Health

2023-10-08 05:44:40

In a world saturated with a variety of foods and nutritional supplements, vitamin deficiency is becoming increasingly rare. However, among the many vitamins and minerals, one of them stands out as especially important for most Russians, regardless of the time of year. This vitamin is vitamin D.

General practitioner, Igor Alentov, emphasizes the importance of vitamin D in most people’s diets. This vitamin is synthesized in human skin under the influence of sunlight. However, in Russia there are not enough sunny days, especially in winter, to provide the body with the necessary amount of vitamin D.

Vitamin D plays an important role in maintaining health. It helps strengthen bones and teeth, supports immune system function, regulates calcium and phosphorus metabolism, and may have positive effects on heart health. Adequate amounts of vitamin D have also been linked to a reduced risk of various chronic diseases.

Vitamin D can be obtained from foods such as fish, caviar, egg yolk and milk. However, the main source of this vitamin for most people is sunlight. Therefore, it is important to be in the fresh air more often with your face and hands open so that the body can synthesize vitamin D.

You should not rely on solariums or active sunbathing as sources of vitamin D, as they may increase the risks of photoaging of the skin and the development of cancer.

According to Dr. Alentov, measuring vitamin D levels is not always necessary. Instead, the doctor may prescribe it in medicinal form, taking into account the patient’s age, diseases and other health factors. It is important to consult your doctor to determine the correct dosage of vitamin D.

Major risk factors for vitamin D deficiency include age over 65, dark skin, obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, insufficient exposure to sunlight, medications that can affect the metabolism of this vitamin, and even being overweight or underweight in children with signs of rickets or bone deformities.

Thus, vitamin D remains an important element of a healthy lifestyle for most Russians all year round.

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2023-10-08 17:50:47

Up to 500 more professionals trained each year to help on the front line, walk-in services offered in CLSCs and mobile teams in the region, particularly for the DPJ: Minister Lionel Carmant promises reinforcements to reduce delays in the field of mental health.

At the CLSC Sainte-Catherine, in the heart of downtown Montreal, workers offer immediately accessible psychological care, similar to an emergency room in a hospital.

“We want to reproduce that across Quebec,” confides the minister responsible for Social Services in an interview with our Parliamentary Office. The initiative is part of a broader approach to bring mental health services back to CLSCs in Quebec, an offer often neglected in recent years.

However, patients will have to get used to no longer systematically meeting a psychologist. Like the doctors who have delegated several acts to super nurses in recent years, Minister Carmant wants to involve other professionals.

Delegate actions

“We have to be open to more than just the psychologist and the psychiatrist. When we are in distress, especially when we are experiencing a one-off situation, there are many other people who can come and help us,” he emphasizes.

This decompartmentalization of professions is part of ongoing negotiations with public sector unions, as is a significant increase in the salaries of psychologists in the public network.

Interview with Minister Lionel Carmant in Quebec, Tuesday September 19, 2023. STEVENS LEBLANC/JOURNAL DE QUEBEC/AGENCE QMI)

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Thus, social workers, occupational therapists, clinical nurses or specialists, in particular, will be able to participate in psychosocial support. A psychologist or psychiatrist, present a few days a week, will take care of the most serious cases.

Promote high school graduates

To improve this front-line workforce, Quebec plans to modify the bachelor’s degree in psychology next year so that it now offers a clinical approach.

“Because the baccalaureate in psychology, currently, is something very theoretical which does not really provide expertise. There are no internships. People who graduate from psychology have to do something else. Now, they will be able to start working because they will be exposed to the clinic,” explains Minister Carmant.

Quebec thus responds to one of the recommendations of the report by former minister Hélène David on psychology training. Currently, universities train thousands of undergraduate graduates, but only a handful will go all the way to a doctorate to practice as psychologists.

“I think it might easily add 500 people per year to the network,” estimates Lionel Carmant.

Former minister Hélène David, left, during the presentation of the report on psychology training, June 8, 2023. She was accompanied by the Minister of Higher Education, Pascale Déry, and the minister responsible for Social Services , Lionel Carmant.

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Regarding another recommendation from the David report – to train 100 more psychologists per year – the minister emphasizes that the file is in the hands of his colleague in Higher Education. “It seems very feasible,” however, believes Mr. Carmant, according to whom Quebec will have no other choice but to train more psychologists.

Health Quebec

Finally, the minister is also banking on the creation of the Santé Québec agency, led by his colleague Christian Dubé, to allow greater mobility of staff by creating a single employer in the health network.

Already, psychologists and psychiatrists from large centers take care of clients in remote regions, either by videoconference or by traveling to the site. But unionized employees, accredited with a health establishment, do not have the same latitude.

The minister does not hide his disappointment at a flying team initiative, at the Directorate of Youth Protection, put on hold following an outcry from the union. The social workers, volunteers, however, came from places where the waiting lists had been emptied, he points out.

“Santé Québec will come and break this, with a single employer, and we will be able to help much more easily,” says Mr. Carmant.

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2023-10-08 18:47:00

Alzheimer’s disease, understanding it better to better support it, is the objective of the France Alzheimer Aveyron and related diseases association by offering a Café debate on the theme “better understanding the disease to better support it” Friday October 20 at 6:30 p.m., at the Café Associatif des Costes-Rouges. Led by Doctor Lambert, geriatrician, the café debate is aimed at anyone (directly concerned or not) who has questions regarding the disease and who wishes to be able to discuss the subject in an accessible space. Volunteers from the association will also be present to present the support actions offered to the families concerned in the sector.

France Alzheimer Aveyron: 05 65 44 53 10 or [email protected]

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2023-10-08 16:01:32

The FIA ​​was waiting to know more in order to recommend or not a limit of laps per set of tires used in the race. However, with the sprint race being truncated by several safety cars, Pirelli engineers were unable to really see the impact on the tires.

The FIA ​​press release explains that “Due to the frequency of Safety Car interventions during yesterday’s Sprint, the tire data available for analysis by Pirelli was insufficient to add to that already undertaken during previous track sessions. »

If Pirelli has indeed noticed problems “As was the case during free practice”the FIA ​​claims that “This problem was probably caused by too many times the tire was in contact with the 50mm “pyramidal” vibrators. »

Without additional data, the FIA ​​therefore decides to impose a restriction on the use of tires. All compounds are affected. Therefore, drivers will have to change their tires as soon as they reach 18 laps, at most.

The Grand Prix has 57 laps, this means that depending on the strategies, the drivers will have to enter the pits at least three times but might enter even more during this Qatar Grand Prix race since the laps already completed on trains will be taken into account. .

The following measures are detailed by the FIA:
– A mandatory limit of 18 laps of total tire life per train will be imposed.
– The lifespan of tires already used will be taken into consideration.
– The FIA ​​and Pirelli will communicate to the teams the remaining available laps for each set of used tires available to them for the race and the criteria used to calculate this number.
– There is no direct obligation to make at least three pit stops depending on the hazards during the race (shortened race, safety car, etc.).

To note that “Any car considered to have exceeded the tire life lap limit will be reported to the stewards as having driven in dangerous conditions. »

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