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Caren Solomon, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, highlighted key topics discussed during her session at the 2024 American College of Physicians (ACP) Internal Medicine Meeting in Boston. In terms of reducing their own carbon footprint, physicians and health care professionals should work with their clinics and healthcare systems to reduce their carbon footprint. Solomon: Do you find the conversation is a conversation physicians are more willing to have because they see firsthand some of the direct health impacts,
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1 year ago Read more at MD Magazine

The Gamma Tau chapter of The Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health will be inducting its first cohort of PhD students. At induction ceremonies, Delta Omega inducts select graduate and undergraduate students who have demonstrated top academic performance. Delta Omega is celebrating National Public Health Week 2024.
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1 year ago Read more at George Mason University

East Lansing High School students are among those working to stay mentally healthy at a mental health summit. The event brought together students, teachers, and community members with ways to get help. Nearly 1 in 5 children in America have mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder.
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1 year ago Read more at WILX

Governor Kathy Hochul focused on mental health and public safety. In an announcement made on Wednesday, Hochul touted the investments she’s already made. She is also increasing funding for mental health facilities and teams.
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1 year ago Read more at WCAX

Federal agencies with competing interests are slowing the country’s ability to track and control an outbreak of highly virulent bird flu. The response has echoes of the early days of 2020, when the coronavirus began its deadly march around the world. Today, some officials and experts express frustration that more livestock herds aren’t being tested for avian flu, and that when tests and epidemiological studies are conducted.
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1 year ago Read more at The Washington Post

In March 2024, the EU lawmakers reached agreement on the European Health Data Space (EHDS) The final text of the EHDS is expected to be adopted by the European Council in the coming months. In respect of secondary use of health data, it will assist Member States in coordinating the practices of their Health Data Access Bodies (HDABs), exchange best practices that help the Commission in preparing its secondary legislation, and share information on identified risks and incidents.
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1 year ago Read more at Inside Privacy

One in five women between 55 and 75 will experience a stroke in their lifetime, according to the American Heart Association. With an ischemic stroke, a blood vessel bursts in the brain and causes bleeding, which damages brain cells. While some risk factors such as age, race and family history can’t be changed, others can be mitigated through healthy lifestyle choices. Avoid air pollution Research has shown that air pollution tends to impact women more than men in terms of inflammation, infection and heart disease.
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1 year ago Read more at Fox News

California launched two apps at the start of the year offering free behavioral health services to youths to help them cope with everything from living with anxiety to body acceptance. Through their phones, young people and some caregivers can meet BrightLife Kids and Soluna coaches, some who specialize in peer support or substance use disorders, for roughly 30-minute virtual counseling sessions. California is believed to be the first state to offer a mental health app with free coaching to all young residents.
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1 year ago Read more at Chalkbeat

Wisconsin GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde said health care costs are so high in some areas of the Badger State that many struggle to even access treatment. He said Republicans are making a mistake not talking about it because of the cost of health care since Obamacare was passed, but more importantly than even the cost, the access to care has gone significantly down. Other issues facing Wisconsinites include economic insecurity, the southern border crisis, and crime.
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1 year ago Read more at Fox News

Governor Roy Cooper has shifted his health care focus to the needs of North Carolina’s most vulnerable — the young, the old and the disabled — in his proposed spending plan for the coming fiscal year. The governor also suggests setting aside more funds for people with disabilities to bolster a Medicaid program that would give them more home-based care options. Cooper blasted leaders of the Republican-led General Assembly, who have earmarked large amounts of public tax dollars for opportunity scholarships, or vouchers.
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1 year ago Read more at North Carolina Health News