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Many of the significant health disparities and inequities Hispanic communities in the United States face are tied to a long history of health injustice in the Hispanic world. The Health landscape of early modern Hispanic societies, particularly from the late 15th to 18th centuries, was a complex interplay between professional and nonprofessional providers shaping Health care. The convergence of Indigenous, African and European practices, both in Spain and the Americas, affected how clinicians treated their patients. This all played out against the backdrop of the Inquisition and colonization, when the Catholic Church prosecuted heresy. Consolidating religious norms promoted health care through charitable activity, such as the creation of hospitals, but also created challenges between the authority of the Catholic Church and competing health care initiatives. My research focuses on how health and medical practices in early modern Latin America and Spain are represented thro...

Social media can profoundly harm the mental health of youth, particularly adolescent girls, the US Surgeon General warned in an advisory on Tuesday, and he called for safeguards from tech companies for children who are at critical stages of brain development. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said that while social media offers some benefits, there are "ample indicators that social media could also harm children's well-being." "We are in the middle of a national youth mental health crisis, and I am concerned that social media is an important driver of that crisis - one that we must urgently address," Murthy said. Social media use may cause and perpetuate body image issues, affect eating behaviors and sleep quality, and lead to social comparison and low self-esteem, especially among adolescent girls, the advisory said, citing responses from a survey conducted among adolescents. Adolescents who spend more than three hours per day on social me...

You may know that being adequately hydrated is important for day-to-day bodily functions such as regulating temperature and maintaining skin health. But drinking enough water is also associated with a significantly lower risk of developing chronic diseases, a lower risk of dying early or lower risk of being biologically older than your chronological age, according to a National Institutes of Health study published this week in the journal eBioMedicine. WATCH THE VIDEO: Hydration can significanly impact your physical health. For more Health & Wellbeing related news and videos check out Health & Wellbeing >> “The results suggest proper hydration may slow down ageing and prolong a disease-free life,” study author Natalia Dmitrieva said in a news release from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s Laboratory of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine. Learning what preventive measures can slow down the ageing process is “a major challenge of preventive medicine”, the st...

A US diner has revealed her shock over a bizarre charge on the bill from one of her favourite Los Angeles restaurants. She was charged 5 per cent of the total for restaurant employee healthcare - a cost she had assumed the restaurant would foot. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Restaurant charge s customers for employee Health care. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Podcaster and clothing designer Ashley Nichole noticed the healthcare charge after dinner at Osteria La Buca on January 9 - but it turns out it is not new. “We enjoy our meal, we get the check, we’re paying our check and as we’re signing the tip we notice something,” she said in a video posted to TikTok. “There is a $US4.75 charge for employee Health . A 5 per cent charge . “As we’re walking out I go up to the hostess and I’m like: ‘Hey, quick question, just curious, I saw that you charged us $5 ... for employee health. I just had to ask, what is that?’. “And she goes: ‘Oh, that’s our healthc...