jjablkowski's blog

Creating health awareness and promotional events is a core function of public health as they support governments, communities, and individuals to cope with and address health challenges. In 1974 Dr S.K. Simonds put forward the concept of health literacy as an important aspect of health education in schools. In 2016 the World Health Organization recognized the importance of health literacy as perhaps one of the critical determinants of individual and public health.

It is of major concern that prolonged loneliness in assisted-living situations may lead to disorders of the immune system and cause cardiovascular disorders, weight gain, anxiety, depression, cognitive decline, even death.[1] But there is hope: it has been observed that being involved in situations conducive to generating positive intimate experiences is likely to lead to secretions of brain chemicals such as serotonin, oxytocin, dopamine, and others, which may lower anxiety levels and promote positive feelings, relieve stress, and help make life worth living.[

We, a group of North American health care workers with Iranian origins (including physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, and other allied health groups), stand in solidarity and in one voice with the brave people of Iran fighting for freedom and democracy.

According to the Geneva Convention, under no circumstances shall any health care worker be punished for carrying out medical activities, and persons engaged in medical activities shall not be compelled to carry out work contrary to the rules of medical ethics.

You have probably now heard about the growing protests throughout Iran despite consistent use of violence by the Iranian security forces. These protests were sparked by the killing of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, in custody of the morality police simply due to having a few strands of hair showing despite wearing a hijab.

I recently finished reading a book by Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Song of the Cell. Actually, it is not quite true that I’ve finished reading it, I find myself going back and back to reread how cells in the body “enable profound forms of physiology: immunity, reproduction, sentience, cognition, repair, and rejuvenation,” and what happens when dysfunctional cells tip our bodies from cellular physiology to cellular pathology. But where do cells come from?