程婷 編輯

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程婷 編輯

曾任職媒體機構,熱愛簡單的科學與醫學新知,用簡單的文字,協助大眾快速理解最新的技術與知識。

瓜國總統赴臺大交流 加深兩國有友誼

瓜地馬拉共和國總統莫拉雷斯(Jimmy Morales)伉儷日前訪臺,特別拜訪臺大醫院,因應兩國的「瓜地馬拉運用醫療科技提升孕產婦與新生兒保健功能計畫」,由國合組與臺大醫療團隊共同合作,在整體成效有不錯的進展,讓瓜國總統莫拉雷斯想實地走訪臺大醫院,進一步加深兩國醫療交流的友誼。

健保署送大禮 健康存摺再進化

「媽,您上周去醫院看病,抽血檢驗血糖的結果如何?」「爸,您有高血壓,平常是吃哪些藥啊?」「親愛的,最近麻疹出現疫情,我們家小寶什麼時候該打預防針?」過去子女想要關心父母的健康,長輩們往往說不清楚,或者家長難免忘記孩子預防注射的時間;從即日起,「健康存摺」(My Health Bank)新增眷屬健康管理的功能,體貼較少使用3C電子產品的長輩以及沒有手機的子女,便能透過單一帳號協助關心家人的健康。

失智症是慢慢的離開 張善政:母親說日文…不認得我了!

失智是逐步遺忘的過程,前行政院院長張善政受社團法人彰化縣戀戀半線失智協會邀請,擔任座談會的講者,分享照護的心路歷程。張善政特別提到,「失智症,就是親人不知不覺慢慢離開你的過程,彷彿一場漫長的告別…」此段演講引人動容,更引發現場失智症照護家屬的共鳴。

雙和B基地啟動 種下生醫矽谷幼苗

你今天發現了嗎?臺北醫學大學雙和醫院B基地今天上午舉辦動土典禮,預計2022年完工,以利提供民眾更好的醫療服務,另外該基地開發也奠定產、官、學、研的資源整合,逐步種下生醫矽谷的幼苗。

健康是共同人權 美前衛生部長挺臺灣進WHA

臺灣產官學研長期注重健康權的實踐,積極爭取進入WHO與每一年WHA會議參與,但有媒體訊息指出今年5月下旬WHA臺灣恐再次缺席。日前美國前衛生部長普萊斯(Tom Price)抵台參訪之際,仍不忘支持臺灣,致詞過程中,以「國家」稱呼臺灣。

Building Healthy Cities and Establishing the Foundation for a Sustainable Environment

With the changes in global environment, various countries encountering problems relate to drop in birth rates, rising in adult death rate, increase in non-communicable disease, and aging society. The key to lay a solid foundation for the country's sustainable development is the plan to create “Healthy Cities”. Given Taiwan’s diverse environment, experts and scholars from various fields gathered in the "2019 Global Health and Sustainable Development Forum" to share the secrets of development of “Healthy Cities”.

This is How Taiwan Combat Droplet Spreading

Diseases like influenza and tuberculosis are transmitted through droplet viruses and have grave impacts upon Taiwan as we have cities with high population densities. Based on statistics from Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 18,533 people were killed by tuberculosis in 1947, 89 children died because of poliomyelitis in 1982, 78 children died from enterovirus 71 in 1998 and 81 lives taken away by SARS in 2003. Even up until recently, influenza killed 55 people from 2018 October to 2019 February. These terrible numbers tell us that we need to confront the diseases head-on, linking up our medicine knowledge and research techniques with the world.

Cease the Spread of Hepatitis B and AIDS

To free our next generation from the threats of hepatitis B and AIDS, we Taiwanese have made great efforts to reduce mortality rate of hepatitis diseases and reverse younger generation’s view towards AIDS. Hepatitis B is transmitted in some of the same ways as AIDS, which include blood transfusion, sharing needles, tattooing, sex, etc. Based on the understandings towards such similar transmissions, combining predecessors’ efforts and legacy, Taiwan has thus made great contributions on disseminating information, transmission control and surgery performance.

Mosquito Control Programs in Taiwan Adopt Scientific Approaches

Weather plays an important role in mosquito activities, which lead to mosquito-borne diseases caused by viruses transmitted by mosquitos. Mosquito weather is naturally found in Taiwan and some mosquito-borne illnesses once swept this island. We should look back these outbreaks and think how we can make a difference.

打造健康城市 奠定環境永續的基礎

面對大環境的變遷,各國相繼面臨少子化、成人死亡率提升、非傳染疾病增加、高齡化社會等問題,如何奠定國家永續發展的深厚基礎,健康城市打造計畫成關鍵,臺灣擁有多樣態的環境,不同領域專家學者齊聚「2019 全球健康與永續發展論壇」,分享健康城市促成的小秘訣。

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