Depressive symptoms among adolescents in Georgia: the role of ethnicity, low self-control, parents, and peers - Javakhishvili M, Vazsonyi AT, Phagava H, Pagava K.
OBJECTIVES: The present study tested the role of low self-control, positive parental and peer relationships, and ethnic minority status (Armenian or Azeri), in explaining variability in depressive symptoms in Georgian youth.
METHODS: Self-report data w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
ISPE Announces Formation of New Eurasian Economic Union Affiliate
The ISPE Affiliate will provide a local forum through which professionals in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan can contribute to the advancement of the pharmaceutical manufacturing...(PRWeb July 13, 2020)Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/ispe_announces_formation_of_new_eurasian_economic_union_affiliate/prweb17206722.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - July 13, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Welcome, Robin the AI robot
“Hi! Do you want to sing a song with me?”With its big WALL-E eyes and sleek plastic body, Robinthe robothas the huggable, child-friendly look of an animatedPixar character — one that is eager to interact with pediatric patients to ease their anxiety and loneliness in the hospital. The emotional-learning technology that enables Robin to engage realistically with children is even more essential in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which physical isolation has becomeall the moreimportant for sick children, particularly those whose immune systems are compromised.But while physical isolation is necessary,the...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 7, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Wife of Ukraine ’s President Zelensky Is Hospitalized After Contracting the Coronavirus
(KYIV, Ukraine) — The wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been hospitalized with double pneumonia after contracting the new coronavirus, joining the ranks of several first ladies around the world who got infected with COVID-19 earlier this year.
Zelensky’s office said in a statement Tuesday that Olena Zelenska’s condition was stable and the president himself and the couple’s children tested negative for the virus on Monday.
Zelenska, 42, said she tested positive for the virus on Friday. In an Instagram post that day, she said she “felt good,” was receiving outpatient treat...
Source: TIME: Health - June 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 News Desk Ukraine wire Source Type: news
UCLA creates multilingual website for coronavirus information
It ’s abundantly clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has not hit all people equally, and part of that disparity is informational. Many communities have an increased vulnerability because of a lack access to official news, public health information and safety recommendations in a language other than Engl ish.To help remedy that, faculty from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the Asian American Studies Center quickly came together recently to launchTranslateCovid.org. This new website presents health and safety recommendations and other information in more than 40 languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Arm...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - May 29, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
US government is funding website spreading Covid-19 disinformation
State Department-backed Armenian project to promote democracy instead features false informationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe US government is funding a website inArmenia which is spreading disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, including warnings that Armenians ought to “refuse” future vaccine programmes.The website, Medmedia.am, was launched with the help of a US State Department grant meant to promote democracy, but instead has been used to promote false information about Covid-19, according toan investigation bythe Britishnews website openDemocracy.Continue reading... (So...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 28, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and Andrew Roth in Moscow Tags: Armenia World news US news Coronavirus outbreak Science Vaccines and immunisation Source Type: news
Armenia reopens bars and shops despite rising coronavirus cases
Landlocked Armenia will reopen shops, restaurants and bars, resume manufacturing and lift restrictions on movement from Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said, despite a recent rise in confirmed infections. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
COVID-19 Technical Guidance: Providing Care for Children with Acute Respiratory Infections
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. Published: 5/2020.
The World Health Organization has developed some guidelines, materials, and apps on this web page that frontline healthcare providers may find useful when providing care for children with severe acute respiratory infections when COVID-19 is suspected. The WHO Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children is available in several languages, including Armenian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Romanian, Russian, and Uzbek. Special attention is drawn to these sections, which are particularly relevant within the COVID-19 context: Chapter 4: information on cough and d...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
At the forefront of esophageal health
In recognition of April as Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month, UCLA Newsroom is taking a look at the work of theUCLA Robert G. Kardashian Center for Esophageal Health one year after its launch. Based in the UCLA Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, the center specializes in holistic treatment, research and education related to disorders of the esophagus. The center is named in memory of Robert G. Kardashian, a prominent Los Angeles attorney who died of esophageal cancer in 2003. Dr. Eric Esrailian, chief of UCLA Vatche& Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases and longtime family frie...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 9, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Armenia seals Iran border after coronavirus reports
Armenia is closing its border with Iran for two weeks and suspending air traffic after reports of coronavirus cases there, Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in a Facebook post on Sunday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Early treatment for PTSD after a disaster has lasting effects
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) In 1988, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Armenian city of Spitak. The temblor destroyed cities and is estimated to have killed between 25,000 and 35,000 people, many of whom were schoolchildren. The latest findings from a long-term, UCLA-led study reveal that children who survived the quake and received psychotherapy soon after have experienced health benefits into adulthood. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Early treatment for PTSD after a disaster has lasting effects
In 1988, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Armenian city of Spitak. The temblor destroyed cities and is estimated to have killed between 25,000 and 35,000 people, many of whom were schoolchildren.The latest findings from a long-term, UCLA-led study reveal that children who survived the quake and received psychotherapy soon after have experienced health benefits into adulthood.The findings are particularly relevant today, said Dr. Armen Goenjian, the study ’s lead author and a researcher at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, given the increased frequency and ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 14, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
'We're above civilisation': life in a cosmic ray station – photo essay
Cut off during winter, a former Soviet weapons research facility high up on Mount Aragats, Armenia is now part of a network of sites around the world studying the mysterious particlesThe cosmic ray research station on Mount Aragats sits at an altitude of 3,200 metres. The site in Armenia was constructed in 1943 to conduct top-secret research into atomic reactions for the development of nuclear weapons. Now the facility provides insight into thunderstorms and cosmic rays. The only way visitors can reach the base in winter is via a nine-mile (15km) climb through snow.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 7, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Amos Chapple/RFE/RL Tags: Science Physics Armenia Europe World news Source Type: news
Is left-behind status related to differences in sexual health of Armenian mothers? Evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey in 2010 and 2015 - Ferrandiz-Mont D, Chiao C.
BACKGROUND: Migration caused by poverty is a growing public health issue around the world. Migrants are at heightened risk of HIV/STIs and yet the vulnerability to poor sexual health of their left-behind partners, in relation to their household wealth, rem... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
