By 2024, fewer mental health patients will be waiting in hospital emergency departments than in 2022. But Massachusetts still has some of the nation’s longest waits, and behavioral health patients with special needs — such as the elderly, pregnant women, or children with autism — often can’t get treatment in time. Get the Gavel A … Read more
The local NHS says a new provider appointed by Cornwall Council will run the redesigned service Image courtesy of the model (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Mental Health Day Resource Center services in Cornwall will end this week, with Cornwall Council saying the closure is part of “wider changes to how support is provided locally”. Cornwall Council-owned … Read more
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Zoira Hanafi stood in shock as four doctors rushed behind her to enter the ward where her eight-month-old daughter Hambali lay semi-conscious. Upon entering the Kayita Community Health Center in Nigeria’s northern Katsina state, medical personnel used color-coded tape to measure the diameter of children’s hands and determine their level of malnutrition. A steady stream … Read more
Something is deeply wrong with South Africa’s mental health care system. The latest tragedy to grab the headlines is the death of 35-year-old psychiatric patient Lerato Molme, who died of burn injuries in June 2024 in a fire at the George Mukhari Academic Hospital (GMAH). As a punishment, he was confined to an unheated isolation … Read more
Rose is a native woman who lives with a chronic pain condition that prevents her from working. She says that a doctor is needed to ensure her family’s access to health services. “It takes the burden off, so I can focus on whatever little money I have [on] Food on the table for my family … Read more
by Emily Sener, Nashville Public Radio and Cara Anthony and Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, for KFF Severe leg pain forced Jaylon Smart to start taking weight loss injections a year and a half ago. Smart was 285 pounds and worked as a caterer in Savannah, Georgia. After she was on her feet for long … Read more
According to a recent trial, a new type of daily pill has proven to be more effective than its currently available counterparts for weight loss and blood sugar control. The drug, known as orforglipron, could be a game changer for the rapidly expanding oral weight loss drug market. By Martin White for Conversation The arrival … Read more
This first-person column is the experience of Shannon Filman, who lives in Red Deer, Alta. For more information on CBC’s First Person Stories, please click here See the FAQ. After a few difficult years in my personal life, I decided to pack my bags and move from Regina, where I was born and raised my … Read more
“Sometimes he’s gone for weeks,” says Galette, a clinical dietician and mother of two whose husband served more than 200 days in reserve duty. “When he comes back, it’s a bonus, but you can’t build your life around it.” With children out of school and at home, a declining income, and increasing pressures at home, … Read more