HEALTH

Diabetes significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, including cardiac arrest where high levels of blood sugar over time can damage blood vessels and nerves that control the heart. Diabetes is often associated with other risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels and obesity. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr TS Kler, Chairman and HOD at BLK-Max Heart and Vascular Institute in BLK Max Super Speciality Hospital, explained, “Individuals with diabetes are more prone to developing coronar
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1 year ago Read more at Hindustan Times

This systematic review aimed to investigate the characteristics of telephone lines and call centers implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic. The primary challenges highlighted in the examined studies included restrictions on physical examination of patients, unavailability of hotlines/helplines/call centers, and inability to promptly respond to incoming calls. It appears that the World Health Organization’s global declaration on March 11, 2020 has exerted a significant influence on public behavior regarding the adoption of remote health options [75].
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1 year ago Read more at BMC Public Health

Psychotherapy is becoming an institution for adolescents. Teens are encouraging each other to reach out when needed. Mental health jargon is becoming commonplace, and we are rejecting stigma.
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1 year ago Read more at Psychology Today

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare disorder where the body’s immune system damages nerves. The cause is not fully understood but the syndrome often follows infection with a virus or bacteria. In total, 87 cases were reported in the outbreak, of which five died.
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1 year ago Read more at Food Safety News

The Great Lakes region in the United States experienced an unprecedented lack of sunlight that winter, leaving millions of residents under gloomy skies for weeks on end, as reported by the Guardian. The decline in ice cover on the Great lakes has been ongoing for decades, with only 0.4% observed on Jan. 1 this year, the lowest since records began in 1973. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) affects approximately 5% of American adults.
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1 year ago Read more at The Cool Down

CKDu is one of the fastest-rising major causes of death in Sri Lanka. Thennakoon has been coping with unexplained kidney problems for more than seven years. He has to hire labourers to work in rice paddies and cover his absence.
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1 year ago Read more at Al Jazeera English

Tulsa World Staff Writer Follow Randy Krehbiel Close Get email notifications on subject daily. Save Manage followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Two months into the job, Commissioner Allie Friesen knows the direction she wants the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to go.
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1 year ago Read more at Tulsa World

Harry Jowsey has been diagnosed with skin cancer in a new video shared to TikTok. The tv star is best known for appearing on the Netflix reality dating show Too Hot to Handle in 2020.
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1 year ago Read more at Vulture

Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic is the best-known of these drugs, but it constitutes the mere tip of an iceberg that is accumulating mass by the minute. Some of their new treatments involve just one injection every seven days to lose 15% of one’s weight in 68 weeks, with tolerable side effects. This biological hack has given rise to vast profits for the pharmaceutical companies that manufacture such medications and also, hope. Every year, five million human beings die from obesity-related diseases
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1 year ago Read more at EL PAÍS USA

Between 2015 and 2021, youth in Boston experiencing persistent sadness steadily increased from 26.7 percent to 43.9 percent. The City of Boston is committing to building a larger, more diverse mental health workforce to address this growing crisis among our youth. Effective prevention requires accurate diagnoses; diagnosing the current crisis is complicated. Research points to two additional and significant issues: housing and extreme heat.
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1 year ago Read more at CommonWealth Beacon