Health Health education and prevention in the context of SARS-CoV 2
Romania is among the European countries currently facing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Studies confirm that the mortality rate due to COVID-19 increases with age. Given the results of a SARS-CoV-2 infection, infection prevention should be the priority of public and private health professionals. One method of preventing SARS-CoV-2 infections among the [...]
Commitment to a psychiatric facility is not a death sentence
Unfortunately, there is a mentality in Romania that psychiatric disorders are shameful illnesses or manifestations of people who want to delude themselves or simply lack a certain “strength of character”. Most of the time, patients with mental disorders are expected to recover on their own, without specialist help. For [...]
Ageing and dementia
As we age, our brains undergo understandable changes. Just as our muscles are no longer as strong, our joints no longer as mobile, and our stamina no longer as long-lasting, the brain also "tires" with age. An analogy for how the brain works is that of a computer that [...]
Age and memory
From novels to films, from the jokes of the modern age to the anecdotes and folklore of old, the stereotype of the old man who forgets everything is a commonplace. Used to create humour or, conversely, to illustrate the wisdom of someone who forgets things, the truth that memory [...]