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‘We’re listening': New project aims to study health effects of BioLab fire on metro Atlanta residents

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. A community organizer and the Morehouse School of Medicine are launching a project to study the long-term physical and mental effects of a chemical plant fire outside Atlanta that polluted the air for over a month.

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Five Nobel Prize winners publish scientific article collection for children

Frontiers

With the help of a science mentor, each article in the Nobel Collection has been reviewed by kids themselves to ensure it is understandable, fun, and engaging before publication. Targeted Degradation of Proteins – the Ubiquitin System , written by Aaron Ciechanover , The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004. ABOUT FRONTIERS.

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Antidepressants Can Rewire Your Mind to the Point of Committing Violent Crimes

Mercola

Mental health in America is slowly deteriorating. According to a report from TIME, only 31% of adults rated their mental health as "excellent" in 2022, which went down from 43% two decades prior. As noted by Healy, SSRIs don’t actually address the mental illness, but rather "work" by changing your personality.

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Lymphatic Filariasis: Everything You Need To Know About This Neglected Tropical Disease

Gideon

Because of the resulting disfigurement and pain, people suffering from Lymphatic Filariasis often face social isolation and loss of income, leading to mental health issues and greater poverty. 3] PAHO (Pan American Health Organization), “ Paho.org ,” PAHO, [Online] [Accessed 15 09 2021]. [4] 351-5, 2004. [6]

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‘Living under this constant threat’: Environmental defenders face a mounting mental health crisis

Environmental Health News

Support for mental health in these systems, however, is close to nonexistent, said Lourdes Castro, coordinator of the Somos Defensores program, which monitors violence against human rights defenders in Colombia. Soon, centers focused on the mental health of human rights activists and land defenders started cropping up.

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Remembering Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter at HJ12 in Atlanta

Association of Health Care Journalists

Its unlikely any of us who attended AHCJs Health Journalism 2012 conference in Atlanta will ever forget hearing from former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. They spoke about the work they had done and continued to do to improve health nationally and internationally. 29, 2024, at his home in Plains, Ga.,

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What is Chikungunya Virus?

Gideon

Neurological manifestations include altered mental function, encephalitis, seizures, myelopathy, Guillain-Barré syndrome, bulbar palsy, acute flaccid paralysis, focal neurological deficit, and sudden sensorineural hearing loss. If you have a GIDEON account, click to explore Chikungunya Outbreak Map.