Florida Senate ‘Live Healthy’ plan seeks to expand health care access

Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, middle, Sen. Colleen Burton, left, and Sen. Gayle Harrell, right, discusses a package of health-care proposals.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo and two key lieutenants on Thursday rolled out a plan aimed at expanding access to health care, with a focus on increasing the number of doctors, encouraging technological innovation and increasing medical screenings.

The legislative package calls for spending nearly $900 million to, among other things, shift patients away from emergency rooms, offset hospitals’ training costs and help doctors pay off debt.

Speaking to reporters, Passidomo called the plan a “very, very robust” package with “very creative concepts that will help address the workforce needs” as the state’s population continues to grow.

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What is the secret to a long, healthy and meaningful life?

A chat with Professor Luigi Fontana

Here, we asked Professor Fontana to elaborate on just a few of the many questions and myths his book tackles.

What’s the first step to making a change?

The first step is to acknowledge our health problems and limitations and challenge the underlying assumptions. Most of us will reshape our behavior only if we have a clear understanding of why it is important to change, and we approve of it. Then we just need to set our goals, pursue them and have faith in them.

Smart people never stop learning, because they know that

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Dietary Regulation of Autophagy for a Long and Healthy Life – Research Activities, Waseda University

With the emergence of revolutionary medical treatments, there has been an increase in the aging population, worldwide. The resultant rise in aging-associated disorders has however, become a matter of global concern, highlighting the need for preventive measures that can help increase healthy life expectancy.

“Autophagy” or self-eating is a degradative process that cells use to recycle organelles and cellular components. It is crucial for the maintenance of health and the prevention of diseases, thereby contributing to a longer lifespan. However, the exact association between aging and autophagy, and the effect of dietary influences on autophagy are not well understood.

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Ten threats to global health in 2019

Vaccine hesitancy – the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines – threatens to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-preventable diseases. Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective ways of avoiding disease – it currently prevents 2-3 million deaths a year, and a further 1.5 million could be avoided if global coverage of vaccinations improved.

Measles, for example, has seen a 30% increase in cases globally. The reasons for this rise are complex, and not all of these cases are due to vaccine hesitancy. However, some countries that were close to eliminating the disease have seen a

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a healthy planet benefits us all – World Health Day 2022

On this World Health Day, WHO/Europe calls on everyone to come together and recognize the importance of our planet, for the sake of our health and that of the generations to come.

More than 13 million deaths around the world, including 1.4 million in Europe each year, are caused by avoidable environmental factors, WHO estimates. This figure takes into account the accelerating climate crisis, which is the single biggest health threat facing humanity, but also includes air pollution, inadequate sanitation and clean water, exposure to chemicals and radiation, and unsafe urban environments.

Our planet, our health

Our environment provides the

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Five cities recognized for public health achievements at Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit

Partnership for Healthy Cities award recipients include Montevideo, Uruguay for food policy; Mexico City, Mexico for road safety; Vancouver, Canada for surveillance; Athens, Greece for overdose prevention, and Bengaluru, India for tobacco control.

The first-of-its-kind Summit was convened in London by Bloomberg Philanthropies, World Health Organization, Vital Strategies, and Mayor Sadiq Khan of London.

Today, during the inaugural Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit in London, five global cities were recognized for their achievements in preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries. The Summit brought together mayors and officials from more than 50 major cities in the partnership to discuss urgent public

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Japan’s healthy life expectancy gets longer


Yomiuri Shimbun file photo
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry

The Yomiuri Shimbun

13:18 JST, December 24, 2021

Japan’s healthy life expectancy — the span of time in which people can pursue their daily lives without health problems — was 72.68 years for men and 75.38 years for women in 2019, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has announced.

These figures represent an increase of 0.54 years for men and 0.59 years for women from the last survey in 2016.

Healthy life expectations are based on the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions conducted by the ministry every three

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6 ways to take care of your mental health and well-being this World Mental Health Day

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on people’s mental health. People from all walks of life have experienced stress throughout the pandemic – from frontline workers who are overwhelmed with work, young people who can’t go to school, family members who are separated from each other, those impacted by COVID-19 infection or loss of loved ones, or people with pre-existing mental health conditions who face difficulties in accessing mental health services during lockdowns.

It is understandable to feel scared, anxious or helpless during this unprecedented time. But whatever situation you are in and wherever you are in the Pacific,

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