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Five facts about palliative care in aged care
Dharani Nagarajan, Ciara Wright, James Chirgwin, Stacey Papa, Sally Mathieson and Craig Hagan present five discussion points about the role of palliative care physiotherapy in aged care. Palliative care can be defined as ‘an approach that improves the quality of life of patients (adults and children) and their families who are facing problems associated with life-threatening illness.
'We have a duty to our healthcare workers to mind them, while they mind us'
TODAY IS NATIONAL Workplace Wellbeing Day. All of our workplaces have changed, but none so much as the hospital and healthcare setting. It is a good day to shine a light on the conditions we are asking them to work in. We are so grateful, we call them heroes, they are saving the day. This pandemic came upon us like a tidal wave. Healthcare workers sprung into action, many returning from overseas or retirement to join the frontline.
Opinion: 'Eating this mineral in pregnancy - and before conception - can boost how your child's brain develops'
DURING PREGNANCY, THERE’S a lot of advice around for mothers-to-be. But there’s one mineral that you can eat before and during pregnancy that can help boost your child’s brain. The secret is in your diet, pre-conceptually and during your pregnancy. Very simply, it is your iodine intake which has a direct link with the brain of your child in the future. The evidence is very clear and yet we are among the most iodine deficient countries in the world. That doesn’t bode well.
How different is professional rugby to the good old days of amateurism?
THERE HAS BEEN much discussion in recent times about regulating mixed martial arts in Ireland as it becomes more popular. The Irish Mixed Martial Arts Association (IMMAA) was set up last March. The body does not have any legal powers, but the majority of active MMA clubs have signed up. IMMAA President John Kavanagh, coach to Conor McGregor, told TheJournal.ie the current situation means “anybody can run an MMA event on a Saturday night and they could run it to whatever standard they see fit�.
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