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2 top public health positions in Ron DeSantis’ administration are vacant

sarah06/07/2023 29 Views

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two of the top public health officials in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration — responsible for tracking and preventing the spread of communicable diseases — have left their positions in recent months.

The departures come as public health is increasingly being politicized, and some experts say it leaves the state facing a “serious health risk.

Late last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an alert after four cases of malaria, which is spread by mosquitoes, were found in Florida, the first time in two decades. As a result, the Florida Health Department has issued

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Mystery cluster of brain disease striking healthy adults robbing them of ability to talk, walk

sarah05/07/2023 23 Views

A cluster of mysterious brain diseases has struck down at least 200 people in a small province and baffled doctors.

More than 200 residents in New Brunswick, Canada, have been affected by the dementia-like disorder that causes vivid hallucinations, an inability to talk and write, memory lapses and even physical paralysis.

Experts say the cases date back to 2015 and are among people aged 18 to 84, dozens of whom were healthy before being struck down by the mystery illness.

One of those patients is Gabrielle Cormier who, at age 20, had to pause her love of figure skating and

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Longevity expert Peter Attia shares the walking workout he swears by to stay healthy and prevent falls as you age

sarah24/06/2023 28 Views

Whether it’s a morning cup of tea, a daily meditation, or a call to your closest friend, your daily habits impact your health and happiness.

While Dr. Peter Attia, author of New York Times best seller Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity, said there’s no “silver bullet” to increase one’s health span and life span, there are still a variety of longevity-linked habits that may work for you to stave off age-related diseases and early mortality.

“People have so much more agency over this than they will ever believe if they don’t take the step to educate themselves

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Digital Healthcare Market Stabilizes After Year of Low Investment

sarah24/06/2023 21 Views

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CB Insights has released their State of Digital Health Report for Q1 2023, and there is finally some good news to report. After four quarters of declines in funding in the digital health space, global digital health funding held steady in the first quarter of this year at US$3.4 billion. This is positive news to see stabilization after a year of continuous decline, and the first time funding did not drop quarter to quarter since Q4 of 2021.

They do point out that this is not a trend in overall venture capital funding, but rather something

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Ohio EPA mosquito control grants, Kelly Park library, lightning safety

sarah20/06/2023 41 Views

Ohio EPA awards grants to 46 local agencies for mosquito control

COLUMBUS — Forty-six local health departments and municipalities across 41 Ohio counties, including Crawford County, are receiving $816,000 in grants from the Ohio EPA for mosquito control activities. The funding includes $127,000 to remove scrap tires, which can become breeding grounds for mosquito larvae. The grants will help mitigate the spread of mosquito-borne viruses such as Zika, West Nile, and La Cross encephalitis.

In Northwest Ohio, 11 county and city health departments are receiving grants. Among them are Richland Public Health ($14,980), the Shelby City Health Department ($11,700), the

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Amanda Bynes arrested by police for mental health evaluation

sarah18/06/2023 28 Views

Amanda Bynes was detained this weekend for a mental health evaluation, following the psychiatric hold she was put under earlier this year.

According to TMZ, the Los Angeles Police Department took the former actor, 37, into custody Saturday morning after receiving a call for a woman in distress. Eyewitnesses noted to the outlet that Bynes appeared calm in the presence of the police.

It’s not yet known whether the actress was released or placed on another 5150 psychiatric hold.

Amanda Bynes attends an appearance at Manhattan Criminal Court on July 9, 2013 in New York City. Bynes was facing charges

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Study finds less social networking, better mental health

sarah17/06/2023 25 Views

University students who limited their use of social networks to around 30 minutes a day afterward performed better on tests measuring anxiety, depression, loneliness and fear of missing out, US researchers reported.

Other tests showed that they apparently approached life more optimistically, according to the study published in the journal Technology Mind and Behavior.

Mental health benefits were seen even in participants who sometimes exceeded the 30-minute daily limit.

The study really helps to demonstrate that reducing the time spent on social networks is responsible for improving young people’s psychological well-being, according to Professor Caroline Fitzpatrick, a Université de Sherbrooke

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Which Diet (way of eating) Is Best for Health and Longevity?

sarah13/06/2023 16 Views

Proper diet undoubtedly promotes healthier aging and longevity. But what’s the right diet? A meta-analysis of diet studies proposes an answer. or more accurately, answers, based on diet-related biomarkers linked to disease and aging. Half of the studies were done in Europe, the rest from North America and Asia. The February, 2023, article was published in Nutrients. You can read the entire article online.

“….the main goal of this systematic review was to perceive the quantity and quality of different diets or aspects in nutrition, how they could modulate biomarkers and prevent aging-related diseases, in order to enlighten

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