Tag Archives: Change

War, Covid and climate change fuel the world’s hunger crisis, killing 11 people every minute: Oxfam

Children are seen taking food which supplied by NGOs and social organization, after a fire at a refugee camp in Ukhia, in the southeastern Cox’s Bazar district on March 24, 2021. Yousuf Tushar | LightRocket | Getty Images LONDON — The number of people dying from hunger rose six-fold in the past year to outpace… Read More »

Depression During Pregnancy Affect Infant’s Brain Anatomy, But No Change with Prenatal Exposure to SSRIs

When a woman comes in for a consultation regarding the use of medications during pregnancy, we spend most of our time reviewing the potential risks of exposure to medications during pregnancy.  However, we must also include a discussion of the effects of untreated psychiatric illness in the mother on the developing child, for there is… Read More »

Biden’s business allies are helping the White House coax the private sector into backing climate change push

President Joe Biden’s allies in the business community have been helping the White House try to coax the private sector into supporting the administration’s climate change agenda. Several business leaders who are working with the White House told CNBC that the effort is a major divergence from what they saw during the Trump administration. For… Read More »

‘My story of a heart transplant: Excitement at how my life would change and, of course, thoughts for the donor family’

Being diagnosed with heart failure must have been terrifying for the 90,000 people currently living with it in Ireland — as effects of the chronic, progressive condition, mean the heart muscle is unable to pump enough to meet the body’s need for blood and oxygen. It is a debilitating and life-limiting illness and while there… Read More »