Washington, DC - March 23, 2011 – Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) expressed concern over recent reports that radioactivity from the ongoing Fukushima accident is present in the Japanese food supply. While all food contains radionuclides, wheth
"Why More Equality? Our thirty years research shows that: 1) In rich countries, a smaller gap between rich and poor means a happier, healthier, and more successful population. Just look at the US, the UK, Portugal, and New Zealand in the top right of this
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 9, 2011 (IPS) - Argentina's soy boom has been a major source of foreign exchange. But the other side of the coin is the toxic effects among the rural population, from spraying agrochemicals.
Det var ikke noe vanskelig valg, sa juryleder Marianne Aasen under overrekkelsen 6. januar av prisen Årets bibliotek 2011. Hun og flere trakk fram hvordan Helsebiblioteket.no kombinerer god bibliotekånd med avansert IT. Men en forutsetning for topp kvalitet helseinformasjon for alle handler om organisering; om prisvinnerens gjennombrudd i forhandlingene om nasjonale lisenser.
n his new book The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption (O'Reilly, January 18), Clay Johnson calls attention to how much time we spend consuming information and, drawing parallels to how we consume food, points to the dangers of overconsumption and the consumption of overly-processed information. He sat down with PW to talk about the passive gratification of affirmation, and how to design a new, healthier information diet.
Tikki Pang & Laurie Garrett The World Health Organization (WHO) is facing an unprecedented crisis that threatens its position as the premier international health agency. To ensure its leading role, it must rethink its internal governance and revamp its financing mechanisms.
Forum scientifique et citoyen sur la Radioprotection De Tchernobyl à Fukushima 11/12/13 MAI 2012, Genève Organisé par Independent WHO (Pour l’Indépendance de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé) Site du collectif Independent WHO
Heart disease and depression are likely to claim more lives than radiation after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident, experts say By Katherine Harmon | March 2, 2012 |
Sardegna tre poligoni militari il terzo, il più esteso, quello sperimentale interforze del Salto di Quirra. Dove, nel sud ovest dell’isola, gli eserciti stranieri e le multinazionali testano armi innovative: quella stessa base nota per l’inchiesta giudiziaria e per il tasso sospetto di morti di tumore e leucemie.
Ken Zinn, Political Director of National Nurses United: "...we have support. I will just note that President Obama, who thus far has not come out in support of this Robin Hood tax, two days ago called Mitt Romney the reverse Robin Hood (which is an interesting appropriation of the language of our campaign), called him Romney Hood. And that's funny. Of course, it's true, but it's also not enough. We need the president to actually be Robin Hood himself, not just accuse his opponent of being the reverse Robin Hood. And he needs to come out and support this tax, because it's not only good policy, it's good politics as well.
Forskare slår larm till regeringen: Läget sämre i dag än före Tjernobylolyckan.Strålskyddsarbetet är i akut kris. Trots terrorhot med radioaktiva ämnen och allt fler mobiltelefoner som ökar riskerna med strålning i samhället tappar svensk strålskyddsforskning i kompetens. Situationen är sämre i dag än före kärnkrafts-olyckan i Tjernobyl. Regeringen har inte lyssnat på våra varningar. Sverige har hävdat sig bra på strålskyddsområdet i EU. Men nu hotar de svenska insatserna att krympa, i synnerhet som flertalet forskare går i pension de närmaste åren. Det skriver tolv ledande forskare, organisationstoppar och myndighetspersoner, däribland chefen för Strålskyddsinstitutet Lars-Erik Holm.
By Ségolène Allemandou September 22, 2014 -- France 24 -- Cuba is joining the fight against Ebola by sending a 165-strong army of doctors and specialists to West Africa. Despite decades of financial hardship, the communist country remains at the forefront of the world’s medical expertise and know-how.
This new discussion document highlights the overwhelming evidence for major changes to national food and farming policy. It’s been written by a collaboration of 10 UK organisations: the RSPB, Friends of the Earth, the National Trust, the Food Ethics Council, Sustain, the Wildlife Trusts, the Soil Association, Eating Better and Compassion in World Farming working with the Food Research Collaboration.
Community-based exhibits in 50 U.S. states and (at least) 23 countries raise awareness of intimate partner violence and promote prevention efforts by sharing the names and stories of individuals killed in domestic assaults.
A preoccupation with safety has stripped childhood of independence, risk taking, and discovery - without making it safer. A new kind of playground points to a better solution.
Or how Sigmund Freud, his nephew and a box of cigars forever changed American marketing. By Lisa Held American Psychological Association December 2009, Vol 40, No. 11Women sporting cigarettes as a symbol of female empowerment and the ubiquitous bacon-and-egg breakfast were two public relations campaigns inspired by Freudian ideas. The link between theory and practice was Edward L. Bernays, the acknowledged father of public relations and nephew of Sigmund Freud.
Upplagd av Johan Renström kl. 21:39 Etiketter: filosofi, historia, hjärnan, illusioner, universum, vetenskap 2 kommentarer: Anonym20 januari 2012 16:43 nog e det väll kaos allt? Johan21 januari 2012 18:47 Det lutar åt det:)
Ylva Nilsson, Sveriges radio: "Det är sällan skandalerna som fäller högdjuren. Det är hur de hanterar skandalerna när de avslöjas, som blir deras fall."
The naturally occurring gene has been patented by Myriad Genetics and gives them the sole right to test for the gene. Jolie can afford the expensive test, and the resulting surgeries, but most women cannot.
I have worked in Fallujah as a Pediatrician since 1997 but began to notice something was wrong in 2006 and began logging the cases; we have determined that 144 babies are now born with a deformity for every 1000 live births. We believe it has to be related to contamination caused by the fighting in our city, even now, nearly 10 years later. It is not unique to Fallujah; hospitals throughout the Anbar Governorate and many other regions of Iraq are recording increases. Every day I see the strain this fear puts on expectant mothers and their families. The first question I am asked when a child is born is not ‘is it a boy or a girl?’ but ‘is my child healthy?’
Greenwald: ... ein paar meiner Freunde haben Medizin studiert. Als sie immer mehr Krankheiten kennenlernten, haben sie sich selbst krank gefühlt. So ähnlich könnte es auch mir gehen, aber ich arbeite dagegen an. "Greenwald: Das Internet gab uns das große Versprechen der Befreiung und der Demokratisierung. Die Menschheit sollte mit Hilfe offener und freier Kommunikation die Macht haben, gemeinsam Machtmissbrauch zu bekämpfen. Die Bürger sollten sich ungehindert vernetzen können, um Ideen auszutauschen und die Grenzen der menschlichen Freiheit zu erweitern. Der Überwachungsstaat ergreift nun die Macht im Netz. Er will dieses Werkzeug der Freiheit in sein Gegenteil verkehren, in ein Werkzeug der Überwachung und Kontrolle. Wir stehen an einem Scheideweg. " Greenwald: Das geht nicht. Menschen sind nicht distanziert. Alle Journalisten sind Aktivisten
Some of the foods that we eat generally are acid-forming. They are sugar, vegetable oils, fried foods, junk foods, salt, certain drugs (medication), meat, oily foods and other food additives – coloring, flavoring, preservatives, etc. It is best to avoid them as much as possible because these foods toxify our blood.
What began as a meltdown of the global financial system in 2008 has been transformed into a new political reality of austerity which threatens over six decades of social solidarity and expanding human rights protection in Europe, says the Council of Europe in a recent report, while Eurostat found that a quarter of EU’s population is at risk of poverty and social exclusion.
On 2 October 2013, the European Commission announced that it will not consider giving a legal basis to the 2012 social partner agreement in the hairdressing sector until a broader review of EU occupational health and safety legislation has been carried out in 2015. Representatives on both employers’ and employees’ sides have expressed disappointment and anger that measures which could lead to cost-savings and improve employee welfare have been delayed by political pressure.
On November 6, 1880, while working in the military hospital in Constantine, Algeria, French military surgeon Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran discovered that the cause of malaria is a parasite. For this work and later discoveries of protozoan diseases Laveran was awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
How men and women digest differently, diet changes our skin, and gluten remains mysterious: A forward-thinking gastroenterologist on eating one's way to "gutbliss"
Created through collaboration among the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), University of Michigan Depression Center, and the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
Annually, September 10 to October 7. Active Minds uses slightly different dates for Suicide Prevention Month, situating their campaign between two related events World Suicide Prevention Day and National Day Without Stigma.
Das Neueste von MNT Alzheimer's News (@mnt_alzheimers). The latest Alzheimer's and Dementia news published daily. Articles from research centers, universities and prestigious journals. United States
Das Robert Koch-Institut befasst sich als zentrale Einrichtung der Bundesregierung mit der Prävention von Krankheiten und widmet sich der Analyse von bundesweiten Daten zu Lebensstil und Gesundheit in der Bevölkerung.
Die BZgA verfolgt das Ziel, Gesundheitsrisiken vorzubeugen und gesundheitsfördernde Lebensweisen zu unterstützen. Sie bietet Broschüren und Linktipps zu verschiedensten Themen wie Suchtprävention, Kinder- und Jugendgesundheit, Gesundheit älterer Menschen, Gesundheitliche Chancengleichheit. In der Rubik "Forschung" auf den Webseiten des BZgA wird auch Fachpublikationen, Fachdatenbanken, Präventionsforschungen und Leitbegriffe der Gesundheitsförderung verwiesen.
Die Projektdatenbank bietet eine nationale und internationale Übersicht über Angebote und Maßnahmen zu wirksamen Tabakpräventionsprojekten und Kampagnen sowie Maßnahmen gegen Tabakabhängigkeit in Deutschland und der WHO-EURO Region. Hintergrund ist das von 175 Ländern unterzeichnete WHO-Rahmenübereinkommens zur Eindämmung des Tabakgebrauchs (WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – FCTC) .
In der Übersetzung der WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) durch das Deutsche Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) ist das zentrale Element ein Katalog von Maßnahmen, durch die der Tabakkonsum in den Mitgliedsstaaten verringert werden soll. (pdf 2011)
Diese Plattform der WHO FCTC liefert unter anderem einen Einblick in die Konferenzen der Mitgliedsstaaten, Protokolle und Leitlinien sowie Dokumente und Publikationen.
Yearly calendar of health/disease related events and observances from the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Consumer health information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"Your source for reliable health information from the Federal government. Offering quick guides to healthy living, personalized health advice, and tips and tools to help you and those you care about stay healthy."
Located on Roanoke Island, the institute's research focuses on: estuarine ecology and human health; coastal engineering and ocean energy; public policy and coastal sustainability; and maritime heritage.
"It is the mission of the UNC Coastal Studies Institute to undertake research, offer educational opportunities, provide community outreach programs, and enhance communication among those concerned with the unique history, culture and environment of the maritime counties of North Carolina."
NLM is the central coordinating body for clinical terminology standards within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NLM works closely with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to ensure NLM's efforts are aligned with the goal of the President and HHS Secretary for the nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of health care.