In honor of National Nutrition Month, the SWLA Center for Health Services will host several events to help folks make healthy choices.

First, the Makin’ Groceries Mobile Market in partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank will make stops at Lafayette, Crowley, and Lake Charles Sites.

The dates for the Mobile Market are as follows:

• Crowley, 526 Crowley Rayne Highway – March 14th – 10am – 12pm
• Lafayette, 500 Patterson Street – March 15th 12pm – 2pm
• Lake Charles, 2000 Opelousas Street – March 16th – 10am – 12pm

There will also be several healthy food demonstrations in presented by the

The state-owned insurance holding company, IFG, has announced that it will acquire 70% of the shares of Asuransi Jiwa Inhealth Indonesia (Mandiri Inhealth). The stake is to be acquired through Asuransi Jiwa IFG (IFG Life), raising the group’s total holding in Asuransi Jiwa Inhealth to 80%.

IFG Life is a subsidiary of Bahana Pembinaan Usaha Indonesia (BPUI) which does business under the trade name Indonesia Financial Group (IFG).

IFG president director Hexana Tri Sasongko said that the acquisition of Mandiri Inhealth is seen as necessary for the development of life and health insurance business at IFG Life, reported the news

Kampus ITS, ITS News – Saat ini, menjaga kesehatan mental yang baik menjadi perhatian khusus di masyarakat, terutama di kalangan mahasiswa yang sedang marak kasusnya. Menanggapi fenomena tersebut, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) bersama Ikatan Orangtua Mahasiswa (Ikoma) ITS membentuk Student Health Care Center (SHCC) yang diresmikan di Gedung Tower 2 ITS, Kamis (1/2).

Berangkat dari banyaknya aspirasi mahasiswa ITS, Ketua Ikoma ITS Dr Ir Wahid Wahyudi MT mengungkapkan bahwa dalam sebulan terdapat lebih dari 50 mahasiswa ITS yang dinilai memerlukan

Jakarta (ANTARA) – National health insurer BPJS Health is ready to welcome delegates from 71 countries for the 17th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology in Social Security (ICT) 2024 in Bali.

The conference will discuss developments in information technology for social security management across the world.

BPJS Health will host the conference in collaboration with the International Social Security Association (ISSA) from March 5–8, 2024.

“At the 2024 ICT, we will discuss the implementation of development for information technology in social security programs in the world,” BPJS Health’s director of compliance and inter-institutional relations, Mundiharno, said in a

March 4, 2024 | Ottawa, ON | Public Health Agency of Canada

This week is Black Mental Health Week, a time to amplify Black voices and bring awareness to the impact of anti-Black racism on the mental health of Black communities.

Black people living in Canada continue to experience significant social and economic inequities that have negative impacts on their health. In particular, anti-Black racism and systemic discrimination are key drivers of health and social inequities.

This year’s theme of Growth and Reflection, which ties into the UN’s International Decade for People of African Descent, provides a moment to reflect

The AHA March 4 urged Congress to consider a number of actions to support hospitals’ efforts to care for patients as the entire health care system continues to navigate the effects of the ongoing cyberattack against Change Healthcare.

“This incident demands a whole of government response,” AHA wrote to House and Senate leaders.

In the letter, AHA urged congressional leaders to press upon the Department of Health and Human Services the importance of the need for immediate action with a particular focus on:

• Directing the Medicare Administrative Contractors to prioritize and expedite review and approval of hospital requests for

It might come as a surprise, but the concept of “nudge” has been employed by companies, policy-makers, and governments for quite some time as a strategy to gently influence public decisions. Subtle alterations in our surroundings can steer us towards certain actions without limiting our choices. For example, highlighting low-calorie dishes in bold on a menu or displaying calorie content can influence what we choose

Young people in Norway lack knowledge about healthy food. This is revealed in a recent study conducted at the University of Agder (UiA), published in Public Health Nutrition.

“The young participants in our study generally demonstrated moderate literacy in matters of food and nutrition, as reflected in the moderate quality of their diet,” says Synne Groufh-Jacobsen. She is a Ph.D. research fellow at UiA and a researcher at the Center for Lifecourse Nutrition, a priority research center at UiA.

In this study, Groufh-Jacobsen explored the knowledge and eating habits of young people with various plant-based