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Alcohol brands are marketing their booze as ‘wellness’ drinks in a desperate bid to recapture the market

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Millennials are spending less money on alcohol than both baby boomers and Generation X, according to a Nerdwallet analysis of a 2017 Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Expenditure Survey. The analysis notes, however, that they’re spending roughly the same percentage of their income – 1{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} – on alcohol. When they do drink, millennials tend to […]

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TB in the EU

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The latest WHO/ECDC report Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2019 (2017 data) shows that despite an overall decline in numbers of people suffering from TB, the disease remains a major public health challenge in the Region. Of the 275 000 new diagnoses and relapses, an estimated 77 000 people are suffering from difficult-to-treat multidrug-resistant

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Parent and child exercise: the importance of exercising as a new parent

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The pressure of becoming a parent can be quite daunting and having a brand-new little bundle of joy can take a toll on physical heath, making parent and child exercise vital. Having a child can very quickly take up almost all of your time, energy and love. It’s completely understandable that exercising, amongst other things,

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It’s critical to encourage blood donation among minorities, according to research

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According to research, medical mistrust is a significant barrier to blood donation among minorities therefore better community education and communication is critical. Researchers at Georgia State University and Georgia Southern University, USA, conducted the first systematic literature review of research on barriers and facilitators regarding blood donations among minorities. Nursing associate Professor Regena Spratling in the Byrdine

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Hundreds of brands across EU ‘breaking’ bloc’s chemical safety rule

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Companies producing food, medicine, cosmetics and plastic across Europe are breaking EU legislation not completing important safety checks when using millions of tonnes of chemicals in production, an analysis has found. This has been going on for years but was only recently discovered thanks to German government files, which environmental group BUND obtained. The companies failed to

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One million new sexually transmitted diseases recorded every day, warns World Health Organization

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A “wake up call” among people aged 15-49 years old is urgently needed with a million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur every day across the world, says the World Health Organization (WHO). According to a new report released by the health agency, 127 million new cases of chlamydia were recorded and 87 million cases

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23 million people falling ill from unsafe food each year in Europe is just the tip of the iceberg

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Every minute, 44 people – more than 23 million per year – fall sick from eating contaminated food, and an estimated 4700 per year lose their lives. This is according to a review of the most recent available data entitled “The burden of foodborne diseases in the WHO European Region”, and it represents only the

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RegioStars Award: CASCADE

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Our Interreg 2Seas CASCADE project is up for an EU RegioStars Award under the category “Modernising health systems”. To avoid overwhelming health systems and to encourage a more inclusive society, new financially sustainable and widely applicable approaches are needed for dementia care. The CASCADE model promotes a strengths-based approach to holistic person-centred dementia care to

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