HEALTH

Health professionals in the Girona region have noticed an increase in hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases following episodes of air pollution. Asthma, recurrent bronchitis or broncholitis are the most common respiratory diseases in children after episodes. There is also evidence that air pollution affects mental health and on children's neurodevelopment.
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1 year ago Read more at Catalan News

Dr Dan Poulter said he could not look his NHS colleagues and patients in the eye and stay on as a Conservative MP. Home Office Minister Chris Philp said more was being spent on the health service than at any point in history.
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1 year ago Read more at Yahoo Singapore News

In recent months, a number of officials in China's medical fields have been investigated or disciplined. Experts said on Sunday that anti-corruption efforts are deepening. Observers suggested that this may indicate that the anti-corrruption efforts in the medical field are increasingly targeting the entire chain.
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1 year ago Read more at Global Times

Since Saturday, 11 diners were reported to have fallen ill, another 35 people have come down with food poisoning symptoms, the Kaohsiung City Health Department said in press release. At the restaurant in Zuoying District, the health inspectors collected 20 samples of food items and from its kitchen, including salads, oysters and sashimi.
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1 year ago Read more at Focus Taiwan

Western Visayas Medical Center's Heart and Lung Care Center is called a 'game changer' in the delivery of premium health services to Ilonggos and Negrenses, especially those with heart and lung illnesses. The six-story HLCC, built at a cost of P449 million, has state-of-the-art facilities and equipment.
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1 year ago Read more at Rappler

Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez will undertake a “transformative journey” to uplift health services and primary care for all Filipinos. He said on top of their initiatives is the comprehensive review of the charter of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), the country’s premier health insurance provider.
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1 year ago Read more at pna.gov.ph

13-to-17-year-olds with depression diagnoses answered Question 9 of the Personal Health Questionnaire (PHQ), which is used to screen for depression severity, before intentionally harming or killing themselves. In the 30-day cohort, adolescents who gave themselves a score of 0 were “significantly” less likely to have depression than those who said they were experiencing thoughts of suicide and self-harm. However, those with a history of inpatient mental health treatment were twice as likely to deny such thoughts as those with no history
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1 year ago Read more at The Washington Post

Commissioner for Health, Felix Tangwami, told journalists on Saturday in Mubi that more than 200 children in the local government area were already infected. he said the outbreak was reported in Yola on Saturday, leading to a quick mobilisation of medics and drugs.
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1 year ago Read more at Arise News

Governor Buni has built and equipped a 400-bed capacity Maternal and Paediatric Complex, the largest in the country, at the YSUTH Damaturu. He also employed more than 300 other healthcare professionals including junior and middle cadre doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, laboratory scientists and technicians. In 2016, he was appointed the CMD of the teaching hospital.
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1 year ago Read more at Solacebase

Sen. Sabi Abdullahi, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security stated this at the commemoration of the World Veterinary Day on Saturday in Abuja. The event, organised by the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), FCT Chapter, has the theme: ‘Veterinarians are essential health workers’. He acknowledged veterinarians were essential in protecting public health, ensuring the safety of food supply chain and preventing the transmission of zoonotic diseases to humans.
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1 year ago Read more at News Agency of Nigeria