem over the past decade, The Associated Press has learned. While the total number of deaths decreased overall, suicides among active-duty troops went up slightly, fueled by significant spikes in the Marine Corps and the Air Force. And because the active-duty force is smaller now, the rate of suicides per 100,000 service members inched up, according to U.S. officials. (Baldor, 10/26)
In other health and wellness news —
CIDRAP:
ECDC: Chicken Source Suspected In Multicountry Salmonella Outbreak
A multicountry Salmonella enteritidis ST11 outbreak linked to chicken and chicken kebab products since January has sickened at least 335 people from 14 European Union countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) announced today. (Schnirring, 10/26)
Fox News:
Alzheimer’s Risk Is Reduced Among Women Who Follow The DASH Diet In Their 40s, Study Finds
Women over age 40 who adopt the DASH diet could have a lower risk of cognitive decline as they age, according to a study published this week in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. Researchers from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine found that women who followed the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet during middle age were about 17% less likely to experience memory loss and other signs of cognitive decline later in life, according to a press release from the university. (Rudy, 10/26)
ABC News:
'Small Swaps' To Climate-Friendly Diet Can Significantly Reduce Carbon Footprint, Improve Health: Study
Realistic, simple dietary swaps can help Americans make a difference in the country's carbon footprint, a new study found. ... The authors of the study, which was published Thursday in Nature Food, simulated the environmental and health impacts of simple dietary substitutions in more than 7,700 Americans. They identified commonly eaten foods with the highest carbon footprints in the diets of those people and modeled what would happen if they replaced them with nutritionally similar, lower-emission options. (Ghandakly, 10/26)
Bloomberg:
23andMe Is Bringing DNA Sequencing For Health Risks To Consumers
23andMe Holding Co., the genetic-testing company best known for helping people discover their ancestral roots and inherited food aversions, is rolling out a new product to help customers better understand and manage health risks hidden in their DNA. (Brown, 10/25)
Stat:
ITC Recommends Partial Ban Of Apple Watches In Masimo Patent Case
The United States International Trade Commission issued a partial import ban of Apple watches on Thursday, declaring that Apple infringed on patient-monitoring company Masimo’s patents. President Biden will review the commission’s decision over the next 60 days, and will have the opportunity to veto it. Presidential vetoes of import bans are uncommon, though former President Obama vetoed a ban of iPhones in 2013 after Apple lost its case to Samsung. (Lawrence, 10/26)
Stat:
Chimpanzees, Like Humans And Whales, Get Menopause: Study
Chimpanzees — they’re just like us. Female chimps, it turns out, go through menopause, and go on to live long (and, one hopes, fulfilling) lives afterward. A new paper published today in Science describes the discovery of the onset of menopause in a community of wild chimpanzees around the age of 50, with an overall decline in fertility starting at age 30. (Merelli, 10/26)
