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11 votes
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The politics of going to the bathroom
3 votes -
Not just for soldiers: Civilians with PTSD struggle to find effective therapy
8 votes -
249 babies born with syphilis in Thailand this year: Public Health Ministry
4 votes -
Why physicians are prescribing time in nature
6 votes -
'No Visible Bruises' upends stereotypes of abuse, sheds light on domestic violence
9 votes -
The happiest cats on Earth
7 votes -
Is prison necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore might change your mind.
20 votes -
Shock rise in global measles outbreaks 'disastrous' for children, UN warns
8 votes -
Dollars on the margins - $15/hr minimum wage as a US public health measure
17 votes -
Raw milk drinkers in nineteen states at risk of rare, dangerous infectious disease
10 votes -
Forgotten man, forgotten disease—Aniru Conteh and the battle against Lassa fever
3 votes -
For Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US shutdown is no joke
10 votes -
Anti-vax movement seen by World Health Organization as one of the top ten health threats for 2019
13 votes -
Americans more likely to die from accidental opioid overdose than in a car accident
12 votes -
Thousands of Cuban doctors leave Brazil after Bolsonaro's win
12 votes -
US Food and Drug Administration cracks down on Juul and e-cigarette retailers
8 votes -
US invaded by savage tick that sucks animals dry, spawns without mating
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Chronic - For big pharma, the perfect patient is wealthy, permanently ill and a daily pill-popper. Will medicine ever recover?
6 votes -
Italian upper house votes to overturn mandatory vaccinations despite surge in measles cases
9 votes -
'No jab no pay' possibly coming to the Netherlands—not vaccinating may mean you don't get child benefits
9 votes -
Is the "obesity crisis" a disguise for a deeper problem?
6 votes -
US is unprepared for the health challenges of climate change, experts warn
9 votes -
Two fungal species—one pathogenic, one benign—are actually the same
10 votes -
Fears that PrEP could lead to an STI epidemic
Here's an article in Australian Fairfax Media: "Fears new wonder drug could lead to STI epidemic" It refers to this article in The Lancet: "Community-level changes in condom use and uptake of HIV...
Here's an article in Australian Fairfax Media: "Fears new wonder drug could lead to STI epidemic"
It refers to this article in The Lancet: "Community-level changes in condom use and uptake of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by gay and bisexual men in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia: results of repeated behavioural surveillance in 2013–17"
Here's the key take-away from the Fairfax article:
An international 2016 study of men who have sex with men found the chances of contracting chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis were increased 11, 24, and 44-fold respectively in PrEP users. Fears have now been raised that these staggering numbers might be replicated in Australia.
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How suicide quietly morphed into a public health crisis
19 votes -
‘Disneyland for Big Tobacco’: How Indonesia’s lax smoking laws are helping next generation to get hooked
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India slashes heat-wave death toll with series of low-cost measures. ‘Common sense’ policies such as free water and reflective roof paint save lives as temperatures near 50°C
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Obesity, discrimination and public health: What is the right balance to strike with government policy?
One of the stress points that seems increasingly correlated with modernity is a rise of obesity in many developed nations (most notably the United States, but also the United Kingdom, Canada,...
One of the stress points that seems increasingly correlated with modernity is a rise of obesity in many developed nations (most notably the United States, but also the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Mexico, and elsewhere). Japan instituted a fat tax that requires periodic weight measurements as a way to combat obesity. Denmark and India have taxed certain foods. New York City, while Michael Bloomberg was mayor, famously taxed soda as part of a policy package to address weight gains.
Meanwhile, groups have organized to attempt to reduce the amount of stigma associated with being fat, arguing that stigmatizing obesity and arguing for aggressive dietary change often creates runoff mental health issues among fat people, or worse that doctors' obsession with weight blinds them to other more serious health issues whose symptoms are being reported by fat patients.
This question is for everyone hailing from a nation dealing with some form of rise in obesity: What is the right balance to strike with public policy when it comes to dealing with the rise of obesity?
18 votes -
Bill Gates: US President Donald Trump twice asked me the difference between HIV and HPV
18 votes -
Text messaging tool may help fight opioid epidemic
6 votes -
The incredibly frustrating reason there’s no Lyme disease vaccine
6 votes -
Americans are a lonely lot, and young people bear the heaviest burden
4 votes -
Cocaine deaths are rising at an alarming rate, and it’s because of fentanyl
5 votes