Overweight & Obesity
Profiting from misinformation on what causes obesity
(Medical Xpress)—The medical research is clear: Diet is a significantly bigger factor in obesity than lack of exercise.
Jun 27, 2014
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Health
Global imbalances in power undermine efforts to improve health and save lives
The organization of political power within and between nations and citizens fails to protect the public's health, according to the findings of a new Commission from The Lancet and the University of Oslo, published today.
Feb 10, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health of Spanish men worsened with the crisis, study reports
Experts and social organizations have warned of the negative effects that the economic crisis could mean for the health of the population. But it was not easy to demonstrate with data what is happening. A new comparative ...
Jan 17, 2014
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Health
Doctors say Venezuela's health care in collapse
Evelina Gonzalez was supposed to undergo cancer surgery in July following chemotherapy but wound up shuttling from hospital to hospital in search of an available operating table. On the crest of her left breast, a mocha-colored ...
Nov 6, 2013
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Battling brain drain: Training doctors in Ethiopia
Brain drain is so severe in Ethiopia that the nation's health minister has complained there are more Ethiopian doctors in Chicago than in his own country.
Sep 24, 2013
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Health
Spain healthcare suffering 'devastating' cuts: NGO
Hospital budget cuts and new charges for medicine are blocking healthcare access to hundreds of thousands of people in Spain, including the seriously ill, a top health charity warned Tuesday.
Sep 24, 2013
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Health
Croatian doctors, nurses strike over benefits cuts
Thousands of hospital workers went on strike in Croatia on Wednesday in protest at cuts to benefits introduced in response to the economic crisis.
Sep 18, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
2008 economic crisis could be to blame for thousands of excess suicides worldwide
In a paper published today in BMJ, researchers are suggesting that the 2008 global economic crisis could be to blame for the increase in suicide rates in European and American countries, particularly among males and in countries ...
Sep 17, 2013
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Health
Healthcare in crisis-hit Greece under threat, doctors warn
A new round of cuts in debt-hit Greece's troubled health sector could cause irreversible damage to the country's already struggling public healthcare, insiders warn.
Sep 15, 2013
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Overweight & Obesity
New Zealand failing in obesity prevention
A disinvestment in obesity prevention and failure to enact any major healthy food policies is contributing to New Zealand's worsening obesity statistics compared to other OECD countries, according to researcher, Professor ...
Sep 12, 2013
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