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Human Gene Editing: Prevention, Cure, or Enhancement?
"CRISPR Cas9" by National Institutes of Health (NIH) is licensed under CC PDM 1.0 @royalsociety, @acmedsci, @Nuffbioethics,...
Polygeia
- Dec 18, 2019
- 2 min
Can work improve mental health?
#mentalhealth #wellbeing #work #workforce Summary Mental health problems affect the lives of a troublingly large number of individuals....
Polygeia
- Dec 18, 2019
- 3 min
Access to NHS Social Prescribing Programmes for People with a Language Barrier
#socialprescribing #NHS #migrants #healthcare #accessibility #englishsecondlanguage Social prescribing is an influential tool in...
Polygeia
- Dec 18, 2019
- 3 min
Biodiversity, Climate Change and City Planning: A Look to The Future
#biodiversity #climatechange #climateactionplans #cityactivism Summary: City governments are often more proactive on climate change and...
Polygeia
- Dec 14, 2019
- 3 min
Fake News and How to Spot Them
#fakenews #viral #cancer #antivax #pregnancy Electronic media is encumbered with health information these days, which lack credibility...
Polygeia
- Dec 14, 2019
- 3 min
What evidence is there for an intersectoral approach to the SDGs?
@SDGoals @PHE_uk @UN @SustDev @polygeia #publichealth #globalhealth #SDGs #PHE Summary: This year, the NCD team is evaluating the...
Polygeia
- Dec 14, 2019
- 3 min
Social Media and Body Image
#socialmedia #bodyimage #disorderedeating #wellbeing #mentalhealth The Royal Society for Public Health’s (RSPH) 2019 “#NewFilters” report...
Polygeia
- Aug 3, 2019
- 3 min
Migrant Barriers to Healthcare
Key points Migrants’ access to healthcare is restricted by the ‘hostile environment’ policy Migrants with health complications abstain...
Polygeia
- Jul 28, 2019
- 3 min
Not Just Stranger Danger, Violence as a Public Health Problem
TW: violence, sexual assault, abuse For every day of 2017, 82 women were murdered by a current or former partner. So, should we be...
Polygeia
- Jul 20, 2019
- 3 min
Does Big Pharma have the answers to antimicrobial resistance?
Key points Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses one of the most important global health issues of the 21st century Mortality associated...
Polygeia
- May 4, 2019
- 3 min
What are the challenges facing risk communication in healthcare?
Key points Risk communication is an open discussion between experts and people facing threats to their health, economic or social...