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U.N. chief launches probe of Haiti cholera epidemic
• Public Health • Dec 18 10
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Friday the creation of an independent panel to investigate Haiti’s cholera epidemic, which some Haitians have blamed on…
Tainted food sickens 48 mln each year: CDC
• Public Health • Dec 15 10
Foodborne illnesses kill 3,000 Americans every year and make 48 million sick, and most are never identified, U.S. health officials reported on Wednesday as…
Goodbye to folic acid deficiency?
• Public Health • Dec 15 10
A scan of the Canadian population reveals that, thanks largely to fortified foods, almost no one is deficient in folic acid, and forty percent…
40 years later, Nagasaki bomb still causes disease
• Cancer • • Public Health • Dec 15 10
Survivors of the World War II atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki continue to fall ill today as a result of the radiation they received,…
Special report: The cost of a malaria-free world
• Public Health • Dec 14 10
Joe Cohen, a scientist tantalizingly close to delivering the world’s first malaria vaccine, is on the stump.
After 23 years of painstaking laboratory work…
N.C. Tobacco Prevention Programs Are Saving Lives and Money
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 14 10
Tobacco prevention programs funded by the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund continue to pay dividends — fewer youth continue to take up…
Guidance on preventing unintentional injuries to children
• Public Health • Dec 13 10
Researchers from the Peninsula Technology Assessment Group (PenTAG) at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry have contributed to new National Institute for Health…
Research examines gender gaps in immigrant health
• Public Health • Dec 13 10
A key focus of the health care debate has involved immigrants and their impact on the U.S. health care system.
A new study shows…
Experts call for vaccination, antibiotics in Haiti
• Public Health • Dec 13 10
Simply setting up clinics to treat Haitians with cholera is not doing anywhere near enough to tackle the epidemic there, health experts said on…
Tobacco smoke causes immediate damage: U.S. report
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 09 10
Cigarette smoke causes immediate damage to a person’s lungs and their DNA even in small amounts, including from second-hand smoke, U.S. federal officials said…
U.S. life expectancy falls slightly in 2008: CDC
• Public Health • Dec 09 10
American life expectancy slipped slightly in 2008 to 77.8 years, the first dip since 2004, U.S. health experts said on Thursday.
Stroke has slipped…
‘Tis the Season for Being Happy …Or Not the Holiday Blues
• Neurology • • Public Health • Dec 08 10
With the holiday season in full swing, many people find themselves battling a form of the “holiday blues.” According to Ronald M. Podell, M.D.,…
Reducing maternal and newborn deaths globally
• Children's Health • • Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Dec 08 10
On Tuesday 7 December 2010, maternal health professionals from Africa and Asia will be attending a workshop in Liverpool to discuss the effects of…
When the state paid, people stopped smoking: study
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 08 10
When Massachusetts started paying for stop-smoking treatments, people not only kicked the habit but also had fewer heart attacks, researchers reported on Tuesday in…
Home monitoring devices may ease world health burden
• Public Health • Dec 08 10
Many people believe devices that allow doctors to monitor patients’ vital signs in their homes offer a potential way to save health costs and…
Influenza virus strains show increasing drug resistance and ability to spread
• Flu • • Public Health • Dec 08 10
Two new studies raise public health concerns about increasing antiviral resistance among certain influenza viruses, their ability to spread, and a lack of alternative…
Social tools prove powerful for online health programs
• Public Health • Dec 08 10
In an era when social networking sites and blogs are visited by three quarters of online users, it’s only natural that the medical profession…
Over-reactive immune system kills young adults during pandemic flu
• Flu • • Public Health • Dec 06 10
On November 19, Jason Martin returned to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the first time since he…
Researcher Unveils New Approach to Blocking Malaria Transmission
• Infections • • Public Health • Dec 06 10
University of Illinois at Chicago researcher Dr. John Quigley will describe a promising new approach to blocking malaria transmission during the American Society of…
Hospital perks: How much should hospitals be rewarded for the patient experience?
• Public Health • Dec 02 10
From hotel-style room service to massage therapy to magnificent views, hospitals are increasingly touting their luxury services in a bid to gain market share,…
Expert panel addresses safety in medical imaging
• Public Health • Dec 02 10
An expert panel convened today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) to discuss medical imaging appropriateness, ionizing radiation…
Employer health insurance premiums increased 41 percent from 2003 to 2009
• Public Health • Dec 02 10
Premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance increased an average of 41 percent across states from 2003 to 2009, more than three times faster than…
Experts Available to Discuss New Guidelines for Vitamin D
• Public Health • Dec 02 10
For media covering the new Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines on vitamin D, several experts at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New…
Study says Huntington’s tests to aid drug search
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Dec 02 10
Scientists have developed a new range of tests that allow them to track the progression of Huntington’s disease long before symptoms appear and should…
Senate Democrats criticize mini-med plans
• Public Health • Dec 02 10
Democratic senators criticized low-cost, bare-bones health insurance plans on Wednesday, saying the plans designed for low-wage workers can be worse than no coverage at…