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Global commission into health inequities of mental illness gives blueprint for change
In vulnerable populations - especially young people with mental illness - complementing traditional treatment with physical health interventions could help reverse trends, he said. "Protecting the physical health of people with mental illness should be considered an worldwide priority". The report found, for example, that many drugs used to treat mental illnesses - including antidepressants, antip... [Full Article...]
First Case of Ebola Detected in DRC's Goma - Health Ministry
Goma , a border city with a population of 1mn, lies next to the Rwandan town of Gisenyi and has transport links to other parts of the DRC and beyond. Rwanda's local media reports that the Minister of Health Dr. Diane Gashumba on Monday morning visited the border district with DRC to ascertain the readiness of authorities to deal with a possible outbreak. [Full Article...]
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo a ‘health emergency’
A WHO expert committee had declined on three previous occasions to advise the United Nations health agency to make the declaration for this outbreak , which other experts say has long met the conditions. It is meant to rally wealthy donor countries to provide more funding to support the response. "Together with the government, we can and will end this outbreak". [Full Article...]
Decrease in number of people dying from drug epidemic
Now, overdose deaths may at last be slowing down after years of efforts to cut prescription painkillers and distribute naloxone , the overdose reversal drug. Essentially unheard of as recently as 2012-when it killed roughly 2,000 people-fentanyl remains the leading cause of drug overdose deaths, with totals increasing sixteen-fold from 2012 to 2018. [Full Article...]
World Health Organization sounds global alarm over DR Congo Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organisation says the deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now an worldwide health emergency after the virus spread this week to a city of two million people. "An worldwide emergency could have a huge impact on people crossing the border and on trade and people's livelihoods", he said. Those included the H1N1, or swine flu, pandemic of 2009, the spread of... [Full Article...]
Northern Alberta infectious syphilis cases rise more than 300 per cent
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, who is holding a news conference on the health crisis Tuesday afternoon, said that a total of 1,563 cases of infectious syphilis were reported in 2018. Symptoms of syphilis may not be obvious. Hinshaw says the province has seen similar rates of congenital syphilis in which the infection is spread from a mother to her unborn child. [Full Article...]
Amazon workers strike during Prime Day to demand better working conditions
Be sure to hit the official Walmart website to discover all of the latest sales offered through The Big Save, and keep it tuned to Shacknews' Amazon Prime Day 2019 home page to stay on top of the event's biggest price cuts - even if they're at other retailers. [Full Article...]
New clues on why women’s Alzheimer’s risk differs from men’s
Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Centre studied brain scans of hundreds of men and women, looking at the pattern of a protein called tau. The study didn't try to show why working made a difference. Maggie Morris says she saw the painful decline of her own mother who suffered from Alzheimer's. [Full Article...]