Nineteen adolescents and their parents participated in the study, with an even balance across the urban (seven dyads), peri-urban (six dyads) and rural sites (six dyads). There were eight and eleven adolescents with overweight and obesity respectively. The group was evenly balanced between younger adolescents
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New Kentucky laws take effect: Health, education, sports wagering and more | Kentucky
Many of the laws passed by the General Assembly during the 2023 legislative session will go into effect Thursday, but not all of them. For a bill to become a law in Kentucky, both the state Senate and House of Representatives must give a majority
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Assessing changes in the quality of quantitative health educations research: a perspective from comm…
The larger CoP for medical education research has changed over the past couple of decades in ways that these results may reflect. There has been an increase in the number of medical education research journals. This may have acted to decrease the number of submissions
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Health care in the metaverse
To the Editor: The metaverse is a virtual environment merging physical and digital realities.1 Once the thing of movies, metaverses are tipped to be worth $800 billion by 2024.2 They have potential to revolutionise digital health care delivery, access, education, and patient outcomes.3 Artificial intelligence
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The case for a Canadian standard for 2SLGBTQIA+ medical education
KEY POINTS Two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (2SLGBTQIA+) Canadians experience disproportionately poor health outcomes. Intersecting oppressive systems, such as white supremacy and colonialism, create worsened health outcomes for 2SLGBTQIA+ people who are Black or Indigenous or both. Health care providers receive
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USM’s Lewiston campus to develop ‘health education corridor’
LEWISTON — Raha Daud was on a high school field trip to Massachusetts General Hospital when she decided to become an occupational therapist. Abshiro Noor, right, adjusts a hand splint Tuesday afternoon on Raha Daud during their Occupational Performance Through Adulthood class at the University
Read MoreCorbion launches AlgaPrime™ DHA P3, addressing the demand for sustainable active nutrition in the pet food industry
DATE September 26, 2023 Corbion launches AlgaPrime™ DHA P3, addressing the demand for sustainable active nutrition in the pet food industry AlgaPrime™ DHA P3 offers pet food manufacturers higher levels of DHA while reducing dependency on scarce traditional omega-3 sources. Corbion,
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New Surgeon General Advisory Raises Alarm about the Devastating Impact of the Epidemic of Loneliness…
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy Calls for Action to Address Public Health Crisis,Lays Out Framework for a National Strategy to Advance Social Connection Today, United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new Surgeon General Advisory calling attention to the public health crisis of
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