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French supermarkets banned from throwing away and spoiling unsold food. Supermarkets in France have been banned from throwing away or spoiling unsold food by law.

French supermarkets banned from throwing away and spoiling unsold food

The stores are now required to donate unwanted food to charities and food banks. To stop foragers, some supermarkets have poured bleach over the discarded food or storing binned food in locked warehouses. Welcome - Digital Resistance 101. Mapping America’s distressed communities, zip code by zip code. The Economic Innovation Group The distance between a wealthy neighbor and a poor one may be mere miles, but the chasm between the two worlds is often too vast to surmount, according to a report by an advocacy group.

Mapping America’s distressed communities, zip code by zip code

“The American Dream is predicated on the idea that anyone from any place or background can climb to the highest rungs of the economic ladder. But there is a growing body of evidence that the more time an individual spends living in a distressed community — especially at childhood — the worse that individual’s lifetime chances of achieving economic stability or success,” said the Economic Innovation Group.

The EIG’s 2016 edition of the Distressed Communities Index shows that about 50.4 million Americans live in distressed neighborhoods today. Interactive. Crowdskout. Low-cost method found at UNM battles Zika virus. Copyright © 2016 Albuquerque Journal Researchers at the University of New Mexico are looking to cheaply battle the spread of the Zika virus with items common to a restaurant: lemon grass oil and yeast.

Low-cost method found at UNM battles Zika virus

Concern over Zika has come to the forefront due to recent outbreaks of the disease, which may be linked to serious birth defects. The researchers found the method effective in lab trials last year and are now seeking a patent and a partner to push forward. Dr. Social Media And Teenage Girls: Not Your Mother's Adolescence. Institutionalized: Mental Health Behind Bars. Prevention Institute. Prevention Institute and JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. today released a commentary discussing how wellness, safety, and equity are best achieved when multiple sectors align and use a portfolio of strategies.

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These synergistic interventions compound into true population health improvement for communities—creating a greater effect than with sectors’ individual efforts. California’s Accountable Communities for Health (ACH) Initiative advances this “portfolio” approach, which has been successful in taking on health issues as diverse as tobacco, driving while intoxicated, lead exposure, and violence over the last 50 years.

An ACH is an alliance of organizations that impact health in a given region; some organizations focus on individual treatment, others on community-wide change. “Health is the result of a complex interplay between multiple factors, and social determinants of health have a pivotal impact upon health outcomes. Facebook Events. Socrative. A Game of Shark and Minnow - Who Will Win Control of the South China Sea? A Game of Shark and Minnow In a remote corner of the South China Sea, 105 nautical miles from the Philippines, lies a submerged reef the Filipinos call Ayungin.

A Game of Shark and Minnow - Who Will Win Control of the South China Sea?

Satellite imagery: NASA In most ways it resembles the hundreds of other reefs, islands, rock clusters and cays that collectively are called the Spratly Islands. But Ayungin is different. In the reef’s shallows there sits a forsaken ship, manned by eight Filipino troops whose job is to keep China in check. Is There A Doctor in the House? UNM Graduates 39 Native Medical Professionals. The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center recently graduated a record 39 American Indians in the health professions.

Is There A Doctor in the House? UNM Graduates 39 Native Medical Professionals

“We could almost open our own hospital!” Quips Tassy Parker, Seneca, who holds several positions at the university, including director of the Center for Native American Health. Established as part of the Health Sciences Center in 2002, the CNAH partners with New Mexico’s 22 tribes around health issues, addresses health disparities and runs a student recruitment and retention program. The May 2015 graduates included 9 MDs, 17 nurses, 4 doctors of pharmacy, 2 physician assistants, 2 dental hygienists, a master of public health and a master of health education. Three students earned bachelor’s degrees in medical labs. Conseils sur les contenus créatifs pour les publicités vidéo. We’re About to Start Seeing More Early Deaths from Diabetes.

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We’re About to Start Seeing More Early Deaths from Diabetes

52 Headline Hacks (A Cheat Sheet for Writing Posts that Go Viral) 8 Under-Used Blog Post Structures to Try Today – and 24 Inspiring Examples - Zen Optimise. Once you’ve mastered a few basic types of blog posts, it’s easy to get stuck producing the same type of content day after day and week after week.

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Whether fueled by the roles they want to play or a multitude of obligations, most people are overloaded. Companies and leaders are waking up to the fact that a relentless focus on doing more and being more is not sustainable. OPA ReportCard HealthEquity 2015 EN. Fortune. The U.S. health care system faces ever-growing costs, and a good portion of that is devoted to caring for patients with chronic health conditions like diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. But what if there was a way to intervene earlier to change patients’ habits and, ultimately, keep people from developing those diseases in the first place?

That’s what Omada Health is trying to do. Omada provides proprietary online coaching programs to help prevent chronic health issues like diabetes using a mix of behavioral science, user design, and human interaction. Their goal is to transform the health of millions of patients–and save the U.S. health system billions of dollars. South Dakota Indians Find Getting Health Care Can Be A Struggle. Impact of Climate Change on Physical, Mental, and Community Health. Summary Figure ES1: Examples of Climate Impacts on Human Health The diagram shows specific examples of how can affect human , now and in the future. These effects could occur at local, regional, or national scales.