Debbie Nolan, head of health services for Citizens Advice Liverpool, says the data “reflects what the voluntary and community sector sees every day – women’s health is shaped as much by poverty, housing, caring responsibilities and safety as by healthcare”. Source: Read Full Article

Dear Miss Manners: A teacher I have worked with for the last 13 years is retiring at the end of the school year. Teachers have been asked to submit a 4×6 card with a message to her for an album. She will most likely be having a retirement party as well. Source: Read Full Article

The complex operation to repatriate passengers and crew of the hantavirus-hit cruise ship, the MV Hondius, is almost complete. Up to 150 people have started flying home aboard military and government planes from Spain’s Canary Islands, and the World Health Organization has recommended, but not mandated, a 42-day quarantine once they have landed. Here’s what…

American citizens arrive onshore after being evacuated from the M/V Hondius in the Granadilla Port on Sunday in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chris McGrath/Getty Images Seventeen U.S. cruise passengers are expected to return stateside early Monday, after weeks aboard the M/V Hondius, the cruise ship…

Spanish health minister Monica Garcia says all those onboard a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship were ‘asymptomatic’ after it arrived in Tenerife in the Canary Islands on Sunday. Everyone disembarking will be checked for symptoms, authorities say, and be taken off the ship only once evacuation flights are ready to fly them to their destinations Source: Read…

Martin Short has spoken for the first time about the death of his daughter, Katherine Short, saying her death has been “a nightmare for the family”. Katherine died in February aged 42, at her home in the Hollywood Hills. The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s office confirmed she died by suicide. Speaking on CBS…

Those who work longer hours are more likely to be obese and cutting how much time you spend working could help you keep the weight off, research suggests. International research presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul compared working patterns and obesity prevalence for 33 OECD countries from 1990 to 2022. The study…

Subclinical volume overload was common in hemodialysis patients following hospital discharge, but objective measuring tools could be the key to early detection, according to a new quality improvement study. Out of 62 unique patients across 91 hospitalization events, 22% of discharges required at least one additional hemodialysis session shortly after leaving the hospital, found Leora…

“Is this going to become another pandemic? No. Are we learning a lot? Yes.” — Carlos del Rio, MD, of Emory University in Atlanta, addressing concerns over the recent cruise ship-related hantavirus outbreak. “Can this data be believed?” — Philip Rosenfeld, MD, PhD, of the University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, discussing new data…