Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the UN General Assembly Side-Event - Empowering Lives: Bridging the Gap for Insulin Access in Africa - 19 September 2023
[WHO] Your Excellency Minister Nicolai Wammen,
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news

Chinese women's acceptance of intimate partner violence against women - Li CKW, Liu J, Chen X.
Few studies have empirically examined factors influencing attitudes toward acceptance of intimate partner violence (IPV), and no study has yet studied the topic in China. We empirically test the effects of attitudes toward gender roles and exposure to viol...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

What Psychedelics Can Teach Us About Play
We are in the midst of a new psychedelic renaissance. Drugs like MDMA and psilocybin are being ushered into mainstream medicine, promoted as miracle cures for a host of psychiatric woes. But as psychedelics come to be seen as treatments for various types of psychological suffering, we are overlooking one of their most precious offerings: the potential for play. “Neuroplasticity” is the word many mental health professionals are now using to describe the positive effect of psychedelics; a process in which the brain sort of loosens up, becoming flexible and open to learning (Children’s brains, for instanc...
Source: TIME: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ross Ellenhorn Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news

The Man Who Thinks He Can Live Forever
In a neat little neighborhood in Venice, Calif., there’s a block of squat, similar homes, filled with mortals spending their finite days on the planet eating pizza with friends, blowing out candles on birthday cakes, and binging late-night television. Halfway down the street, there’s a cavernous black modern box. This is where Bryan Johnson is working on what he calls “the most significant revolution in the history of Homo sapiens.”  [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Johnson, 46, is a centimillionaire tech entrepreneur who has spent most of the last three years in pursuit of a si...
Source: TIME: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlotte Alter Tags: Uncategorized feature Source Type: news

Cancer drug conquers covid inflammation
A cancer drug could play an important role in limiting the damaging effects of lung disease in COVID-19 patients, thanks to new research at Hudson Institute of Medical Research. The body's inflammatory response to infection is important in controlling viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but when inflammation gets out of control the effects can be lethal.
Source: World Pharma News - September 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news

22-year-old is on track to make $77K a year from his side hustle turned business #Shorts
Randy Roblero, 22, lives in West Palm Beach, Florida, and he's on track to make $77000 running his own business as a car ...#randyroblero #westpalmbeach #florida
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

German medical association objects to cannabis plan - Devi S.
Government proposals to legalise consumption of cannabis in private clubs have been criticised for their potential effects on young people. Language: en...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Hope as a moderator of intimate partner violence and suicide risk behaviors among Latinas - Edwards LM, Torres L, Lewis KD, Loyo K.
The current study investigated the role of hope in the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and suicide risk behaviors among a community sample of Latinas (N  = 180). Moderation analyses revealed significant interaction effects demonstrating...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news

Canada ’s deepest lake feeling immediate effects of climate change, new research finds
Climate change has reached into Canada’s deepest lake and rewired it at the microscopic level. That’s the conclusion of scientists investigating the ecological history of Great Slave Lake, one the world’s largest bodies of fresh water and an economic and cultural focal point for the Northwest…#greatslavelake #northwestterritories #johnsmol #queensuniversity #kingston #canadianarctic #greatlakes #lakeontario #lakeerie #lakesuperior
Source: Reuters: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cycle Syncing Won ’ t Fix Women ’ s Fitness
While most of the video series and programs available on the popular “holistic wellness”/fitness site Alo Moves—owned by the trendy activewear line Alo Yoga—are run by solitary instructors, the company’s newest offering is marked by photos and videos of a group of four women pulled close up against one another and roaming Hawaiian beaches. It’s a clearly symbolic presentation of the company’s new SYNCD program, a collection of 24 videos designed to guide users through self-care and fitness activities customized for each of the four phases of the menstrual cycle. The program, whi...
Source: TIME: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Intergenerational attitudes toward child maltreatment: a mixed methods study of parents and their late adolescents following a Canadian two-generation preschool program - Ginn C, Perry R, Benzies K.
For Canadian families experiencing social vulnerability, challenges of living with low income, parental mental illness, addiction, and/or lack of social support are frequently intergenerational. US two-generation programs demonstrate positive effects on ch...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Associations between streetscape characteristics at Chinese adolescents' activity places and active travel patterns on weekdays and weekends - Wang X, Liu Y, Yao Y, Zhou S, Zhu Q, Liu M, Luo W, Helbich M.
Background Adolescents' daily active travel (AT) has positive health effects. However, previous studies had paid little attention on the differences between the streetscape characteristics-AT relationship on the weekdays and weekends, and most of them onl...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Causal effects of appearance-related social exclusion on state body dissatisfaction among young Chinese adults - Chao T, Jackson T.
This study assessed causal effects of appearance-related social exclusion ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Effects of physical activity in child and adolescent depression and anxiety: role of inflammatory cytokines and stress-related peptide hormones - Hu S, Li X, Yang L.
Depression and anxiety are the most common mental illnesses affecting children and adolescents, significantly harming their well-being. Research has shown that regular physical activity can promote cognitive, emotional, fundamental movement skills, and mot...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Effects of tougher school zone laws on road traffic safety in school zones for children in South Korea - Eun SJ.
This study aimed to evalu...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

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