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Hannah Wilson received the Excellence in Public Health Service Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The award recognizes medical students’ contributions to public health in their community. She is a program leader for the Medical Enrichment for Diverse Students.
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2 years ago Read more at UCF

The Mediterranean diet (MED diet) may help support such patients during this period. The treatment of cancer is also associated with multiple adverse effects that cause rapid aging, trigger chronic metabolic aberrations, and reduce the quality of life. Compliance with this diet has been associated with reduced risk of many chronic illnesses, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular harm.
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2 years ago Read more at News-Medical.Net

Africa CDC launched a new Mental Health Leadership Programme (AMHLP) to address the African population’s mental health challenges. Funded by Wellcome, the programme forms part of the African CDC’s continental strategic priorities on NCDs, Injuries, and Mental health. It also responds to Africa’s New Public Health Order (NPHO) goals. The AMHLP will be based on a specialised curriculum and shaped by insights from people with lived experience.
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2 years ago Read more at africacdc.org

Key changes include allowing patients to opt out of their health data's primary and secondary use. Patients can restrict access to vital health data, while stricter measures for sensitive data, like genetic data, may be implemented by member states. The agreement aims to enhance cross-border access and exchange of health data.
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2 years ago Read more at EU Law Live

The Gaza Ministry of Health puts the death toll since Oct. 7 at more than 30,000. The U.N. warns that more than 1 million Palestinians face “emergency” levels of food insecurity, and that the danger facing 500,000 others is “catastrophic” According to the World Health Organization, 12,000 children have died since the war began.
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2 years ago Read more at TIME

Professor Stephen B. Thomas is founding director of the University of Maryland’s Center for Health Equity. Every state is required to issue its own policy or standing order to ensure the availability of FDA-approved reversal agents for opioid overdoses. Here in Maryland, this has prompted leaders in our state legislature to introduce bills that will prompt this change.
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2 years ago Read more at Maryland Today

Gov. Wes Moore and the Maryland General Assembly face a perpetual funding challenge: balancing the budget and managing revenues while meeting numerous needs and providing services. There are only three possible ways to address this: First, cut spending. However, each individual program and project has value, and its advocates would argue that it is worth keeping and/or should be expanded. Further, state money flows to the counties, especially for education.
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2 years ago Read more at Baltimore Sun

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde used only about 2% of £595,169. NHS Grampian spend just 13% of £254,842 allocated, while NHS Lothian used £17% of its £372,215. Public health minister Jenni Minto said the Scottish Government takes “long Covid very seriously” and recognises the impact it can have on those affected.
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2 years ago Read more at STV News

The wonderful gift of sleep probably goes for granted by those who possess it in abundance. It has been estimated up to 20% of the UK’s adult population doesn’t get enough sleep – typically between seven and nine hours each night. This is more than the combined populations of Bangor, Caernarfon, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Connah’s Quay and Llandudno, not sleeping for long enough on a regular basis.
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2 years ago Read more at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Rape Crisis England and Wales has warned that the “alarming” scale of abuse within the UK’s psychiatric system requires “major intervention” from ministers. It comes after an expose by this publication and Sky News revealed almost 20,000 reports of sexual incidents – involving both patients and staff – had been made in more than half of NHS mental health trusts in the past five years.
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2 years ago Read more at The Independent