A healthy interest

Taking a Healthy Interest in Translational Research

It is now readily possible to determine, often in exquisite detail, the ways in which a single cell or a single individual differs from another. Although we are rapidly figuring out how these cellular features are altered in disease states, pulling medical advances from this haystack of facts remains a challenge. Yet, the view from Cell on prospects for medical advancement in this era of integr...

Elements of healthy death: a thematic analysis

Background: Death is a natural and frightening phenomenon, which is inevitable. Previous studies on death, which presented a negative and tedious image of this process, are now being revised and directed towards acceptable death and good death. One of the proposed terms about death and dying is “healthy death”, which encourages dealing with death positively and leading a lively and ...

Interest in healthy living outweighs presumed cultural norms for obesity for Ghanaian women

BACKGROUND Cultural norms indicate that obesity reflects increased wealth and prosperity. Yet obesity is linked to serious medical illnesses. The purpose of this study was to determine if Ghanaian women would change their body image if it meant a healthier life. METHODS A questionnaire was administered to 305 Ghanaian women waiting for clinic appointments at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra ...

Investigating the Relationship between the Facility Interest Rate and the Bank Deposit Interest Rate in Iran

The facility interest rate is one of the most important macroeconomic variables. The bank facility interest rate is associated with other macro-economic variables, one of which is the bank deposit interest rate. Using the time series data of the 1973-2017 period and the simultaneous equation system, the researchers estimated four equations using the three-stage least squares method.The result o...

Making Interest-free Banking System More Efficient with Regards to Interest Rate