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The benefits of exercise on mental health

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How important is exercise? Paired with good nutrition, we know physical activity is a key factor in maintaining mental wellbeing. But what is it about exercise that directly benefits our mental health? When we exercise, blood flow and nerve connections increase to our brain, and our brain stimulates happy chemicals like endorphins and serotonin. As a result, we experience: reduced depression and anxiety symptoms improved mood clarity of thought and attention increased productivity improved memory better sleep quality reduction in risk of serious illnesses including diabetes, cancer, heart disease and dementia. Exercise also often brings opportunities to socialise, reducing feelings of loneliness and isolation. How do I get started? If you haven’t done exercise for a while, or never have, it can be hard to know how to begin. The below tips can help with the transition. Take it easy The important thing is starting slow and allowing your body to get used to the new movement. Start by inte...

Lifestyle factors to improve Mental health

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  You can become your own mental health supporter by taking steps towards a healthy lifestyle. In conjunction with your treatment options, incorporating healthy lifestyle changes into day-to-day life can help you form positive relationships and better manage and cope with life’s challenges. 1. Exercise regularly Along with weight management and physical health, exercise offers protective benefits to your mental health . A study by the National Institute of Health found that aerobic exercises reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Aerobic activities include: jogging swimming cycling walking gardening dancing. Be sure to get in 30 minutes of moderate exercise 3 times a week. 2. Enjoy a healthy diet Less nutritious foods such as processed foods, fast food, and sweets can all undermine mental health. The Mental Health Foundation recommend eating a balanced and varied diet that includes: breads and cereals, mostly wholegrain nuts and seeds beans and lentils fruits lean meats, includ...

AI in Healthcare

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 Healthcare is increasingly adopting the artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that are pervasive in modern business and daily life. Artificial intelligence in healthcare has the potential to aid providers in many areas of patient care and operational procedures, enabling them to build on current solutions and solve problems more quickly. The majority of AI and healthcare technologies are highly relevant to the healthcare industry, yet hospitals and other healthcare organisations may employ quite different strategies. And although while several papers on the application of artificial intelligence in healthcare claim that it can do specific tasks, including illness diagnosis, just as well as or better than humans, it will be a while before AI is fully used in healthcare. Machine Learning Machine learning is among the most prevalent types of artificial intelligence in the medical field. There are several variations of this broad technique, which is at the foundation of various ap...

Doctor's Taking over Social media

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  If you still believe that dancing videos and lovely fashion and lifestyle material are the only things available on TikTok and Instagram, we are here to remind you that there is much more to discover on both platforms.In Indonesia, medical influencers are dominating social media, and users of the apps are daily becoming more informed (and entertained) about their health issues.In recent years, major improvements have been made to Indonesia's public healthcare system, and more individuals now have access to accurate health and wellness information from medical experts. It has had an effect on how citizens of the nation are taking greater initiative to take care of their physical and emotional welfare. Even though it appears to be a recent trend, health organisations like WHO made their TikTok dĂ©but at the height of COVID-19. The #SafeHands competition urged healthcare professionals to provide instructional and informative material for the app and allowed doctors to show how to was...

New Cancer Drug

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  In individuals who are resistant to immunotherapy, a novel cancer medication can halt the spread of the illness.When conventional treatment options, such as surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy have failed, immunotherapy employs the immune system to target and destroy cancer cells and can save lives. However, not all patients will benefit from it, and certain tumours may develop resistance to it, physicians in the UK discovered that immunotherapy in combination with the innovative experimental medicine guadecitabine can overcome a cancer's resistance to immunotherapy. They discovered that patients who were predicted to pass away after trying all available treatments lived significantly longer. In more than a third of the patients included in the early phase 1 study, the combination of the immunotherapy medicine pembrolizumab and the next-generation DNA hypomethylating agent guadecitabine stopped the progression of the malignancy. The Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer publishes t...

Poor Countries not having access to medicine

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 A recent report from the World Bank and WHO claims that at least half of the world's population cannot access basic healthcare treatments. And each year, a sizable portion of households are driven into poverty as a result of having to pay for their own medical expenses. At the moment, 800 million individuals spend at least 10% of their household income on medical costs for themselves, a sick kid, or another member of their family. These costs are so exorbitant for over 100 million individuals that they are forced to live on $1.90 or less each day in order to survive. The results were published today in Tracking Universal Health Coverage: 2017 Global Monitoring Report and Lancet Global Health at the same time.In Southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, there are significant gaps in the services that are available. While essential health care services like family planning and baby vaccination are becoming increasingly accessible in other areas, the fact that families must pay for these...

Older Adults Health Problems

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 Globally, people are living longer. Today, the majority of individuals may anticipate living into their 60s and beyond. The number of older people and their share of the population are increasing in every nation on earth.One in six individuals on the planet will be 60 or older by 2030. By this point, there will be 1.4 billion people over the age of 60, up from 1 billion in 2020. The number of persons in the globe who are 60 years or older will double by 2050. (2.1 billion). Between 2020 and 2050, the number of people 80 or older is projected to treble, reaching 426 million. Although population ageing, or the movement in a nation's population's distribution towards older ages, began in high-income nations (for instance, in Japan, 30% of the population is already over 60 years old), the biggest shift is currently being seen in low- and middle-income nations. Two-thirds of the world's population over 60 will reside in low- and middle-income nations by the year 2050. At the ...

Pharmaceutical market In Australia

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  The pharmaceuticals market in Australia was valued at USD 25,250 million in 2020, and it is anticipated to increase by 2.1% CAGR to reach USD 28,750 million in 2026.The majority of pharmaceutical and biotechnological businesses have moved their attention to R&D departments in an effort to find novel compounds or leads that are in the last stages of clinical trials that may be used to treat this condition. The COVID-19 vaccine created by Pfizer and BioNTech was authorised by the Therapeutic Goods and Administration in January 2021. In addition, the Australian government has entered into almost four agreements and spent AUD 3.3 billion to bolster the nation's vaccination supply. The increasing burden of chronic illnesses and the expanding geriatric population, combined with the rising expenditures in research and development expenditure for innovative treatments in Australia, are the primary drivers most likely to propel market expansion during the forecast period. Nearly 200,0...

How has Corona virus impact the lives of people

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  The COVID-19 epidemic has caused a shocking loss of life on a global scale and poses an unprecedented threat to food systems, public health, and the workplace. The pandemic has had a devastating impact on the economy and society. Tens of millions of people face the possibility of living in abject poverty, and the number of undernourished people—which is currently estimated to be close to 690 million—could rise by as many as 132 million by the end of the year.Numerous businesses are in danger of dying out. The livelihoods of over half of the 3.3 billion workers worldwide are in jeopardy. Workers in the informal economy are particularly vulnerable since the majority do not have access to social safety, high-quality healthcare, or productive assets.Many people are unable to provide for themselves and their family during lockdowns because they lack the means of earning a living. For the majority, going without food means eating less unhealthily or, at best, not eating at all. The epi...

Are Teenagers taking care of themselves

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Teenagers and young adults' odds of survival vary drastically throughout the world. In 2020, sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania (apart from Australia and New Zealand), northern Africa, and southern Asia had the highest mortality rates among those aged 10 to 24. (1). In sub-Saharan Africa, the likelihood of a 10-year-old dying before age 24 was on average six times greater than it was in North America and Europe. Alcohol & Drug use In many nations, teen alcohol use is a serious problem. It can weaken self-control and encourage harmful behaviours like unsafe sex or reckless driving. It is a root cause of injuries, violence, and early deaths, especially those brought on by auto accidents. It may also shorten life expectancy and cause health issues in later years. A total of 155 million teenagers, or more than a quarter of the world's population between the ages of 15 and 19, are current drinkers. Males were particularly at risk for excessive episodic drinking, which was prevalent amo...

Why is Health Important?

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 Health is defined as the body's capacity to adjust to environmental changes on a physical, mental, and social level as well as its metabolic and functional efficiency. In addition to referring to the absence of physical, social, and mental abnormalities in the body, health is the opposite of sickness.A person's health is what enables them to go about their everyday lives in the appropriate and proper manner.Physical well-being is the absence of sickness throughout one's body as well as the integrity of all membranes.While a person's capacity to carry out the social activities assigned to him without flaw or error is a sign of their mental and social health. A healthy person is someone who can serve themselves, their country, and their community. A sick person who is unwell perceives him as weak and undernourished, unable of performing the obligations placed upon him.As the condition progresses, the individual becomes reliant on others and unable to satisfy his many dem...