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Older Generations Miss Out on Mental Health Care
Centre for Mental Health has called for older generations to be shown the same concern as young people, warning the discrimination suffered currently affects not only the older person, but also families, communities and public services. Ageism, he said, is "deeply entrenched and systemic, and it is causing people to miss out on a mentally healthier later life'
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Read more at Yahoo News UK
Health Horoscope Today, March 5, 2024
Aries Health Horoscope Today Sticking to your regular schedule could benefit your health and happiness. Activity tip: Organise your to-do list. Lucky colour for love: Beige. Health tip: Be focused. Taurus Health Horscope Today Overeating and a lack of exercise can quickly add extra pounds, so if you’ve noticed a change in your body shape, now is the time to take action. The stability of your marriage may also temporarily disrupted.
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Older People's Mental Health 'is Too Much Disregarded', says Centre for Mental Health
Disregarding the elderly's needs is discriminatory and has consequences for the older person, families, communities and public services, the Centre for Mental Health said. It concluded there is a 'pervasive sense of pessimism and inevitability' that normalises poor mental health among older people. The report, published on Tuesday, comes after a Resolution Foundation study found that younger people with mental health problems can end up out of work or going into low-paid jobs.
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Feds warn of rising threats against health care sector, including hospitals and doctors.
Feds warn of rising threats against health care sector, doctors among assassination targets The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said threats and violence against the healthcare sector, including hospitals and doctors, are rising sharply. A cyberextortion group believed to be based in Russia has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack in underground or dark web forum posts. The alert comes after a major cyberattack on Lurie Children's Hospital on Jan. 31 took offline the hospital's main computer network
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The Defective Concrete Crisis in Donegal
Academics from the university’s schools of psychology, geography and environmental sciences and the Ulster Business School are working on the research along with PhD researcher Oisin Keenan. Dr Karen Kirby, senior lecturer of psychology at Ulster University The research involves an online survey. Anyone over the age of 18 who resides in a defective blocks property is asked to take the time to complete the online survey, which takes approximately 30 minutes.
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Is It Time For a Spring Clean?
Nicola Alexander-Cross, an optometrist and co-founder of eyecare brand, Peep Club, says dust can be a really tricky thing to tackle in the home. Dust can trigger asthma If you have asthma, it’s really important to make sure that you’ve got a blue reliever inhaler.
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AWARE NI Wins GSK IMPACT Award
AWARE NI was chosen from more than 500 charities across the UK as one of the 10 winners of the 2024 GSK IMPACT Awards. The awards are designed to recognise the outstanding work of small and medium-sized charities working to improve people’s health and wellbeing in the UK. In the UK, it is estimated that 10-20% of women experience a perinatal mental health problem and Northern Ireland is the only region with no Mother and Baby Unit.
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Read more at Derry Now
Older Generations Miss Out on Mental Health Care
Centre for Mental Health has called for older generations to be shown the same concern as young people, warning the discrimination suffered currently affects not only the older person, but also families, communities and public services. Ageism, he said, is "deeply entrenched and systemic, and it is causing people to miss out on a mentally healthier later life'
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Read more at Sky News
The Delhi Government’s Health Budget for 2019 is Rs 8,685 Crore
The Delhi government has slightly reduced its health budget this year. In 2023-2024, a total of Rs 9,742 crore was allocated to the sector. This year, it’s Rs 8,685 crore.
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Read more at The Indian Express
Doxycycline Reduces Chlamydia and Early Syphilis
A single dose of doxycycline, a widely used antibiotic, taken after sex halved the incidence of chlamydia and early syphilis among gay and bisexual men and transgender women in San Francisco. The findings offered a glimmer of hope amid a rising tide of sexually transmitted infections nationwide.
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Read more at The New York Times