Tag: health articles 2018

Ontarians dropped by family doctors say they should’ve at least been notified

When Tarek Emara called his family doctor north of Toronto hoping to book an appointment three weeks ago, he didn’t expect to be told he was no longer a patient at the clinic.

“The receptionist … answers the call and says, ‘Oh, we haven’t seen you since 2016, and as a result, we dropped you from your list and you’re no longer at this clinic,'” Emara, who lives in Markham, Ont., told CBC Toronto.

“It’s obviously very disappointing, I shouldn’t be penalized for keeping healthy.”

Emara is now among the more than two million people without a family doctor in Ontario, according to a report released last month. In 2020, 1.8 million Ontarians reported not having a family physician, a number that has ballooned to 2.2 million in 2022, according to data from Inspire-PHC, a health-care research group. Long-established research has found people without a regular family physician are more

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Where Do Healthcare Breaches Come From?

While we have seen an increase in healthcare data breaches stemming from vendor vulnerabilities, there can be a variety of sources.

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Recent breaches have demonstrated various sources of data breaches.

One source is from vendors and vendor tools.

We have seen a large uptick in vendor cyber attacks, as cybercriminals have found it easier to hack vendors than the healthcare entities directly. Many vendors have less security measures in place than healthcare entities.

A second source of breaches is employees.

Employees wrongly accessing patient charts is a large source of healthcare breaches. Employees can also be a source of vulnerability if they click on phishing links or ransomware.

A third source is analytical tools.

Analytical tools may be used to

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Martha Stewart’s Makeup Pro Reveals the $16 Buy Behind the Icon’s ‘Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’ Glow (Exclusive)

Martha Stewart’s makeup artist Daisy Toye talks working with the star for 15 years and the drugstore product behind her radiant ‘Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’ look: “I go through one tube a week”

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Martha Stewart sent the Internet ablaze on Monday when she revealed she’s one of four stars posting on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit‘s 2023 issue (others include Megan Fox, Kim Petras and Brooks Nader).

In her exclusive interview for the magazine launch, Stewart, 81, told PEOPLE what the experience meant to her. “It’s important to stand up to challenges, whether they’re beauty challenges or intellectual challenges, even philanthropic challenges,” she shared. “To be able to stand up and do it — to me — is so fun! And this is accomplishing something that not everybody would accomplish.”

To get ready, Stewart upped her fitness game and modified what she ate.

“I didn’t starve myself,

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What are the top 10 public health challenges in 2023?

A recent study published in the journal Public Health Challenges discussed the top public health challenges in 2023.

Global public health challenges in 2022 include the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), health financing, human resources for health, mental health, climate change, poverty, reproductive health, infodemic, and humanitarian crisis. Moreover, global health challenges will continue to emerge in 2023. Thus, it is essential to identify top health priority areas to address them.

In the present study, the authors presented ten global public health priorities for 2023. They identified 1) health systems, 2) mental health crises, 3) reproductive and sexual health, 4) malnutrition and food safety, 5) diabetes, 6) cancer , 7) environmental pollution, 8) substance abuse, 9) infectious diseases, and 10) climate change.

Study: Top 10 public health challenges to track in 2023: Shifting focus beyond a global pandemic. Image Credit: Sepp photography / ShutterstockStudy: Top 10 public health challenges to track in 2023: Shifting focus beyond a global pandemic. Image Credit: Sepp photography / Shutterstock

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The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered

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What Does the End of the Public Health Emergency Mean?

The national Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 ends on May 11, 2023.

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The end of the public health emergency brings a variety of changes to the healthcare system.

Most of the remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements will end for federal workers, contractors and foreign air travelers.

The government is also lifting requirements for Head Start educators and healthcare workers.

Free COVID-19 vaccines and tests will no longer be provided and will now be covered under traditional health insurance.

The end of the PHE also means that many of the waivers who were in place will no longer exist. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) waived many requirements

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Cold Is Beneficial for Healthy Aging

Summary: In models of ALS and Huntington’s disease, exposure to cold temperatures actively removes protein clumps, thereby preventing protein aggregation.

Source: University of Cologne

Cold activates a cellular cleansing mechanism that breaks down harmful protein aggregations responsible for various diseases associated with aging. In recent years, studies on different model organisms have already shown that life expectancy increases significantly when body temperature is lowered.

However, precisely how this works is still unclear in many areas.

A research team at the University of Cologne’s CECAD Cluster of Excellence in Aging Research has now unlocked one responsible mechanism.

The study ‘Cold temperature extends longevity and prevents disease-related protein aggregation through PA28γ-induced proteasomes’ has appeared in Nature Aging.

Professor Dr David Vilchez and his working group used a non-vertebrate model organism, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and cultivated human cells. Both carried the genes for two neurodegenerative diseases which typically occur in old

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Strictly’s Tess Daly smoulders in a shoulder-baring dress – and wow!







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We can always count on Strictly star Tess Daly to deliver some serious sartorial flair – and on Saturday the TV star did just that!

Taking to her Instagram, the mother-of-two shared a stunning new photo of herself enjoying an early birthday dinner with a group of female friends.

WATCH: Tess Daly looks unrecognizable in throwback pictures

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For the celebratory occasion, Tess, 53, slipped into a chic black cotton dress featuring a cold shoulder design and gorgeous long sleeves.

The much-loved presenter elevated her birthday look with a pair of glitzy hoop earrings, stacks of rings and a sleek, glossy manicure. As for hair and makeup. Tess experimented with a

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Mediterranean diet may lower dementia risk by a quarter, study suggests | Dementia

A Mediterranean diet of nuts, seafood, whole grains and vegetables can reduce the risk of dementia by almost a quarter, according to promising early research that could pave the way for new preventive treatments.

The data suggests eating lots of plant-based foods may have a “protective effect” against dementia, regardless of a person’s genetic risk, which the researchers said could form the basis for future public health strategies if further research confirms their findings.

Joint lead author of the study Dr Janice Ranson, a senior research fellow at the University of Exeter, said: “The findings from this large population-based study underscore the long-term brain health benefits of consuming a Mediterranean diet, which is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and healthy fats.

“The protective effect of this diet against dementia was evident regardless of a person’s genetic risk, and so this is likely to be a beneficial lifestyle choice for

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Air pollution report: Only 13 countries and territories have ‘healthy’ air quality in 2022



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Only 13 of the world’s countries and territories had “healthy” air quality last year, according to a new report, as air pollution surged to alarming levels in 2022.

The report by IQAir, a company that tracks air quality worldwide, found that average annual air pollution in roughly 90% of the countries and territories analyzed exceeded the World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines, which are designed to help governments craft regulations to protect public health .

IQAir analyzed average air quality from 131 countries and territories, and found that just six countries — Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland and New Zealand — and seven territories in the Pacific and Caribbean, including Guam and Puerto Rico, met the WHO air quality guidelines, which call for an average air pollution level of 5 micrograms per cubic meter or less.

Seven countries – Chad, Iraq, Pakistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Kuwait and

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Nurse Who Took Ozempic for COVID Weight Gain Reveals What Happened After Stopping the Medication

Working as a nurse in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic was traumatic for Meredith Schorr.

The combination of stress, taking PTSD medications, and a poor diet from long hours at Banner University Medical Center resulted in the 25-year-old gaining 50 lbs. within a year and a half.

“I was pretty uncomfortable with the new weight that I had gained because it wasn’t where I normally sat. I didn’t feel healthy, I was restricted in doing exercise,” Schorr — from Phoenix, Arizona — tells PEOPLE, adding that prior to the pandemic she was relatively fit and healthy.

She said her life changed after a friend recommended she try type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic in February 2022 to help with weight loss.

Ozempic is an FDA-approved prescription medication — taken by injection in the thigh, stomach or arm — typically used to help lower blood sugar in people with

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