Public health

Public health

I think everybody worries when they come to the last stages, no one knows what to expect, but these people are wonderful at relaxing you and they help you an awful lot.

Not UCSF (potentially out $5.8 million). Definitely not Livable City (quite possibly dropped from the public health budget entirely). And definitely not the health commissioners. "There is really no joy in any of the decisions that we've been trying to make,"said Department of Public Health Director Daniel Tsai to the nearly 100 people who came to make a case for reinstating their funding. "And sometimes it's a question of what is the least difficult or least harmful decision to make."

Smoking, being overweight, and exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun and sunbeds are the top preventable causes of cancer, experts have warned. Researchers from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) analysed 30 risk factors that cause cancer, such as smoking, drinking alcohol and air pollution. Using data from across 185 countries, they estimate that about 7.1 million of the 18.7 million new cancer cases diagnosed globally in 2022 were preventable.

Air quality meters from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sounded the alarm Tuesday morning, showing unsafe conditions in both Daytona Beach, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. Live tracking data captured sharply elevated levels of PM2.5, microscopic particles composed of toxic compounds or heavy metals that are small enough to penetrate the lungs, inflame the respiratory system, and even contribute to heart attacks.

To protect your privacy, you'll be asked to pick a code name-favourite movie characters or favourite foods are popular choices. If it's your first visit, you'll do a brief intake at the welcome desk, where staff will ask if you have any medical conditions or have had any bad drug reactions. They'll also ask which drug you're using that day, and whether you'd like the substance checked to confirm that you're consuming what you think you're consuming.

After Missouri residents voted to repeal their state's near-total abortion ban and enshrine abortion rights into their state constitution, advocates quickly got to work. In a lawsuit filed the day after the 2024 election, abortion providers challenged not only the constitutionality of the state's ban, but also a slew of other restrictions that, they said, made their jobs so arduous as to be impossible. More than a year later, they are still in court.

Recent research reveals that chronic loneliness increases premature death risk by 26%, putting it on par with obesity. That's not hyperbole or clickbait. That's cold, hard science telling us that our friendless existence might be shortening our lives more than we ever imagined.

When I spoke with emergency management officials last year, they all mentioned the same frustrating scenario. People ignore storm warnings until the precipitation starts falling, then suddenly everyone rushes out at once. The roads become congested with anxious drivers, accidents spike, and stores run out of essentials just when people need them most. But here's what really gets meteorologists worked up about this pattern. Modern weather forecasting has become incredibly accurate, especially for major winter storms.

In many workplaces, safety is often seen as something for the management and OHS officers to worry about. While rules and procedures can get you halfway there, it's only when employees take personal responsibility for their own safety and that of their colleagues that a truly safe workplace comes to life. This means after acquiring high-quality PPE overalls and working boots from RS or other suppliers, you still need to cultivate a culture of personal responsibility

We are saddened and outraged that yet another life has been taken due to traffic violence. 23 people were needlessly killed on the streets of Oakland in 2025, with untold numbers of others whose lives have been irreparably harmed because of serious injuries due to traffic violence. These injuries and deaths from traffic violence are preventable. Webster Street is a wide, multi-lane road that drivers use to speed to the highway.

If you're going to prioritize one thing for your brain health, make it this: regular aerobic exercise. Multiple large-scale studies show that aerobic exercise doesn't just keep your heart healthy-it directly impacts your brain structure. One year of aerobic exercise in older adults led to significantly larger hippocampal volumes and better spatial memory. Other trials documented that exercise actually slows age-related gray matter volume loss.

A quick scroll through TikTok reveals thousands of people taking on the 'chia seeds challenge' blissfully unaware that their lives could be at risk. The trend involves drinking a cup of water containing two tablespoons of chia seeds for anything from seven to 40 consecutive days - with devotees claiming it's helped them shed substantial amounts of weight with minimal effort.

Australia recently decided to try something ambitious. Starting late last year, all children under 16 have been banned from having accounts on social-media sites such as TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. Because no country has attempted such a ban before, knowing the effects in advance is impossible-and they may be hard to assess even years after implementation. That said, the long experience of governments trying to restrict young people's access to temptation goods of other kinds-drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, pornography-justifies cautious optimism.

Since the beginning of the Israeli genocide and the imposition of a total blockade on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, water desalination plants have almost completely shut down due to severe fuel shortages.

However, new research suggests that sharing a meal with those we care about, like family or colleagues, may lower our stress levels, improve our workday, and help us make healthier food choices. In a report released this week, the American Heart Association (AHA), which surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults about their dining habits, found that almost all parents (91%) say their family is less stressed when they share meals together.

Sue Higgins says her breast cancer diagnosis was a shock and after time off for treatment she was nervous about her return to work. An online programme run by Trinity College Dublin proved an invaluable support system

Parents who shove tablets or phones in their kids' faces. Kids nowadays need to learn how to entertain themselves and regulate their emotions rather than mindlessly scroll at 2 years old. I personally think parents who do this are taking the lazy way out and are just allowing the tablet to parent for them; there is no discussion or creativity taking place. When I was a kid, I always had books, coloring books, sudoku, crosswords, and word searches with me everywhere I went as entertainment, and I think these options are a better alternative.

Dr Susan Gilby took over as chief executive at the Countess of Chester hospital in 2018 after it was rocked by the Lucy Letby case. She was awarded the payout one of the biggest in NHS history last month after a tribunal ruled she had been unfairly dismissed after raising concerns about alleged bullying and harassment by the chair of the hospital board.

The ad begins with a family posing for photos while a fast-moving piano riff plays, reminiscent of the title sequence of the hit HBO show Succession,

The trial is taking place in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, where jury selection started on January 27. It's testing out a new legal theory intended to spur greater regulation of social media platforms like TikTok, Snap, YouTube, and Meta's Facebook and Instagram: Lawyers are gearing up to argue that the companies behind these platforms are designing their sites to be deliberately addictive, resulting in direct personal injury to users, especially children.