How can health inequality be reduced? This was the topic of the most recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. Understanding Health Inequality “Health inequity is produced by and within social relations that govern the production and exchange of concrete material things that we need to survive and flourish, to […] Continue reading ->
Israeli researchers were surprised to find that alcohol use, as compared to psychedelics, contributed more significantly to psychological challenges amongst survivors of the October 7, 2023, Nova music festival attack, following a study, conducted by researchers from Sheba Medical Centre and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The study was published in October in World Psychiatry. On […] Continue reading ->
Helen Rochford-Brennan, a 72-year-old Irish woman living with Alzheimer’s, was first diagnosed at 57, with a more complete diagnosis following five years later. At the time, there were no life-enhancing medications, leaving her to face the grim reality of her brain’s gradual decline, enduring what she described as “many dark days.” “Imagine having a new […] Continue reading ->