More Island families will be able to access mental health resources thanks to a new partnership between the province and Bell Let’s Talk. Matching funds from government and the Bell Let’s Talk campaign will help add $150,000 to the Strongest Families Program on Prince Edward Island over the next four years, which will support an additional 150 Island families.
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RAF hero Anna reveals 45k charity mission after being told her cancer is terminal
RAF hero Anna Irwin has launched a A 45,000 fund-raising crusade to help fellow cancer sufferers – after being told her illness is incurable. The determined former Blythe Bridge High School pupil – who was diagnosed with lung cancer last April – is refusing to give up despite being told conventional treatment is no longer working.
Pioneering knee surgeon says ‘satnav surgery’ will become the norm
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Couple who had been married for more than 60 years died within two weeks of each other
… 17 was struck with rheumatic fever and was hospitalised for months. She recovered, but needed to be careful with her health for the rest of her life. After repeating her lower sixth form year due to her illness, Mrs White went on to teacher training …
Letters: Price is wrong steward for country’s health care
Rep. Tom Price, the nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. I am a pediatrician in Philadelphia, and I oppose the nomination of U.S. Rep. Tom Price as secretary of Health and Human Services.
VBHS’s Women’s Health Programs make National Becker’s List
HARLINGEN/BROWNSVILLE – Becker’s Hospital Review recently included the Women’s Health programs of Valley Baptist Health System among 100 of the “great Women’s Health programs” in the United States for providing “award-winning” care to women in the Rio Grande Valley.
State of Rio de Janeiro to Receive 250,000 Yellow Fever Vaccines
The Health Department in Rio de Janeiro state published a technical note yesterday raising the level of vigilance to patients with symptoms characteristic of yellow fever in the fourteen municipalities in the North and Northwest Fluminense regions that border Minas Gerais and EspA rito Santo states. Municipalities of the North and Northwest of Rio state will receive vaccination 250,000 doses of the yellow fever vaccine as a precaution, photo by Caru Ribeiro/IMPRENSA RJ.
Patients at Clydebank hospice could be asked to pay for care
… shift from NHSGGC to the newly created Integrated Joint Board (IJB) – made up of West Dunbartonshire Council and the health board – and future elderly patients will be means tested. It means that patients could be asked to make a contribution …
Solent Mind and Southern Health win contract for mental health service
A SERVICE providing free mental health advice to thousands of people has won the contract to continue giving treatment and support. It was started in 2010 and thanks to a new contract will continue to offer a range of treatments freely available to anyone aged 16 and over and registered with a GP.
Price attempts to reassure on health care; Dems not buying it
Offering reassurances, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary said Wednesday the new administration won’t “pull the rug out” from those covered by “Obamacare.” Democrats were unimpressed, noting a lack of specifics.
Heavy adolescent drinking alters cortical excitability and functional connectivity in the brain
Long-term heavy use of alcohol in adolescence alters cortical excitability and functional connectivity in the brain, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital. These alterations were observed in physically and mentally healthy but heavy-drinking adolescents, who nevertheless did not fulfil the diagnostic criteria for a substance abuse disorder.
Country Hour for Wednesday 18 January, 2017
The first vegetable crop in a $600,000 green-house operation has been planted in the south of Western Australia – the developers are calling it a pilot plant as they’re hoping this crop will be the first of many across the Wheatbelt. Victoria’s peak farm lobby group says the Federal Government should subsidise the cost of Q Fever vaccinations to improve the management of the disease.
NHS managers ban access to branded medicines for some patients
… find them hard to accept, but the money saved can be spent on things that have much more of an impact on people’s health.” Steve Ollerton, GP and chairman of NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG, said: “The NHS budget is just the same as everyone’s …
Donald Trump tweets at wrong Ivanka — and she hits back
President-elect Donald Trump tweeted at the wrong Ivanka on Monday night, and the British woman on the receiving end of his praise has hit back. Trump had quoted a tweet praising his daughter Ivanka, but the account mentioned in the tweet belongs to Ivanka Majic, a digital consultant from the British seaside town of Brighton.
Study reveals effects of heavy smoking on lower jaw dental implants
Smoking causes a range of negative effects, particularly in the smoker’s mouth. The effects that smoking has on dental implants, however, is unclear.
Schizophrenia US Therapeutic and Drug Pipeline Review H2
PUNE, INDIA, January 17, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — GET SAMPLE REPORT @ Summary Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous behavioral and cognitive syndrome involving chronic or recurrent psychosis. The disorder is characterized by several symptom domains including positive symptoms , negative symptoms , and cognitive deficits .
Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – China
On 5 January 2017, the Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region notified WHO of a case of laboratory-confirmed human infection with avian influenza A virus and on 9 January 2017, the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China notified WHO of 106 additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A virus. On 5 January 2017, a human case of infection with avian influenza A was reported from the Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region .
Seoul moving swiftly to ease anti-bribery law
The South Korean government has officially begun discussions to revise the sweeping anti-corruption law less than four months after it was implemented, amid much controversy and public confusion. Officials from several related government bodies, including the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission, held an inaugural meeting on Tuesday to come up with a revised draft for the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act.
Poorer health in smokers of chop chop
People who smoke chop chop – or unbranded loose tobacco – report significantly worse health than legal smokers, according to the Cancer Council Victoria. People who smoke chop chop – or unbranded loose tobacco – report significantly worse health than legal smokers, according to the Cancer Council Victoria.
Former Blackhall chimney sweep’s latest bus pass challenge is biggest yet
Retired chimney sweep Bob Waite, 66, from Blackhall, aims to ride around the whole perimeter of the country on nothing more than his bus pass. He has set himself a fundraising target of A 10,000 for the transplant unit at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital.
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Genital Warts Therapeutic and Drug Pipeline Review H2
PUNE, INDIA, January 16, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — GET SAMPLE REPORT @ Summary ” Genital Warts Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2016″ provides an overview of Genital Warts clinical trials scenario. This report provides top line data relating to the clinical trials on Genital Warts .
Prostate cancer (PC) Therapeutic and Drug Pipeline Review H2
PUNE, INDIA, January 16, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — GET SAMPLE REPORT @ Summary Prostate cancer is a type of cancer that affects the prostate gland of the male reproductive system, and is the most common non-cutaneous malignant cancer in men. Internationally, it is the sixth-largest cancer-related cause of death in men.
My Broken Heart: ‘I will never forget the sound it made’
REBECCA Craven was sleeping when she heard the alarm go off the first time. It’s a sound she will never forget.
Researchers found that certain anti-influenza compounds also inhibit Zika virus infection
Globalization, environmental changes, population growth and urbanization make emerging virus diseases a major threat to public health. An example of such epidemics is the Zika outbreak which is ongoing in the Americas after emerging in the Pacific region.
Junk food, sugary drinks may invite higher taxes
… beverages and packaged food high on salt and saturated fats. T he proposal was made by the group of secretaries on health, sanitation and urban development in a recent meeting with PM Narendra Modi to discuss budget proposals, an official said. The …
A health care fix and tough times for vaccine proponents
Public health officials were quick to defend vaccine safety after doubts were raised on two fronts in the U.S. this week. This week, we’ve got an argument for transforming health care into “Right Care” as well as some troubling developments for vaccine proponents south of the border.
PHOTOS: ‘Forgotten victims of war’ to be highlighted in Hampshire photography exhibition
Internally displaced Afghans are living in “stone age conditions,” uprooted from their homes and villages after years of civil war and escape from Taliban fighting. The ex-Stroud School pupil who grew up on Northlands Road, Southampton, will be showing a selection of his work from the last eight years at city centre coffee shop Mettricks Guildhall.
Dentists help Kenyans smile
A TEAM from a Swindon dental practice has just returned from putting a smile on the faces of more than 1,000 Kenyan villagers. Peter Yesudian, the oral surgeon from One Wood Street Advanced Dental Care in Swindon’s Old Town visited Kenya with three members of his dental team to provide treatment to those desperately in need.
When Scientists Hate Science
Climate denialists have been able to hide behind very misleading science. But this is far from the first time that science has been backstabbed by its own practitioners.
Roast-duck vendor dies from H7N9 bird flu in central China
A 36-year-old man has died after contracting H7N9 bird flu, according to health authorities in central China’s Henan province on Saturday. The man, identified only by the family name Zhang, died on Jan. 11, Henan provincial health and family planning commission said in a statement.
Roast-duck vendor dies from H7N9 bird flu in central China
A 36-year-old man has died after contracting H7N9 bird flu, according to health authorities in central China’s Henan province on Saturday. The man, identified only by the family name Zhang, died on Jan. 11, Henan provincial health and family planning commission said in a statement.
Northumberland farmer fined nearly A 4,400 for moving unfit and lame sheep
The 57-year-old has now been prosecuted by Durham County Council and made to pay A 4,367.40. Prosecutors told how Dunn transported 34 animals from the farm where he lives to an abattoir at Spennymoor on March 6 last year.
Northumberland farmer fined nearly A 4,400 for moving unfit and lame sheep
The 57-year-old has now been prosecuted by Durham County Council and made to pay A 4,367.40. Prosecutors told how Dunn transported 34 animals from the farm where he lives to an abattoir at Spennymoor on March 6 last year.
LETHBRIDGE: Covering drugs – the case is clear
… cancer patient who cannot afford the $10,000 for immune system drugs after chemotherapy? It’s great to have universal health care, but what if you can’t afford to get the drugs it prescribes for you? Researchers for the Canadian Medical Association …
LETHBRIDGE: Covering drugs – the case is clear
… cancer patient who cannot afford the $10,000 for immune system drugs after chemotherapy? It’s great to have universal health care, but what if you can’t afford to get the drugs it prescribes for you? Researchers for the Canadian Medical Association …
Roast-duck vendor dies from H7N9 bird flu in central China
A 36-year-old man died after contracting H7N9 bird flu, said health authorities in central China’s Henan province, on Saturday. The man, identified as Zhang, died on Jan. 11, the Henan provincial health and family planning commission said in a statement.
Conscription conflicts in WWI well detailed in new book
The Conscription Conflict & the Great War Edited by Robin Archer, Joy Damousi, Murray Goot & Sean Scalmer Monash University Publishing, 2016 Paperback, $29.95. The First World War was to take the lives of eleven million soldiers on both sides, seven million civilians, and, as a further consequence, the loss of some 50-100 million lives worldwide from the Spanish Flu pandemic which began in the troop staging camps and hospitals in A A war on such a scale was not conducted without much anguish, debate, and conflict on conscription issues within the affected democracies.
Family day at the beach could drain a bottle of sunscreen
If you and your family want to spend all day sizzling in the summer sun, you could drain a $26 bottle of sunscreen. Protection is needed from the sun’s cancer-causing rays between 9.15am and 5.50pm at this time of year, according to the Health Promotion Agency.
Nigeria: Bird Flu – Kano to Disinfect Markets, Poultry Farms
The Kano State government said it would soon begin disinfection of all poultry farms and markets as part of measures to curb the spread of the recent outbreak of bird flu in the state. The Director, Veterinary services of the state Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Shehu Bawa, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday in Kano.