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Courtesy of Children’s Organ Transplant Association Today the CBS news published an interesting story about using the Facebook for solving health problems including finding kidney’s donors. Damon Brown, 38, found a kidney on Facebook after telling his story on a page the Seattle dad created under the name, “Damon Kidney.” His friends and [...] Courtesy of CNN CNN reported from California that About 6,000 California nurses staged a one-day strike at several hospitals Thursday, protesting what they called an “erosion of quality of care and cuts to patient protections,” National Nurses United said. The Long Beach registered nurses are in a dispute with management over RN-to-patient staffing [...] Image from http://www.mdhil.com A story wrote by Deborah Kotz ,was published at the Boston Globe today, discusses the association between night shifts and diabetes. Deborah wrote: Night shift work has long been associated with a string of health problems such as sleep disorders and an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. In [...] Image from http://www.askdro.com/ According to a story published by the Guardian two days ago, having an abortion does not increase a woman’s chance of developing mental health problems, according to a large study that challenges anti-abortion groups’ claims that termination causes trauma and depression. The research, commissioned by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and [...] World AIDS day, held annually on December 1, will mark 30 years of HIV and 20 years of the Red Ribbon HIV/AIDS symbol this year. HIV facts HIV stands for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It is a virus which attacks the body’s immune system — the body’s defence against diseases. HIV can be passed on through [...] The Secretary of Health and Human Services is announcing the 2011 Healthy Living Innovation Awards. This is a new initiative at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that seeks to identify and acknowledge innovative health promotion projects within the last 3 years that have demonstrated a significant impact on [...] Imagine two people. One is completely blind. The other suffers from constant and intense back pain. Who is healthier overall? A landmark global health survey being launched today will explore the impact of different diseases and injuries. A person’s health state may limit how well parts of the body or mind work. Some people are not able to [...] Pratibha Shah INTRODUCTION No single system of health care has the capacity to solve all of society’s health needs. This is especially true for a large, densely populated, developing nation like India whose health needs are acute. The AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) systems of medicine have been used [...] Naomi Rennard The international health field values volunteerism and international service is often a global health professional’s first field experience. At BU’s orientation, Department Chair Jon Simon charged the International Health concentrators to think about serving with Peace Corps (PC). Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a new culture and [...] Micah Pepper In 2010, the HIV epidemic is expected to shift in intensity from Sub-Saharan Africa to Asia, with Injection Drug Users (IDUs) playing a central role in the rapid growth of HIV prevalence (Hammett). Drug use in Vietnam started growing during the USA-Vietnam War, but intensified after the economic liberalization of the late 1980s [...] |
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