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New Zealand plans to outlaw tobacco sales to citizens born after 2008
New Zealand will ban the sale of tobacco to its next generation, in a bid to eventually phase out smoking.
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The neurobiology of resilience – Professor David Peters
Neuroscience makes possible a new understanding of human nature. The practice of medicine is particularly stressful, and neuroscience helps explain why this is the case.
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Mindfulness as a Support for Healing Conversations and Actions Toward Social Justice and Equity
Mindfulness is often studied for its internal effects in individuals. However, many important research questions remain underexplored. For example, how might mindfulness practices be applied to disrupt bias and minimize racism’s harms? How might the science of mindfulness be directed toward further exploring their external, interpersonal, and systemic effects?
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Good or bad? Top cardiologist gives verdict on chocolate, coffee and wine
Dark chocolate is a “joy” when it comes to keeping your heart healthy, coffee is likely protective, but wine is at best “neutral”, according to one of the world’s leading cardiologists.
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The Future is Unwritten – Healing Arts Symposium
Symposium presented in partnership with the World Health Organization and The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a “cultural call to action” to invest in the arts to improve physical, mental, and social health.
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We need better and fairer supply chains
How we can create positive change in our supply chains and what could that mean for food and farming?
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Reflections from a busy week at COP26 by The Sustainable Food Trust
Adele Jones, Deputy CEO of the Sustainable Food Trust reflects on COP26.
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Trees and Offsetting Your Carbon Footprint (Everything You Need to Know)
In this article, we define the phrase carbon footprint and how it is calculated. We then focus on carbon offsetting, how trees help in this process, and some of the challenges with relying on it. The article finally provides some tips on how to reduce your carbon footprint.
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Chinese herbal medicine treatment on female infertility with high FSH
Clinical research shows Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is an effective treatment method for high FSH.
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Media briefing: Farming can be a climate change solution, so why is it missing in action at COP26?
Agriculture is currently responsible for up to one quarter of all emissions globally. Current industrial farming practices are major contributors to escalating climate change and nature loss – this must urgently be addressed.
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WHO, UN Partners Compile 500 Actions to Reduce Health and Environment Risks
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN partners have published a compendium of 500 actions to reduce death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors. The publication states that almost 25% of deaths worldwide could be prevented by fully implementing these actions.
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It’s time to ‘green’ the people…Let’s get human health placed as high on the environmental agenda as the threat to the animals, plants and planet
It’s time to ‘green’ the people…..Let’s get human health placed as high on the environmental agenda as the threat to the animals, plants and planet.
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