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Palliative Care: A Holistic Approach to Caring for Older People with Diabetes
As a result of the major achievements of modern civilization, people are now living longer than at any other time in history. In a pre-modern ...
The Link Between COVID-19 and Vision Health: Blood Vessels
As the novel coronavirus pandemic evolves, new information is constantly coming to light. Rapidly accumulating global data has shone a spotlight on inequities in social ...
Check out how one Georgia Southern student is changing the national narrative on inclusion in the sciences
As a Black wildlife conservationist and field biologist devoted to the study of birds, Corina Newsome, a graduate student at Georgia Southern University, has long ...
Combating Systemic Ageism in Emergency Preparedness Responses
Upgraded to pandemic status by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020, COVID-19 virus cases have increased exponentially around the globe. Decreased immune response among ...
What is the history behind Indigenous Peoples’ Day?
Indigenous Peoples’ Day came about as an alternative to Columbus Day in the late 1980s. It is a holiday that aims to celebrate Native Americans ...
Ageing outside the gender binary
Identities outside of the gender binary are often framed as something “new”, as “trends”, or as identities only experienced or expressed by younger generations. However, ...
China employs mass surveillance as authoritarian tool in Xinjiang Province
China has been engaged in high-tech surveillance of citizens in its Xinjiang province, according to a New York Times report, creating “an incubator for increasingly ...
Recognizing the right to suitable end-of-life care for all
End-of-life care is essential for meeting the needs of those in their last stages of life. This type of care is becoming more in demand ...
The future of work is here, and the rights of older people are at stake
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is an international organization that aims to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen ...
Ageing in a crisis zone: Venezuela’s older people | Envejecer en una zona de crisis: las personas mayores de Venezuela
Amidst headlines of the political controversies and economic crisis in Venezuela in recent years, it is difficult to ignore the images of people of all ...