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Concern in the US over infant milk shortages

For a few days now there has been nothing else to talk about in the United States. The shortage of baby milk has become a serious problem that worries many families, because the survival of their babies depends on it.…

Medicine comes up with “a plan” for afterwards death

A medical team accidentally registers the brain activity of a person during the period before and after their death. By Carlos Sánchez It is a day like any other at the hospital. The doctors are preparing to carry out a…

EcoWaste Coalition:  Break Illicit Trade of Toxic Beauty Creams with Mercury

26 May 2022, Quezon City.  In spite of a public health warning issued by the Philippine government almost five years ago, local dealers of mercury-containing “beauty creams” from South Asia continue to ply their poison cosmetics. “Despite the explicit threats…

No to Kids’ PVC Raincoats with Toxic Lead and Cadmium!

BAN Toxics made the call after raincoats from a recent test buy tested positive for toxic lead and cadmium. Using a SCIAPS X-200 HH XRF Analyzer, the raincoats were found to have excessive levels of lead and cadmium, with up…

The brevity of life

What the statistics don’t show: the lasting effects of extreme poverty. Latin America is a rich continent. We know this when the media show us the prosperity of the most powerful and the cunningly legalised way in which they appropriate…

Toxic News: Beware of “Small but Terrible” Marble Toys

Marble toys, also known as “Jolen”, is a popular Filipino toy that comes in different sizes and is usually played outdoors. The marble toy failed the required labeling information under RA 10620, otherwise known as the Toy and Game Safety…

Attention to the Present: A solidarity contribution to integral health

Attention to the present puts us in contact with the sensations of our body, with our emotions, feelings and thoughts, accepting them as they present themselves. From REHUNO Health we encourage the dissemination of any project that promotes the development…

NATO membership requires stronger work for disarmament

In connection with the Social Democrats’ announcement that they have changed their position on the issue of Swedish NATO membership, Swedish Doctors Against Nuclear Weapons make clear demands to ensure that Sweden remains nuclear-weapon-free – both territorially and in policy.…

Midwives are a pathway to achieving sexual and reproductive rights and reducing maternal mortality

Since ancient times, pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care was carried out by midwives, also called midwives. Today, there are still different formations that lead a person to become a midwife. Midwives, nurse-midwives and traditional birth attendants are professionals with different…

Dialogues with Enric Benito -Interview 01- “The process of dying is beautifully organised”.

From Rehuno Salud and in a joint work with the organisation Al final de la Vida we talked with Dr. Enric Benito about the humanisation of the end-of-life process. On the taboos that exist, what is the good death, palliative…

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