Portugal’s government on Thursday presented legislation to extend a ban on smoking to outdoor areas including covered terraces and to restrict tobacco sales, as it hopes to raise a tobacco-free generation by 2040.
April 15 is Tax Day, as well as the date each year on which the largest tobacco companies pay $9 billion dollars to states because of tobacco-related illnesses such as cancer and heart disease. But what is the real cost of these health problems?
Sensible weight loss should be seen as an overall lifestyle change which involves eating a healthy, balanced diet and doing plenty of physical activity. Find out more about overweight and obesity, as well as some tips for healthy weight loss.
The link between overweight/obesity and cancer is only prevalent in adults. However, children who struggle with weight issues are likely to continue doing so even as adults!
READ THE PAPERS ON IT – “In spite of potential benefits of new technology, sometimes people confront various challenges such as social isolation, unusual anxiety, and disorder in physiological times of body, low physical activities, decrease academic performance, increase aggressive behavior, and physical pain. These problems can be partly overcome by proper planning, good design, and usage of suitable and continuous monitoring.”
Digital games as an effective approach for cancer management: Opportunities and challenges
Cancer is one of the most preventable and common chronic diseases that have economic, social and psychological burden for patients, families, and the society. Cancer can be monitored by new information technology. Digital games as a uniquely powerful ...
I take this with a pinch of salt. Just being alive and eating food can help fight diseases. Many of the articles about it, like this, don’t seem to show conclusive results – though that won’t stop business people from making useless products with the aim of selling to the hopeful.
Hopelab is a venture philanthropy that empowers young people to thrive. Through targeted social impact investments, translational research, and advisory services that focus on advancing solutions for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ youth mental health, the nonprofit organization is building a roadmap to deliver ho... Read more
Do brain-training apps actually improve your memory? What about crossword puzzles and sudoku?Alan Castel of the UCLA Memory & Lifespan Cognition Lab reveals...
A GM tomato has been portrayed in the world’s media as a major cancer fighter, as well as having other important health-enhancing properties. And some media commentators suggest that this is the “breakthrough” that will convince people of the benefits of GM foods. But the health claims are
by Deepa Gosine, MD, Anuradha Seshadri, MD, and Usha Malhotra, MD Esophageal cancer (EC) is the eighth-most-common cancer worldwide, with two common sub-types — squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (AC). Several risk factors have been associated with this cancer, including smoking, a... Read more
According to this study in the journal Nature Biotechnology, pave the way for a new generation of “functional foods” that could potentially offer protection against serious diseases.
Top of the global list ..”distributed more than 1.3 billion US dollars for research, innovation, treatment, education and humanitarian and social purposes.” BUT “have a net worth of $59.89 billion”
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is an international foundation focusing on medical treatment and research. In 2019, the foundation had a net worth of $59.89 billion (411 billion DKK), making it the largest financial endowment of any foundation in Denmark [2] and the largest endowment in the world. Novo ... Read more
A list of the richest non-profit charitable foundations in the world, ranked by the size of their endowment. Charitable foundations are an organization established to fund other charitable organizations or provide funds for their own charitable endeavors. In the United States, we have private...
In addition to excessive healthcare costs, cigarettes also kill millions each year. Let’s ban them completely!
A few years back, Brazil sued cigarette companies to make them pay for smoking-associated public healthcare costs.
The U.S. industry pays billions of dollars annually in healthcare costs. Other countries should follow suit!
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tobacco-companies-pay-billions-to-compensate-for-smoking-related-illness-is-it-enough
Smoking is one of the biggest burdens on the global economy. It’s time we passed on these costs to cigarette manufacturers.
Smart clothing and wearables can help in the early detection of cancer and other chronic disease.
This smart bra by a Nigerian entreprenuer can detect cancer and track your location in case of an emergency.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/aug/09/kemisola-bolarinwa-tech-entrepreneur-cancer-tumour-detecting-bra-nigeria-acc
Check out this article on the health benefits of weight loss! https://www.nutrition.org.uk/health-conditions/overweight-obesity-and-weight-loss/healthy-weight-loss/
The link between overweight/obesity and cancer is only prevalent in adults. However, children who struggle with weight issues are likely to continue doing so even as adults!
Being overweight or obese puts you at a higher risk of contracting up to 13 different types of cancer.
READ THE PAPERS ON IT – “In spite of potential benefits of new technology, sometimes people confront various challenges such as social isolation, unusual anxiety, and disorder in physiological times of body, low physical activities, decrease academic performance, increase aggressive behavior, and physical pain. These problems can be partly overcome by proper planning, good design, and usage of suitable and continuous monitoring.”
the truth will be known at some point. early days at the moment i think.
I take this with a pinch of salt. Just being alive and eating food can help fight diseases. Many of the articles about it, like this, don’t seem to show conclusive results – though that won’t stop business people from making useless products with the aim of selling to the hopeful.
They work for brains, not so sure about fighting cells that want to destroy you. nice idea but…
Nice idea but don’t believe everything you read. Check this article out. we’re fighting an information war at present.
This would be great but they don’t even know which “normal” foods are good or bad for preventing the different types of cancer. https://www.roswellpark.org/article/foods-help-fight-cancer-focus-esophageal-cancer
According to this study in the journal Nature Biotechnology, pave the way for a new generation of “functional foods” that could potentially offer protection against serious diseases.
Top of the global list ..”distributed more than 1.3 billion US dollars for research, innovation, treatment, education and humanitarian and social purposes.” BUT “have a net worth of $59.89 billion”
Wow Church Commissioners are milking it in the states – in the top 6 atm, funny old world. Cheers America!
https://www.churchofengland.org/about/leadership-and-governance/church-commissioners
In the US, you would be surprised how much these charities make – and how much their leaders get paid.