Los trastornos del sueño: un incomprendido problema de salud pública

Leonel Alberto Alfaro

Entre el 30% y el 40% de la población ha experimentado insomnio en algún momento, mientras que aproximadamente entre el 9% y el 15% sufre de insomnio crónico y severo. Estas cifras destacan la importancia de abordar los trastornos del sueño como un desafío de salud pública, dado su frecuente subestimación y falta de comprensión.

La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) identifica un total de 88 variedades de trastornos del sueño, siendo el insomnio el más común entre ellos. La falta de sueño de calidad puede desencadenar diversos trastornos neurológicos, y la OMS advierte que la privación del sueño es un problema mundial en aumento. Cada vez se reconoce más la importancia del sueño en la salud pública.

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Logiciels espions, harcèlement: le fléau des cyberviolences

Narcisse Kouamé

En France, selon une enquête du Centre Hubertine Auclert, conduite avec 302 femmes victimes de violences conjugales, 9 femmes interrogées sur 10 souffrent aussi de cyberharcèlement de la part du conjoint ou ex-conjoint.

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Maryland lawmakers stall euthanasia bill

Emmanuel Enwenwen

The End-of-Life Options Act bill came to a standstill on Friday 1^st March, as it failed to pass the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. The bill which sought to make Maryland the 12th jurisdiction to legalize medical aid in dying fails again after several years of trial.

According to the Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City), this failure potentially delays the bill until 2027 when the next legislative term begins. The campaign, driven largely by patients and a national advocacy group called Compassion & Choices Action Network, has faced similar hurdles in other states, where efforts to legalize medical aid-in-dying have sometimes taken decades to succeed. Oregon was the first to enact the measure in 1997 as reported by The Washington Post.

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The outbreak of dengue fever in Brazil

Akpabli Januarius

In Brazil, the unprecedented surge of dengue fever cases has more than doubled and is expected to reach into the millions. It has potentially killed thousands of people.

Several of Brazil’s most populous states have declared health emergencies in the past month just ahead of carnival season as rising global temperatures and heavy rains brought outbreaks of the tropical disease spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

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Stabbing of bishop during mass treated as terrorist attack

Akpabli Januarius

The Sydney police confirmed the stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel on Monday 15^th April 2024 whiles he was saying mass at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley just after 7pm local time.

This incident follows two serious stabbing incidents in as many days in Sydney.The police after watching the footage of the livestreamed mass, dedided to treat it as a terrorist attack. Acording to Chris Minnns, the premier of new South Wales, said the decision was taken late Monday night, the night of the incident and it was validated by the police minister. “ A strike force had been established to investigate the incident, Karen Webb, the NSW police commissioner said.

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First Ramadan prayers at Temple Mount end peacefully amid Israel-Hamas War

Frederick Douglas Waako

Photo Credit: Ahmad Gharabli

The first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan passed without violence at the revered Al-Aqsa mosque under tight Israeli restrictions, amid fears that the ongoing Israel-Hamas war would spark clashes in Jerusalem’s Old City.

According to the Times of Israel, more than 3,000 police officers and border police soldiers were deployed across the Old City of Jerusalem ahead of the prayers amid fears of disturbances after Hamas called on Palestinian worshipers to barricade themselves inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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Secondo LEGO, gli stereotipi di genere e la pressione sociale limitano la creatività delle bambine

Phan Thi An

Secondo uno studio di LEGO Group condotto in 36 paesi su oltre 60.000 bambini dai 5 ai 12 anni, un’eccessiva pressione sociale sulle bambine ad essere “perfette” ne limiterebbe la creatività, alimentando paure e insicurezza. E anche un linguaggio basato su “stereotipi di genere” può danneggiare il potenziale creativo femminile.

Dallo studio emerge che “8 ragazze su 10 affermano che avrebbero meno paura di provare cose nuove se sapessero che i loro errori sarebbero elogiati come opportunità di apprendimento”, ed è “sette volte più probabile che la società giudichi i risultati creativi delle bambine come ‘carini’, ‘dolci’, ‘simpatici’ o ‘belli’, mentre è due volte più probabile che elogi i risultati creativi dei bambini con aggettivi quali ‘coraggiosi’, ‘cool’, ‘geniali’ o ‘innovativi’. Da qui il consiglio di LEGO sull’utilizzare “elogi legati a una mentalità di crescita, come ‘fantasioso’, ‘coraggioso’ e ‘stimolante’, che le bambine trovano incoraggianti”.

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Aumenta en España la maternidad después de los 40

Luis Salazar

La maternidad después de los 40 años es un fenómeno en aumento en España. Según datos del Instituto Nacional de Estadística, en 2021 hubo 1,652 mujeres que fueron madres después de los 45 años. España es el país europeo con el mayor porcentaje de mujeres que dan a luz después de los 40 años, representando el 10.7% de los alumbramientos anuales.

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Ireland says “no” to changing the definition of family

Amdework Ferhiwot

Irish voters’ recent rejection of proposed constitutional amendments has sent shockwaves through a part of the political establishment of the nation. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has conceded defeat in a double referendum that aimed to redefine family roles and clarify women’s duties in the constitution. The votes, held on International Women’s Day, resulted in a significant rejection of proposed amendments.

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