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Chronic breathlessness is a multidimensional, unpleasant symptom common to many health conditions. The Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM) was developed to help understand how individuals make sense of their illness. This model has been underused in the study of breathlessness, especially in considering how information sources are integrated within an individual’s cognitive and emotional representations of breathlessness. This descriptive qualitative study explored breathlessness beliefs, expectations, and language preferences of people experiencing chronic breathlessness using the C...

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Given the increasing blood cancer incidence in Tunisia and recent discoveries proving the involvement of environmental factors, this study examined the environmental health literacy (EHL) of Tunisian secondary school students concerning not only this disease, but also their emotional and behavioral attitudes towards leukemia risks. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among Tunisian youths (N = 372, 16–20 years; 68% females, 32% males). Data collection took place in four representative public secondary schools in the North, Center, and South of Tunisia. Students compl...

Israel's handling of coronavirus seems like a success. Residents tell a different story. Yardena Schwartz © Provided by NBC News TEL AVIV — As Israel outpaces Western nations in its Covid-19 vaccination effort, it has become a role model for a world aching to return to life as it once was. The country has inoculated a third of its population of 9 million in little more than a month, and over 80 percent of those 60 and older. But if you ask most Israelis, the country's handling of the coronavirus has been anything but a success story. A recent poll by the nonpartisan Israel...

Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 To many the arrival of the new COVID-19 vaccine signals the light at the end of a dark tunnel. For others, the vaccine, or rather the regulations concerning it are a threat to civil liberties. Will Israel rule the vaccine mandatory? And how will that affect society if it does?   Cause for concern? The pandemic started not too long ago, and we already have an authorized vaccine in our hands. According to Wellcome Trust, a research-charity based in London, a vaccine normally takes about 10 years to develop, with the 1st research stage taking between 2-5 years, pre-cli...