For decades, I lived by an unwritten rule: Keep your head down, push through, and do not feel sorry for yourself. I treated self-compassion as […]
Category: HEALTH & WELLNESS
Belgium and WHO sign new agreement to increase global equitable access to essential health products and technologies
On 16 December 2021 the Government of Belgium and WHO signed a new €8 million multiyear contribution agreement for the period 2021-2025, to support increasing […]
Two omicron variants replicate more efficiently in gut tissue models, experiments reveal
HKUMed researchers discover that some emerging omicron variants are better adapted to the human gut, suggesting potential alternative transmission routes. The research team includes (from […]
Launch of the WHO Bulletin theme issue on behavioural science
The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is a fully open-access journal of public health with a special focus on low and middle-income countries. In November 2021 (Volume 99(11); 2021 […]
Representation Matters | Psychology Today
The theater is full of family—not all my family, though my cousins and their kids flank me on either side, but families. Plural. There are […]
Meal Timing Could Be One Way To Protect Your Brain As You Age
In models of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, and vascular dementia (which involves problems with blood flow to the brain), calorie and dietary restriction were […]
What Do I Do About Health Insurance if I Lose My Job?
COBRA Short for the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, COBRA is a federal law that allows individuals and families to continue their group health insurance […]
The New Science of Stuttering
Experts are reaching consensus on what the condition is. Now they’re debating how best to treat it.
How One Childhood Experience May Shape Adult Mental Health
They assessed 10 types of positive childhood experiences between ages 0 and 17, including supportive relationships with parents or teachers, feeling safe in the neighborhood, […]
Ukraine next country to receive technology from the WHO mRNA technology transfer hub
Ukraine has joined the growing list of countries that will receive support from the global WHO mRNA technology transfer hub in South Africa. The manufacturer, […]