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FBHA awards celebrate behavioral health heroes
The Florida Behavioral Health Association honored six behavioral health professionals with a series of prestigious achievement awards earlier this month. FBHA President and CEO Melanie Brown-Woofter said that after a difficult year-and-a-half, the half-dozen honorees deserved to be recognized and celebrated. “Our Awards of Excellence recipients have been at the forefront of this pandemic,” Brown-Woofter said. “Each and every day these heroes have set their own personal lives aside to assist those who were and continue to struggle with mental health and substance use disorders during the pandemic.” FBHA’s annual Awards of Excellence honor Florida’s best behavioral health professionals. This … Read more
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Why Do Men Seek Health Information Online?
Researchers found that on average, the men who sought health information online were younger, had more people living with them in their households, had multiple chronic conditions, and reported more healthcare frustrations and barriers to self-care. Getty Images In a recent study, a multidisciplinary team of Texas A&M University researchers identified reasons why men seek health information online. The study specifically looked at middle-aged and older African American and Hispanic men living with one or more chronic conditions. While previous research has identified disparities in seeking web-based health information, few studies have explored the correlation between web-based health information seeking … Read more
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Public or private: Canada’s perennial debate about how to solve health care
Canada’s universal health care system is among the most beloved and heavily debated policies this country has ever had, but the COVID-19 pandemic has done more to unmask the system’s weaknesses than ever before. It has also, some experts say, provided some ways to solve what ails health care in Canada, with the rapid introduction of more virtual care among the highlights. “What the pandemic has done is, it’s brought an awareness, I think, to everyone in Canada about how fragile our current system is,” said Dr. Katharine Smart, a Yukon pediatrician and president of the Canadian Medical Association. “People … Read more
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Myocarditis More Common After Covid Vaccination, Study Finds
The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is associated with an increased risk of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, a large new study from Israel confirms. But the side effect remains rare, and Covid-19 is more likely to cause myocarditis than the vaccine is, scientists reported on Wednesday. The research, which is based on the electronic health records of about two million people who are 16 or older, provides a comprehensive look at the real-wold incidence of various adverse events after both vaccination and infection with the coronavirus. Although the study did not break down the myocarditis risks by age or … Read more
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Hospitals Push Back Against Biden Administration Request to Cut Carbon Emissions
Hospitals are pushing back against the Biden administration’s request to cut carbon emissions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Associated Press reported. On Monday, the administration began the new Office of Climate Change and Health Equity to push hospitals to engage in more environmentally friendly health practices to reduce carbon emissions. The health care system is responsible for roughly 10 percent of carbon dioxide emitted yearly. However, hospitals argue that they are busy dealing with the fourth wave of rising COVID-19 infections and that government requirements are in part responsible for their output of carbon emissions. The chief operating officer of … Read more
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Afghan healthcare system at risk of collapse, aid agencies warn | Health News
Afghanistan’s healthcare system is at risk of collapse, two major aid agencies have told the Reuters news agency, after foreign donors stopped providing aid following the Taliban takeover. After the United States withdrew the bulk of its remaining troops last month, the Taliban accelerated its military campaign, taking control of the capital Kabul on August 15. International donors including the World Bank and European Union froze funding to Afghanistan shortly afterwards. “One of the great risks for the health system here is basically to collapse because of lack of support,” said Filipe Ribeiro, Afghanistan representative for Doctors Without Borders (Medecins … Read more
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