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The Life Process of Children Who Survived the Manjil Earthquake: A Decaying or Renewing Process
Conclusion According to the results of the present study, providing non-specific and temporary services is one of the factors affecting the life processes of children who have survived the Manjil earthquake. Training aid workers to consider the specific needs of children at the time of rescue operations could contribute to improving the health of this group in different aspects. Considering effective and comprehensive rehabilitation programs in Disaster Management policymaking can prevent persistent complications caused by earthquakes and other natural disasters. The results of this study also showed that some of the facto...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - April 4, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: abbasshamsalinai at yahoo.com Source Type: research

Why Not Pot? A Review of the Brain-based Risks of Cannabis
Conclusion Evaluating the potential harms of a commonly used drug—especially a complex substance like marijuana—is a challenging but vital task. Fully informed awareness of both the potential and proven benefits and the potential and proven harms of marijuana are necessary in order to have rational discussions with patients, teens, and decision makers regarding marijuana use. Based on a review of the current literature, we suggest the mnemonic DDUMB (dependence, driving, underachievement, mental illness, and “bad to worse”) as a tool that captures several of the more well-supported, brain-based risks associated wit...
Source: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience - April 1, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: ICN Online Editor Tags: Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Child Adol Mental Disorders Cognition Current Issue Medical Issues Neurologic Systems and Symptoms Psychiatry Psychopharmacology Review Substance Use Disorders Cannabis dependence drug-related har Source Type: research

Opinion: The World Sees Progress Against Undernutrition, but it’s Uneven
Nepal has one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world. Over 41 percent of the country’s children suffer from chronic malnutrition, predominantly in rural areas. Credit: Naresh Newar/IPSBy Jomo Kwame SundaramROME, Mar 9 2015 (IPS)In 2014, an estimated 805 million people – one in nine people worldwide – were estimated to be chronically hungry. All but 14 million of the world’s hungry live in developing countries, i.e., 791 million are in developing countries, where the share of the hungry has declined by less than half – from 23.4 per cent (1990-1992) to 13.5 per cent (2012-2014).Progress unevenOverall pr...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jomo Kwame Sundaram Tags: Aid Development & Aid Education Featured Food & Agriculture Global Global Governance Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Population Poverty & MDGs TerraViva United Nations Wome Source Type: news

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among women living with HIV/AIDS in the interior of the Brazilian state of Par á: cross-sectional study
CONCLUSIONS: The participants' low level of education and poor socioeconomic conditions may have been interfering with their adherence to ART. Such influences can be minimized through multiprofessional interventions that take the individuality of women served by the healthcare service into consideration.PMID:33825771 | DOI:10.1590/1516-3180.2020.0370.R1.18112020
Source: Sao Paulo Medical Journal - April 7, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Paula Gabrielle Gomes Candido Bruna Melo Amador Fabricio Ferreira Silva Floriacy Stabnow Santos Luiz Marcelo de Lima Pinheiro Aldemir Branco de Oliveira Filho Source Type: research

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