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Child health: More focus needed at earliest years, WHO urges

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The report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Children’s Fund UNICEF found that the first year of a child’s life provide “irreplicable opportunities to improve lifelong health, nutrition and well-being” according to a press release.

It tracks progress against the global Nurturing care frameworkwhich provides guidance on supporting the healthy physical, intellectual, and emotional development of young children.

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This framework promotes an integrated approach to early childhood development, covering nutrition, health, safety and security, early learning, and responsive caregiving as essential areas for interventions.

“Early childhood development provides a critical window to improve health and well-being

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Valley News – Valley News Forum for July 2, 2023: ‘Call to open-arms’

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‘Call to open-arms’

As reported in the Valley News, Dartmouth Health has laid off 75 of its 10,000 workers in a cost-saving move (“DH lays off 75, cuts 100 unfilled jobs,” June 10). One casualty was chaplain Frank Macht, head of “Spiritual Health,” an inspired teacher to many, including myself.

However painful, it is, of course, logical that a hospital in financial distress would value the practicalities of medical treatment above something so vague as “spiritual health.” And, of course, those medical procedures are what insurance is inclined to reward. Who, after all, can measure one word of thoughtfulness, attach

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Health Alert Abilene: Alcohol increases diabetes and obesity risk. Doctor Explains | state

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The Big Picture: Dr. Puja Uppal says, “You’re hurting your brain & body!”

in the news: New research from Dr. Tianyuan Lu and team is showing that even light drinking can lead to diabetes and obesity. In fact, the study finds that the notion of improved health from low alcohol use should be put to rest.

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How healthy is Stratford? Jane’s Walk to highlight key issues

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Starting in the morning at the Stratford Public Library, participants of this year’s Jane’s Walk will tour the Festival City and learn about the city’s health

Those wanting to get their steps in and learn more about local issues can kill two birds with one stone this weekend.

The Provocation Ideas Festival (PIF) Stratford, announced that this year’s “Jane’s Walk” is kicking off this Saturday in the Festival City.

Jane’s Walk is an annual festival of community-led walking conversations that take place nationwide. They are dedicated to the memory of the late Jane Jacobs, a Canadian journalist, author, theorist and

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Dementia can take a financial toll. Here’s how to protect your family : Shots

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Sharon Gwinn holds a picture of her husband, who had Lewy body dementia toward the end of his life. Reckless financial behavior was one of the first signs of the disease. “It’s what attacked his brain first,” Gwinn says.

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Sharon Gwinn holds a picture of her husband, who had Lewy body dementia toward the end of his life. Reckless financial behavior was one of the first signs of the disease. “It’s what attacked his brain first,” Gwinn says.

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Sharon Gwinn had been married for almost 30 years when she cleared

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Government of Canada and Chief Nursing Officer hosted the Nursing Retention Forum to address workforce health challenges

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June 14, 2023 | Toronto, Ont. | Health Canada

As Canada’s largest group of health professionals with more than 400,000 members, nurses are critical to Canada’s health care system, but many are leaving the profession given the challenges – such as increased workloads, high incidences of burnout, stress, anxiety and depression, and in some cases, abuse – that they face on the job.

Health workers are the backbone of the health care system, and the Government of Canada is working with provinces and territories, as well as the Coalition for Action for Health Workers and other key partners to address

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Canadians have the right to a healthy environment with the passage of new laws

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Changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act enshrining the right to a healthy environment have passed into law.

The federal government has been working on the legislation for several years, and introduced the latest version in the Senate in February.

It also adds a sentence to the act guaranteeing that every Canadian has the right to a healthy environment and makes it a duty of the government to protect that right.

The government now has up to two more years to define how that right will be implemented when it comes to enforcing the act.

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Study finds less social networking, better mental health

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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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