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‘Disgusting’ Canadian healthcare provider offers assisted suicide to thousands of healthy patients

A Canadian healthcare provider sparked outrage after emailing out a slideshow to a group of healthy patients offering advice on medically assisted suicide. A disturbing PowerPoint presentation obtained by DailyMail.com saw Fraser Health Care, one of the largest in British Columbia, allegedly promoting assisted suicide programs to those simply receiving information on their pension packages. …

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

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 …

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Sam Smith updates fans on health after suffering ‘vocal cord injury’

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Sam Smith has shared they are on the mend after suffering a serious ‘vocal cord injury’ that left them having to cancel several shows in recent weeks. The singer, 31, was in the middle of their Gloria …

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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 …

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Study Finds Muscles Send Chemical Signals to the Brain During Exercise

Share on PinterestWorking out can result in muscles sending chemical signals that can help the brain. David Prado/Stocksy New research shows how exercise promotes neuronal activity in the hippocampus. The hippocampus is an area of ​​the brain that is involved with the storage of long-term memory. The study’s findings suggest that chemical signals from contracting …

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How to eat a healthy, local diet. Tips from a Haudenosaunee dietitian

Have you ever wondered what foods are good for you throughout the different seasons of the year? The short answer: whatever is growing near you. The long answer is a bit more complicated. Teri Morrow is a Haudenosaunee registered dietitian from Six Nations of the Grand River. She focuses on traditional foods “in a cultural …

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Next profits better than expected but ‘difficult’ year ahead

Next posted a better-than-expected jump in full-year profit on Wednesday as it said selling price inflation was set to be more benign than previously thought, but warned the year ahead would be “difficult” and that it continues to expect a decline in profit. In the year to January 2023, pre-tax profit rose 5.7% to £870.4m, …

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