The new normal for food insecurity? A repeated cross-sectional survey over 1 year during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

Background: Food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic has been impacted by necessary public health restrictions. Tasmania, an island state south of the Australian mainland, recorded no community transmission of COVID-19 between May 2020 to November 2021 due to strong border restrictions. This study aimed to determine the changes in prevalence and sociodemographic predictors of food insecurity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in Tasmania, Australia.

Physiological Response in a Specialist Paramedic During Helicopter Winch Rescue in Remote Wilderness and Extreme Heat.

Tasks performed by search and rescue (SAR) teams can be physically demanding. SAR organizations are faced with mounting challenges due to increased participation in recreation in remote locations and more frequent extreme weather. We sought to describe the physiological response and the methods for data collection during helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) winch rescue from remote wilderness in extreme heat.

Comparison of swimming versus running maximal aerobic capacity in helicopter rescue paramedics.

Swimming is a critical task for helicopter rescue paramedics and aerobic capacity is assessed in this occupation to determine job suitability. We evaluated one treadmill-based and one pool-based assessment of maximal aerobic capacity (V̇O) in 14 helicopter rescue paramedics. There was a small absolute difference ( = 0.

The Basics of Bacteriuria: Strategies of Microbes for Persistence in Urine.

Bacteriuria, the presence of bacteria in urine, is associated with asymptomatic, as well as symptomatic, urinary tract infection (UTI). Bacteriuria underpins some of the dynamics of microbial colonization of the urinary tract, and probably impacts the progression and persistence of infection in some individuals. Recent molecular discoveries in vitro have elucidated how some key bacterial traits can enable organisms to survive and grow in human urine as a means of microbial fitness adaptation for UTI.

The metabolic syndrome: recognition and management.

The National Cholesterol Education Program defines the metabolic syndrome as three or more of five abnormalities: waist circumference of >40 in (102 cm) for men or >35 in (88 cm) for women, triglyceride level of > or =150 mg/dL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol of <40 mg/dL in men or <50 mg/dL in women, blood pressure of > or =130 or > or =85 mm Hg, and fasting glucose of > or =110 mg/dL. It is related to insulin resistance, but the two terms are not synonymous. Both are associated strongly with obesity.

The Metabolic Syndrome in African Americans: a review.

The Metabolic Syndrome represents a specific clustering of cardiovascular risk factors. One of several recently proposed definitions encompasses 3 or more of the following 5 abnormalities: waist circumference > 102 cm in men or > 88 cm in women, serum triglyceride level > or = 150 mg/dL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level < 40 mg/dL in men or < 50 mg/dL in women, blood pressure (BP) > or = 130/> or = 85 mm Hg and serum glucose > or = 110 mg/dL. The diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome allows early recognition of an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.