Health
Q&A: Why we need sustainability to achieve public health
Sustainability has been a hot topic for many years, with people adopting practices such as recycling, repurposing, and other environmentally friendly acts.
Jan 19, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How a lack of information about COVID-19 impacted pregnant Australians
Pregnant women wanted more timely information during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, new research has found.
Jan 19, 2023
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Health
China records 1st population fall in decades as births drop
China's population shrank for the first time in decades last year as its birthrate plunged, official figures showed Tuesday, adding to pressure on leaders to keep the economy growing despite an aging workforce and at a time ...
Jan 17, 2023
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Medications
Pharmacists can start patients on road to recovery from opioid use disorder, study shows
A study from researchers at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital and the University of Rhode Island found that pharmacists—not just physicians at clinics and doctor's offices—can safely and effectively start patients ...
Jan 11, 2023
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Pediatrics
Exercise, sports: A natural antidepressant for teens
An antidote to teenage depression might be found in school gymnasiums and on sports fields, a major new review argues.
Jan 7, 2023
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Medications
US sues top drug firm over opioid distribution
The US Justice Department sued leading drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Thursday, alleging that despite the country's addiction crisis the company has failed to report suspicious pharmacy orders for addictive opioids as ...
Dec 29, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
Cessation of Medicaid funding for neonatal circumcision examined in new study
Although it is both a religious rite and cultural practice, male circumcision is primarily done in the United States as a means of preventative health care. Yet Medicaid funding for this neonatal procedure has been decreasing ...
Dec 14, 2022
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Health
Telemedicine arrived in Brazil during the pandemic and came to stay, study shows
A survey of 1,183 physicians in the Brazilian states of São Paulo and Maranhão shows that the various uses of telemedicine, which turned out to be a significant alternative during the public health crisis caused by COVID-19, ...
Dec 14, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New initiative takes aim at mental health crisis among refugees
U.S. troops' chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan is something Hogai Nassery has been confronted by long after August 2021, when the last plane took off from Kabul, marking the end of the U.S." longest war. Starting last year, ...
Dec 8, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Negotiations on global pandemic treaty to start in February: WHO
Negotiations on a draft global agreement to better combat the next pandemic will begin in February next year, the WHO announced after three days of discussions in Geneva.
Dec 8, 2022
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