Disability and dignity – 4 things to think about if you want to ‘help’
February 23, 2023
People with disability have rights including the right to freedom of expression and opinion and respect for privacy.
People with disability have rights including the right to freedom of expression and opinion and respect for privacy.
Entering a new decade is often a time to pause and reflect on our lives, particularly when reaching middle age. For 50-year-old American men, the average remaining life expectancy is 28 more years; for women, it’s 32.
Antibiotics are drugs designed to treat infections caused by bacteria (for example, skin infections). They don’t work on infections caused by other microbes such as viruses (including COVID and flu) or fungi (for example, thrush).
They stop your food from sticking to the pan. They prevent stains in clothes and carpets. They help firefighting foam to extinguish fires. But the very thing that makes “forever chemicals” so useful also makes them dangerous.
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a set of policy guidelines that explicitly banned “women of childbearing age” from participating in clinical trials of new drugs.
Recently, the media focus has turned to New Zealand’s worsening access to non-urgent surgery.