this commentary to the editorial of hajizadeh argues that the economic, social and health consequences of legalizing cannabis in canada will depend in large part on the exact stipulations (mainly from the federal government) and on the implementation, regulation and practice of the legalization act (on provincial and municipal levels). a strict regulatory framework is necessary to minimize the ...

introduction: attention to food safety and health at all stages from production to consumption is inevitable. inappropriate sanitary status of the food production, distribution and supply centers caused food-borne diseases. the aim of this study was to evaluate the environmental health indicators of halva and tahini production centers in the city of ardakan in 2013. materials & methods: this is...

this paper considers the potential problems that may militate against the adoption of organic poultry production in nigeria. factors identified include: higher risk of diseases like coccidiosis and newcastle disease, disease prevention and control / herd health management, disease containment in times of outbreak, land acquisition (land tenure system), market economies / cost-benefit ratio, pas...

BACKGROUND: Staphylococcal foodborne intoxication is the most common cause of foodborne illnesses by Staphylococcus aureus strains and most are caused by the enterotoxins of S. aureus. Staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) is the most frequently responsible for staphylococcal food poisoning outbreaks. From a food safety and human health point of view, lactic acid bacteria (LAB) may provide a promi...

BACKGROUND The future of health care services in the European Union faces the triple challenges of aging, fiscal restriction, and inclusion. Co-production offers ways to manage informal care resources to help them cater for the growing needs of elderly people. Social media (SM) is seen as a critical enabler for co-production. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate how SM-pri...

background: this study was conducted to evaluate fibroblast co-culture and activin a on in vitro maturation and fertilization of mouse preantral follicles. methods: the ovaries from 12-14-day-old mice were dissected, and 120-150 μm preantral follicles were cultured individually in α-mem as based medium for 12 days. a total number of 456 follicles were cultured in four conditions: (i) base mediu...

This exploratory work investigates the role of digital media in expanding health discourse practices in a way to transform traditional structures of agency in public health. By focusing on a sample of rare disease patient organisations as representative of contemporary health activism, this study investigates the role of digital communication in the development of (1) bottom-up sharing and co-p...