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Climate change poses a major threat to our health as well as our planet. The environment is changing, that change is accelerating, and this has direct and immediate consequences for our patients, the…
Skin surgery and the patient pathway for those with skin cancer significantly contribute to the climate crisis. Dermatological surgeons recognize the role of global climate change as a significant…
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Fatima Ali, Yasmin Nikookam, William Hunt, Sophie Holloran, Eshen Ang, Catriona Chaolin, Maria Charlambides, Ashima Lowe, Luke Brindley, Rachel Abbott, Aaron Wernham
AbstractIntroduction: The National Health Service (NHS) has set the goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2040. Within dermatology, minor skin surgery is particularly energy- and resource-intensive.…
In 2021 the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) declared a #ClimateEmergency and released aCall to Action for Environmentally Sustainable Practices in the Eye Health Sectoranda…
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The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)
The SHARE conference is an international conference that took place 7 May 2021, hosted in partnership between Bighton & Sussex Medical School and the University of Brighton School of Health…
An article from an Indian nursing journal considering the need for changes to nursing education to cover the prevalence of zoonotic infections in communities. With public health and preventative…
The Breathe London pilot has been extended beyond it's initial 2 years. This study analyses NO2 and Fine Particulate Matter (FPM) in london using monitor sites. The data sets can be downloaded at the…
Co-chairs of the EAT-Lancet Commission, Prof. Johan Röckstrøm and Prof. Walter Willett take you through the ground breaking report in this 'What is a healthy sustainable diet? The Eat-Lancet…
This is the first published paper defining the links between Climate Change and the Speech and Language Therapy Profession. It was published in the International Journal of Language and Communication…
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High-technology medicine saves lives and produces waste; this is the case of dialysis. The increasing amounts of waste products can be biologically dangerous in different ways: some…