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Contraband cigarettes main source of supply for Ontario youth
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 25 10
A new study from The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) found that contraband tobacco accounts for 43% of all cigarettes consumed by…
Daily vibration may help aging bones stay healthy
• Public Health • Oct 25 10
A daily dose of whole body vibration may help reduce the usual bone density loss that occurs with age, Medical College of Georgia researchers…
Haiti cholera toll tops 250
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 25 10
A multinational medical response has slowed deaths in a Haitian cholera epidemic that has killed more than 250 people so far, but the outbreak…
Nigeria cholera death toll rises above 1,500: UN
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 25 10
Cholera has killed more than 1,500 people in Nigeria this year, more than four times the death toll reported by the government in August,…
Unexplained differences in hospital death rates
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Oct 24 10
Most of the two-fold variation between U.S. hospitals in heart attack death rates remains a mystery, according to a new study.
Researchers found that…
U.S. teen birth rates highest in southern states
• Childbirth • • Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Oct 21 10
Birth rates among U.S. teenagers vary widely by region, with the highest rates clustered in southern states and the lowest in the Northeast and…
Outdoor smoking ban plan angers some New Yorkers
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 21 10
Finding a place to smoke could get even harder in New York City.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to expand his ban on smoking in…
To be good, sometimes leaders need to be a little bad
• Public Health • Oct 20 10
Outgoing. Assertive. Calm. Practical. Decisive. These are obvious qualities that one would want in their leaders.
But what about, say, arrogant, hesitant, overly dramatic,…
‘Octomom’ doctor risks losing medical license
• Public Health • Oct 19 10
The doctor who implanted 14 embryos into California’s so-called “Octomom” should have his medical license revoked for ignoring standard guidelines, a lawyer for the…
Don’t Let Flu Season Stress You Out
• Flu • • Public Health • Oct 19 10
As the weather turns brisk and flu season begins, bad memories of last year’s H1N1pandemic may start surfacing. Luckily, microbiologist John Tudor, Ph.D., professor…
Ukrainian doctors charged in illegal kidney trade
• Public Health • • Urine Problems • Oct 15 10
Three Ukrainian doctors have been charged with removing kidneys from victims of human trafficking for sale to wealthy foreigners for up to $200,000 per…
Prepared Patient: Talking About Symptoms With Your Health Care Team
• Public Health • Oct 15 10
What brings you in here today?
It’s a simple question that’s at the heart of many patient-doctor conversations, but it’s not a question to…
Life expectancy higher in Israel than in US, according to Ben-Gurion U. researcher
• Public Health • Oct 14 10
A new study conducted by a researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) for Jerusalem’s Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel…
Malnutrition increases risk of prolonged hospital stay
• Public Health • Oct 12 10
Hospital patients admitted with malnutrition or who don’t eat for several days are at greater risk of a prolonged hospital stay, according to a…
Evidence-Based Benefit Design Uses Data to Lower Health Care Costs
• Public Health • Oct 11 10
As rising health care costs continue to outpace inflation, some companies are trying a new data-driven strategy, reports the October Journal of Occupational…
US sends $727 million to community health centers
• Public Health • Oct 10 10
The Obama administration on Friday announced $727 million will go to help fix up community health centers across the country, the first of $11…
Obese workers cost workplace more than insurance, absenteeism
• Obesity • • Public Health • Oct 10 10
The cost of obesity among U.S. full-time employees is estimated to be $73.1 billion, according to a new study by a Duke University…
New York takes new aim at sugary drinks
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Oct 10 10
New York expanded its anti-obesity campaign on Thursday with a proposal to ban the use of food stamps to buy sugary drinks, drawing beverage…
Poor healthcare may shorten American lives: study
• Public Health • Oct 08 10
Americans die sooner than citizens of a dozen other developed nations and the usual suspects - obesity, traffic accidents and a high murder rate…
Most US doctors plan to get flu shots - survey
• Flu • • Public Health • Oct 08 10
Almost all U.S. doctors in a survey released on Thursday said they plan to get vaccinated against flu this season, a finding that heartened…
High levels of heavy metals found in China tobacco
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 08 10
Some Chinese cigarettes contain amounts of lead, arsenic and cadmium that are three times higher than levels found in Canadian cigarettes, a study has…
Most Greeks flouting new smoking ban: minister
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 08 10
Most Greeks violate a new ban on smoking in indoor public places, the health ministry said, in another sign of the difficulty of…
Prenatal arsenic exposure quintuples infant death risk
• Children's Health • • Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Oct 08 10
Babies born to mothers with high levels of arsenic exposure are five times more likely to die before their first birthday than infants whose…
Malaria funding short, but some get what they need
• Public Health • Oct 05 10
Global funding for malaria is less than half the $4.9 billion needed in 2010 to prevent and treat the disease that kills around 850,000…
IVF pioneer wins medicine Nobel Prize
• Public Health • Oct 05 10
British physiologist Robert Edwards, whose work led to the first “test-tube baby”, won the 2010 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology, the prize-awarding…