HEALTH

Regular use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs among high school students has been on a long downward trend. In 2023, 46 percent of seniors said that they’d had a drink in the year before being interviewed. That is a precipitous drop from 88 percent in 1979, when the behavior peaked.
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan for a conservative alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers at least $26 million so far. Georgia’s GOP-led state legislature has rejected what Democrats say would be a far simpler way to cover the state’s low-income workers: expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. In striking contrast, North Carolina has enrolled 380,000 beneficiaries in its Medicaid expansion as of March 1.
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2 years ago Read more at North Carolina Health News

NHS is believed to be paying for thousands of ADHD patients to be treated at private clinics to help meet the unprecedented demand for assessments. Clinics claim they are receiving referrals from the health service to clear waiting lists which are up five-fold since before the pandemic. It comes during a 50 per cent rise in referrals for autism in the past year and a 51 per cent increase in the number of people prescribed ADHD medication since 2019-20.
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2 years ago Read more at The Times

It is blatantly obvious that this is not working especially with the elderly who have little or no understanding of emails or text messages which leaves them isolated and have a lack of medical care. They are changing the NHS into the NHL or the National Health Lottery.
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2 years ago Read more at York Press

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council approved a motion in February seeking to meet UUP rep Robin Swann following his department’s approval of the Southern Trust’s decision to permanently remove the service from Daisy Hill hospital. however, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) has seen a Department of Health response to be shown councillors next week.
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2 years ago Read more at Armagh I

Young people in Barnsley have created an animation to help their peers cope with mental and social pressures. Set in a school, the short film follows a pupil who is suffering with stress and shows them getting help which improves their outlook on life.
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2 years ago Read more at BBC

Health Counts 2024 launched last month and is led by the University of Brighton. GP practices across the city will be inviting their patients to take part in the survey via text alerts. The confidential online survey asks questions about health and lifestyle issues local people experience in different parts of Brighton and Hove. Results will be a determinant in informing decisions about future health and wellbeing services.
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2 years ago Read more at Brighton & Hove Albion

Pope Francis visited the parish of Sant’Enrico in Casal Monastero on April 5, 2024. In the aftermath of the incident, a 17-year-old girl was raped by two youths. He was forced to omit his homily on Palm Sunday, apparently still suffering from bouts of bronchitis.
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2 years ago Read more at Crux Now

Brazil's top public health institute released a report on mercury exposure. The study was conducted in nine villages along the Mucajai River, a remote region where illegal mining is widespread. Most of Yanomami tested had contamination equal to or above 2 micrograms per gram. Eating fish with high mercury levels is the most common path of exposure, according to standards by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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2 years ago Read more at Voice of America - VOA News

Mumtaz Khalid Ismail explains: Setting the circadian rhythm The three components of a healthy lifestyle are physical activity, proper diet and sleep pattern. She says that regardless of whether one is a day worker or night worker, it is important to get 6 to 7 hours of continuous sleep to set your body clock. It repeats every 24 hours.
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2 years ago Read more at Onmanorama