Italian author and journalist Anna Cataldi, a former United Nations Messenger of Peace, was today appointed as an Ambassador of the Stop TB Partnership to raise awareness worldwide about the unfair burden of tuberculosis on refugees, migrants, people living in poverty and other disadvantaged groups.
Anna Cataldi, who served as UN Messenger of Peace from 1998 to 2007, has joined the global fight against tuberculosis (TB). Ms Cataldi, who was today appointed as an Ambassador of the Stop TB Partnership, will raise awareness worldwide about the unfair burden of TB on refugees, migrants, people living in poverty and other disadvantaged groups.
International humanitarian agencies have agreed on a new set of guidelines to address the mental health and psychosocial needs of survivors as part of the response to conflict or disaster.
People who have been traumatized by exposure to war crimes have a tendency to choose violent means and reject nonviolent means to achieve peace, says a joint Tulane University/University of California-Berkeley study in the Aug. 1 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association.
From working late the night before you leave for the beach to dealing with fighting kids and tight finances?vacations can often cause as much stress as they are supposed to relieve.
Prominent Medicare health plans strengthen consumer protections and voluntarily pledge to temporarily suspend non-group PFFS marketing. Statement of AHIP President and CEO Karen Ignagni on landmark industry pledge:
Every year, tens of thousands of men and women from every county of Michigan and around the country turn to the University of Michigan Health System for advanced care for heart disease, blood vessel disorders and strokes. The number of visits for that care has nearly doubled in the last decade.
Scientists from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have discovered that diets high in salt may increase the virulence of the pathogen Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), which is the most common cause of ulcers in the stomach and duodenum.
With more than 60 per cent of adults worldwide abstaining from sufficient physical activity, a top UN sports officials has sought a reversal of the trend, saying it saves huge amounts spent on medical bills.
Large multiyear, multihospital retrospective database analysis demonstrates RDS treatment with Curosurf (poractant alfa) Intratracheal Suspension provides significantly improved neonatal survival.