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Africa, The Looted Continent
Mineral supply chains are often linked to child abuse, human trafficking, forced labour and other human rights violations. Credit: Tommy Trenchard/IPSBy Baher KamalMADRID, Oct 10 2022 (IPS) Africa. The birthplace of “Homo Sapiens.” The land of plenty. The origin of farming. The richest region in terms of natural resources. And human capital. Home to over 1.3 billion humans, continues to be looted. With 500 million plus people living in extreme poverty, Africa has also been transformed in a sort of grave for half of the world’s victims of terror. The continent is also the land with the highest suicide rate on Earth. W...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Africa Headlines Health Natural Resources Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news

A Probabilistic-Deterministic Approach Towards Human Health Risk Assessment and Source Apportionment of Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in Some Contaminated Fish Species
This study identified children are exposed to As and Zn as their estimated targeted hazard quotient (THQ) value exceeded the threshold limit of safety, whereas adults are exposed to As only. The estimated, hazard index (HI) for children was found more than four times of adults; however, both the population groups are in vulnerable situation considering HI value (HI > 1), indicating possible non-carcinogenic health risk. Moreover, cumulative cancer risk TCR appraised that all the fish species exceeded the threshold limit of > 1E-03 for children and > 1E-04 for adults, which are level VII and level V contamination s...
Source: Biological Trace Element Research - May 11, 2022 Category: Biology Authors: Yeasmin N Jolly Sadia A Surovi Sheikh M Mizanur Rahman Jamiul Kabir Shirin Akter Khan M Mamun Arafat Rahman Source Type: research

Suicide and genetic biomarkers: toward personalized tailored-treatment with lithium and clozapine
CONCLUSION: Due to the impact of suicide on public health, more studies are needed to open a promising route to prevent suicide in personalized and precise psychiatry.PMID:34082673 | DOI:10.2174/1381612827666210603143353
Source: Current Pharmaceutical Design - June 4, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Domenico De Berardis Federica Vellante Mauro Pettorruso Lorenza Lucidi Antonio Tambelli Ilenia Di Muzio Giulia Gianfelice Antonio Ventriglio Michele Fornaro Gianluca Serafini Maurizio Pompili Giampaolo Perna Silvia Fraticelli Giovanni Martinotti Massimo d Source Type: research

Fight Aging! Newsletter, June 8th 2020
Fight Aging! publishes news and commentary relevant to the goal of ending all age-related disease, to be achieved by bringing the mechanisms of aging under the control of modern medicine. This weekly newsletter is sent to thousands of interested subscribers. To subscribe or unsubscribe from the newsletter, please visit: https://www.fightaging.org/newsletter/ Longevity Industry Consulting Services Reason, the founder of Fight Aging! and Repair Biotechnologies, offers strategic consulting services to investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in the longevity industry and its complexities. To find out m...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 7, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Lithium for acute mania.
CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review indicates that lithium is more effective than placebo as a treatment for acute mania but increases the risk for somnolence and tremor. Limited evidence suggests little or no difference between lithium and other mood stabilisers (valproate, carbamazepine) or antipsychotics (risperidone, quetiapine, haloperidol). Olanzapine may be an exception, as it is probably slightly more effective than lithium. There is uncertain evidence that risperidone may also be more effective than lithium. Lithium is probably more effective at treating acute mania than topiramate. When compared to placebo, lithi...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - May 31, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: McKnight RF, de La Motte de Broöns de Vauvert SJGN, Chesney E, Amit BH, Geddes J, Cipriani A Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Longitudinal Investigation of Psychotherapy Outcomes (LIPO): Description of the Study Protocol
This study will be conducted in the city of Porto Alegre in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in far-southern Brazil. This region has Portuguese, Italian, German, and African influence. It has a population of 1.4 million, and it is the 10th most populous city in Brazil. Its ethnic distribution is as follows: White (79.2%), Black (10.2%), and Pardo (multiracial) people (10.6%). Its religious distribution is as follows: Catholic (83%), Protestant (9%), and others and atheists (8%). Brazil is a country with a high level of religiosity, and it is common for people to associate improvements in their health as being due to their fa...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - April 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Metal-free materials for fixed prosthodontic restorations.
CONCLUSIONS: There is insufficient evidence to support or refute the effectiveness of metal-free materials for fixed prosthodontic treatment over metal-ceramic or other type of standard restorations. The overall quality of existing evidence was very low, therefore great caution should be exercised when generalising the results of the included trials. Until more evidence becomes available clinicians should continue to base decisions on which material to use for fixed prosthodontic treatment on their own clinical experience, whilst taking into consideration the individual circumstances and preferences of their patients. Ther...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - December 20, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Poggio CE, Ercoli C, Rispoli L, Maiorana C, Esposito M Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Aripiprazole alone or in combination for acute mania.
CONCLUSIONS: Aripiprazole is an effective treatment for mania in a population that includes adults, children and adolescents, although its use leads to gastrointestinal disturbances and movement disorders. Comparative trials with medicines other than haloperidol and lithium are few, so the precise place of aripiprazole in therapy remains unclear. PMID: 24346956 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - December 17, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Brown R, Taylor MJ, Geddes J Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research