In the heart of London’s bustling jewelry district, a quiet revolution is underway. Couples seeking engagement rings are increasingly turning away from traditional mined diamonds and embracing lab-grown alternatives. The rise of lab-grown engagement rings in London is not just a trend in fashion but a reflection of shifting attitudes towards sustainability and ethics in the jewelry industry.
Lab grown engagement rings London are becoming a popular choice for couples for various reasons. Firstly, they offer a more ethical alternative to traditional mined diamonds. The process of extracting natural diamonds often involves harmful environmental practices, including land disruption, water pollution,…
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How Are States Spending Money From the Opioid Settlements? It’s Not Easy to Know
Opioid painkillers have left millions of Americans addicted or dead over the past three decades. Now, state and local governments are receiving more than $50 billion in settlement funds from the companies accused of aggressively promoting those medications. Many people see the money, which will be distributed over the next 15 years, as an opportunity to transform the country’s addiction treatment landscape.
But many states aren’t being transparent about where dollars are going, and others are facing contentious battles over what should be funded. Although most of the settlements require states to spend the bulk of the money on addiction…
Carleton Place bets on unique one-stop-shop health center in bid to draw doctors
At first, Peter Hamer thought the empty lot in Carleton Place, Ont., was destined to become a standard medical clinic.
With an estimated 4,000 residents in the area without a family doctor, the project would help address a need.
But as the work progressed, Hamer began to see the outline of “something much more interesting.”
“Instead of just bringing doctors in one building, we also want to bring in other health service providers,” said Hamer, the executive director of the Ottawa Valley Family Health Team.
“All the ancillary health service providers that are in the geographic area under one roof.”…
What do you do if your pet eats weed?
Reports of cannabis-induced toxicosis in pets have increased “significantly” in North America since 2018, after marijuana was legalized for recreational use in Canada and several US states, according to a 2022 study conducted by researchers at the University of Guelph and data from the Pet Poison Helpline.
University of Guelph researchers surveyed 251 veterinarians in Canada and the United States—191 of whom practiced in Canada—between January and April 2021. According to the survey data, published in PLOS ONE on April 20, 2022, cannabis poisoning were most commonly reported in dogs and most likely to be caused by edibles that pets…
Pfizer Receives AUA Health Science Award
Published: Apr. 29, 2023 at 5:54 PM EDT|Updated: 39 minutes ago
BALTIMORE, April 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The American Urological Association (AUA) today announced that Pfizer Oncology is the recipient of the 2023 Health Science Award for its outstanding support of the educational, scientific and research goals of the AUA and the Urology Care Foundation in urologic cancer.
“We are proud to recognize Pfizer Oncology as the recipient of the 2023 Health Science Award,” said Edward M. Messing, MD, FACS, president of the AUA.(PRNewswire)
“We are proud to recognize Pfizer Oncology as the recipient of the 2023 Health Science Award,”…
Canada could be training 100 more family doctors this year, but medical residency spots went unfilled
Some 100 family medicine residency training spots will be unfilled across Canada when new physicians start the next phase of their education in a few months — the continuation of an alarming trend that is exacerbating the family doctor shortage in the country and prompting a call to fix what some critics describe as a broken system.
“The concern is there … because it’s an opportunity lost, if you will, around bringing a prospective family physician into the profession,” said John Gallinger, head of the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS).
The non-profit organization takes students’ top choices of specialties and…
Albany Area Primary Health Care to host mental health expo
Apr. 27—ALBANY — Albany Area Primary Health Care will host a mental health expo on Saturday from 11 am-2 pm at the Albany Civic Center. The expo is a family-friendly event with presentations, family activities, vendor booths, food, giveaways, free medical screenings and more.
This mental health expo is free and open to all southwest Georgia community members.
“Our goal with this event is to break the stigma surrounding mental health. Within our organization, we always say that sometimes it’s OK to not always feel OK” AAPHC spokesperson Brandy Church said in a news release. “The last few years have…