In a study of more than 100,000 people, researchers found that those with less healthy lifestyles were more likely to reduce their risk of colorectal cancer with regular aspirin use than those with healthier behaviors (JAMA Oncol 2024 Aug 1). Regular aspirin use was defined as two or more 325 mg tablets a week or a daily 81 mg dose; less healthy lifestyles were characterized by higher body mass index, smoking, greater alcohol consumption, less physical activity, and poorer diet. Those with the unhealthiest lifestyles had a 3.4% chance of developing colorectal cancer if they didn’t take aspirin regularly, whereas those who did had a 2.1% chance of developing the disease. In contrast, people with the healthiest lifestyles had a 1.5% chance of developing colorectal cancer if they took aspirin regularly and a 1.6% chance if they didn’t. This result suggests that physicians can pursue a nuanced approach when prescribing aspirin for disease prevention.

(https://aacrjournals.org. 26 de julho a 01 de agosto 2024. Adaptado)

In a study of more than 100,000 people, researchers found that those with less healthy lifestyles were more likely to reduce their risk of colorectal cancer with regular aspirin use than those with healthier behaviors (JAMA Oncol 2024 Aug 1). Regular aspirin use was defined as two or more 325 mg tablets a week or a daily 81 mg dose; less healthy lifestyles were characterized by higher body mass index, smoking, greater alcohol consumption, less physical activity, and poorer diet. Those with the unhealthiest lifestyles had a 3.4% chance of developing colorectal cancer if they didn’t take aspirin regularly, whereas those who did had a 2.1% chance of developing the disease. In contrast, people with the healthiest lifestyles had a 1.5% chance of developing colorectal cancer if they took aspirin regularly and a 1.6% chance if they didn’t. This result suggests that physicians can pursue a nuanced approach when prescribing aspirin for disease prevention.

(https://aacrjournals.org. 26 de julho a 01 de agosto 2024. Adaptado)

In a study of more than 100,000 people, researchers found that those with less healthy lifestyles were more likely to reduce their risk of colorectal cancer with regular aspirin use than those with healthier behaviors (JAMA Oncol 2024 Aug 1). Regular aspirin use was defined as two or more 325 mg tablets a week or a daily 81 mg dose; less healthy lifestyles were characterized by higher body mass index, smoking, greater alcohol consumption, less physical activity, and poorer diet. Those with the unhealthiest lifestyles had a 3.4% chance of developing colorectal cancer if they didn’t take aspirin regularly, whereas those who did had a 2.1% chance of developing the disease. In contrast, people with the healthiest lifestyles had a 1.5% chance of developing colorectal cancer if they took aspirin regularly and a 1.6% chance if they didn’t. This result suggests that physicians can pursue a nuanced approach when prescribing aspirin for disease prevention.

(https://aacrjournals.org. 26 de julho a 01 de agosto 2024. Adaptado)

Suicide

Every year, 703 000 people take their own lives and there are many more who attempt suicide. Actually, every suicide is a tragedy that affects families, communities and entire countries and has long-lasting effects on the people left behind^(a). Suicide does not just occur in high-income countries but is a global phenomenon in all regions of the world. Over 77% of global suicides, for example, occurred in low and middle-income countries in 2019. However, they may be preventable with timely, evidence-based and often low-cost interventions^(b). For national responses to be effective, a comprehensive multisectoral suicide prevention strategy is needed.

While the link between suicide and mental disorders (in particular, depression, alcohol use disorders and a previous suicide attempt) is well established in high-income countries, many suicides happen impulsively in moments of crisis with a breakdown in the ability to deal with life stresses, such as financial problems, relationship break-ups or chronic pain and illnesses.

Suicide prevention efforts require familiarity with these aspects, as well as coordination and collaboration among multiple sectors of society, including the health sector and other sectors such as education, labour, agriculture, business, justice, law, defence, politics, and the media. Thus, these efforts must be comprehensive and integrated as no single approach alone can make an impact on an issue as complex as suicide^(c).

Suicide is one of the priority conditions in the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) launched in 2008. This programme provides evidence-based technical guidance to scale up service provision and care in countries for mental, neurological and substance use disorders. Besides, the suicide mortality rate is an indicator of target 3.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals. Ultimately, its aim is to reduce by one third premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases through prevention and treatment, by 2030, promoting mental health and well-being.^(d)

Adapted from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/suicide Accessed 5 February 2022.

Suicide

Every year, 703 000 people take their own lives and there are many more who attempt suicide. Actually, every suicide is a tragedy that affects families, communities and entire countries and has long-lasting effects on the people left behind. Suicide does not just occur in high-income countries but is a global phenomenon in all regions of the world. Over 77% of global suicides, for example, occurred in low and middle-income countries in 2019. However, they may be preventable with timely, evidence-based and often low-cost interventions. For national responses to be effective, a comprehensive multisectoral suicide prevention strategy is needed.

While the link between suicide and mental disorders (in particular, depression, alcohol use disorders and a previous suicide attempt) is well established in high-income countries, many suicides happen impulsively in moments of crisis with a breakdown in the ability to deal with life stresses, such as financial problems, relationship break-ups or chronic pain and illnesses.

Suicide prevention efforts require familiarity with these aspects, as well as coordination and collaboration among multiple sectors of society, including the health sector and other sectors such as education, labour, agriculture, business, justice, law, defence, politics, and the media. Thus, these efforts must be comprehensive and integrated as no single approach alone can make an impact on an issue as complex as suicide.

Suicide is one of the priority conditions in the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) launched in 2008. This programme provides evidence-based technical guidance to scale up service provision and care in countries for mental, neurological and substance use disorders. Besides, the suicide mortality rate is an indicator of target 3.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals. Ultimately, its aim is to reduce by one third premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases through prevention and treatment, by 2030, promoting mental health and well-being.

Adapted from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/suicide Accessed 5 February 2022.

Suicide

Every year, 703 000 people take their own lives and there are many more who attempt suicide. Actually, every suicide is a tragedy that affects families, communities and entire countries and has long-lasting effects on the people left behind. Suicide does not just occur in high-income countries but is a global phenomenon in all regions of the world. Over 77% of global suicides, for example, occurred in low and middle-income countries in 2019. However, they may be preventable with timely, evidence-based and often low-cost interventions. For national responses to be effective, a comprehensive multisectoral suicide prevention strategy is needed.

While the link between suicide and mental disorders (in particular, depression, alcohol use disorders and a previous suicide attempt) is well established in high-income countries, many suicides happen impulsively in moments of crisis with a breakdown in the ability to deal with life stresses, such as financial problems, relationship break-ups or chronic pain and illnesses.

Suicide prevention efforts require familiarity with these aspects, as well as coordination and collaboration among multiple sectors of society, including the health sector and other sectors such as education, labour, agriculture, business, justice, law, defence, politics, and the media. Thus, these efforts must be comprehensive and integrated as no single approach alone can make an impact on an issue as complex as suicide.

Suicide is one of the priority conditions in the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) launched in 2008. This programme provides evidence-based technical guidance to scale up service provision and care in countries for mental, neurological and substance use disorders. Besides, the suicide mortality rate is an indicator of target 3.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals. Ultimately, its aim is to reduce by one third premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases through prevention and treatment, by 2030, promoting mental health and well-being.

Adapted from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/suicide Accessed 5 February 2022.

Suicide

Every year, 703 000 people take their own lives and there are many more who attempt suicide. Actually, every suicide is a tragedy that affects families, communities and entire countries and has long-lasting effects on the people left behind. Suicide does not just occur in high-income countries but is a global phenomenon in all regions of the world. Over 77% of global suicides, for example, occurred in low and middle-income countries in 2019. However, they may be preventable with timely, evidence-based and often low-cost interventions. For national responses to be effective, a comprehensive multisectoral suicide prevention strategy is needed.

While the link between suicide and mental disorders (in particular, depression, alcohol use disorders and a previous suicide attempt) is well established in high-income countries, many suicides happen impulsively in moments of crisis with a breakdown in the ability to deal with life stresses, such as financial problems, relationship break-ups or chronic pain and illnesses.

Suicide prevention efforts require familiarity with these aspects, as well as coordination and collaboration among multiple sectors of society, including the health sector and other sectors such as education, labour, agriculture, business, justice, law, defence, politics, and the media. Thus, these efforts must be comprehensive and integrated as no single approach alone can make an impact on an issue as complex as suicide.

Suicide is one of the priority conditions in the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) launched in 2008. This programme provides evidence-based technical guidance to scale up service provision and care in countries for mental, neurological and substance use disorders. Besides, the suicide mortality rate is an indicator of target 3.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals. Ultimately, its aim is to reduce by one third premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases through prevention and treatment, by 2030, promoting mental health and well-being.

Adapted from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/suicide Accessed 5 February 2022.

Read text III to answer question.

TEXT III

On Children – Kalil Gibran

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said,

Speak to us of Children.

And he said:

Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.

They come through you but not from^B) you,

And though they are with you and yet they belong not to

you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts.

For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you

cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may^D) strive to be like them, but seek not make them like

you.

For^A) life goes not backward nor tarries with^C) yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows

are sent forth.

The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and

He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.

Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;

For even He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the

bow that is stable.

From The Prophet (Knopf, 1923). This poem is in Public Domain. Avalible on http:poets.org/poem/children-1. Accessed on June 10^th, 2024.