HEALTH

Suicide is the second leading cause of death in North Carolina for people ages 10 to 18. Too many students at UNC also lost their lives to suicide and mental health related issues.
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2 years ago Read more at The Daily Tar Heel

World Oral Health Day 2024: Theme aims to educate and empower individuals to take control of their oral health. This year, the theme for the day is 'A happy mouth is....a happy body' The theme is a theme that highlights various aspects of oral health and raises awareness about the importance of oral hygiene.
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2 years ago Read more at India TV News

I felt the full weight of all the stigma surrounding mental health that was present both in my own family and throughout my entire culture. When I revealed my struggles to my parents, they were less than enthusiastic; they weren’t necessarily hostile; they were simply lost. I concluded that they deliberately placed struggles on my shoulders out of malice.
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2 years ago Read more at The Daily Tar Heel

Josée Rioux told the inquest that a comprehensive risk assessment was not conducted in the case of Isaac Brouillard Lessard, 35, who stabbed a provincial police sergeant to death on March 27, 2023. Police had been dispatched to arrest him on charges of uttering threats against his uncle and breaching probation when he killed Sgt. Maureen Breau with a kitchen knife.
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2 years ago Read more at CityNews Montreal

B.C. Auditor General Michael Pickup released a report on the government's overdose prevention and supervised consumption services and the first phase of the prescribed safer-supply program, launched amid a public-health emergency that has claimed more than 14,000 lives. In both of these audits we found significant deficiencies in the provincewide implementation of these programs," Pickup said in a press conference.
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2 years ago Read more at CBC.ca

Sujane Kandasamy is one of 43 researchers across Canada to be awarded the Research Excellence, Diversity and Independence (REDI) Early Career Transition Award. Her research involves co-designing, piloting and evaluating, alongside newcomers, a mobile Type 2 diabetes awareness program. The end result of her project is the roll-out of “The Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Van”.
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2 years ago Read more at Brock University

2:27 B.C. woman bumped down transplant list because she cant afford post-care costs. The latest health and medical news emailed to you every Sunday. It’s an approach Vancouver City Councillor Pete Fry supports.
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2 years ago Read more at Global News

There are 200 vacancies for paramedics in Nova Scotia right now. Nearly a quarter of physicians are 60-years and older. There are 213 physician vacancy positions posted online, over a 100 are family physician job postings.
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2 years ago Read more at CTV News Atlantic

extortion of money from patients, chronic staff absenteeism, poor supervision by hospital and district heads, drug theft and poor supervision were among the vices contributing to preventable deaths, in hospitals. The IGG team visited 39 public health facilities, including health centre IVs, district and regional referral hospitals in central, eastern, northern and western Uganda.
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2 years ago Read more at Monitor

Mark Pelley, commonly known as The Snake Hunter , was bitten on his hand after his equipment broke during a callout at Diamond Creek on March 10. His condition deteriorated rapidly , leading to hemorrhaging and an almost week-long stint in the intensive care unit.
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2 years ago Read more at 9News