Tag: health
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Coronavirus pandemic – what have we learned?
Now it has been 5 years since the start of the corona pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 pandemic to have begun on March 11, 2020. Prior to this, the WHO had already declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, but the actual pandemic status did…
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How to protect mental health?
It has been shown that mental health disorders have become more common everywhere in western world. Many things threaten our mental health. Difficult events and traumas, illnesses and aging can expose you to them. News about wars and climate change can also increase people’s susceptibility to anxiety and depression. The Covid pandemic had an extraordinary…
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What is health?
As a doctor for over forty years, I have observed some factors that are common to healthy people. Such people live longer (https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/377/bmj-2021-068390.full.pdf ), but their lives are also of a higher quality (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681202/) . A healthy lifestyle has spill-over effects on society’s economy: lifestyles that weaken health significantly increase society’s costs. Physical activity throughout…
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Covid pandemic, can the individual’s right to self-determination be limited?
The pandemic highlighted – at least in Western countries – an important divide in society. While some wanted to protect citizens from the consequences of the serious disease and health care from spiraling into chaos, others rebelled and were skeptical of regulations that interfered with individual freedom. In the past, too, the fight against communicable…
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Fat Acceptance and Its Impact on Health: A Doctor’s View
Fat acceptance s a movement that emerged in the US in the 1960s with the goal of changing negative attitudes towards obesity,. The National Association to Aid Fat Americans was founded (National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)). The Fat Pride movement was born from this ground. In early 70s, the feminist group The Fat Underground…
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