Introducing Talking Health

Talking Health and Acting Health

make us a robust and disease-free people, the prospect would be rosy indeed. A plethora of talk is, no doubt, a necessary evil, and it is only by saying the same thing very often and very loudly that we at last succeed in getting something done, whatever the desired direction. Next month the country will be asked, as it has been asked annually since 1912, for a whole week to talk and write abou...

Introducing healing circles and talking circles into primary care.

We report on the incorporation of a North American aboriginal procedure called "the talking circle" into primary care in areas serving this population. Communication is regulated through the passing of a talking piece (an object of special meaning or symbolism to the circle facilitator, who is usually called the circle keeper). Twelve hundred people participated in talking circles in which 415 ...

Introducing new health interventions.

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Are men talking their reproductive health away?

The advent of mobile phones has revolutionized communication trends across the globe. As the popularity of mobile phone usage continues to escalate, there is now growing concern about the effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic waves (RF-EMW) exposure on biological tissues, such as the brain and testes. Researchers have sought to link the much debated decline in human sperm quality in the las...

Introducing the Minister of Health