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…
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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…
COVID could increase the risk of developing diabetes by up to 22%, Canadian study shows – National
COVID-19 may increase a person’s risk of developing diabetes, a recent Canadian study found, but experts are still not sure exactly why this is.
The University of British Columbia study, published in JAMA on Tuesday, it was found that three to five per cent of diabetes cases were related to COVID-19 infection.
“From that point of view, these numbers are substantial,” Dr. Naveed Janjua, the study’s lead author, told Global News.
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Gestational diabetes is on the rise and a Canadian study may have found out why
The study used provincial data and collected the health records of more…
A rare, tick-borne disease is spreading in Canada. What to know – National
A rare and life-threatening disease called babesiosis is slowly spreading in Canada with the help of an eight-legged, blood-sucking arachnid — the black-legged tick.
The blacklegged ticks, also known as deer ticks, can transmit babesiosis, an infection similar to malaria. Although rare in Canada, this tick-borne illness is becoming more prevalent in some provinces and in parts of the northeast United States.
Babesiosis can be a serious, fatal disease, especially for the elderly and people who are immunosuppressed, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It can also cause life-threatening complications, including renal, liver and heart…
Montreal public health monitoring of flesh-eating disease cases in Terrebonne
Doctors in Terrebonne are concerned about a cluster of cases of flesh-eating disease after four people have been admitted to hospital over the past 10 days and one of them died.
Public health issued an alert to health-care workers in the province to be on the lookout and to investigate cases where the patient presents symptoms that could be flesh-eating disease.
Four recent cases of necrotizing fasciitis at Le Gardeur Hospital in Terrebonne, a northern suburb of Montreal, were not linked, meaning the patients weren’t in contact with each other.
The protocol for the immediate family is to be treated…
How does Santa stay safe at Christmas? – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
Delivering millions of gifts around the world is a complex and difficult task, even for Santa. Considering for a moment the impossibly short time he has to deliver these presents, coupled with the fact he has eight flying reindeers to manage along the way, it’s also a journey filled with many health and safety issues.
So what does Santa need to do to make sure he’s safe and that we all have a Merry Christmas? To answer that question we’ve compiled a list of 10 festive health and safety training solutions which those from the southern hemisphere might want to…