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US flu study confirms H1N1 more serious in youth
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Oct 09 09
A study of people who became seriously ill and died with the new pandemic swine flu confirms it is hitting a younger population than…
Britain to start swine flu vaccinations this month
• Flu • • Public Health • Oct 08 09
Britain will start a mass vaccination programme against the deadly H1N1 swine flu before the end of the month and hospital patients will…
Health in low-income countries: Outsourcing and cash incentives may help
• Public Health • Oct 07 09
Contracting private providers of healthcare services and giving cash incentives to patients are two strategies that have been proposed to increase access to healthcare…
New Book Helps Pharmacists Prepare for Role in H1N1 and Other Public Health Crises
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Oct 05 09
With the flu season and the H1N1 virus looming, pharmacists are increasingly being called on to take a more active role in public…
Complications Are Not Best Predictor of Hospital Mortality
• Public Health • Oct 01 09
A compelling University of Michigan Health System study debunks assumptions about the role of complications in distinguishing good and bad hospitals.
The report in…
Canada outranks U.S. in healthcare report card
• Public Health • Sep 28 09
Canada outperforms the United States in health outcomes but is well behind global leaders like Japan in overall health of its population, a Canadian…
U.S. needs nearly $200 million more on climate-related health research
• Public Health • Sep 25 09
A recent commentary suggests that the U.S. should spend roughly $197 million more than it currently does to research the impact of climate change…
Later Drinking Ages Mean Less Alcohol Use
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Sep 21 09
A new study finds that adults who legally were able to purchase alcohol before the age of 21 in their states are more…
California lawmaker plans hearings on soda-obesity link
• Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 17 09
The California lawmaker who spearheaded a high-profile anti-obesity effort across the country’s most populous state is now training his sights on sugar-sweetened drinks.
Sen.…
Metabolic syndrome risk factors drive significantly higher health care costs
• Heart • • Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 17 09
Risk factors for metabolic syndrome, such as obesity, high blood pressure, and elevated blood lipid levels, can increase a person’s healthcare costs nearly 1.6-fold,…
Vitamin D: Many Benefits; Optimal Dose Uncertain
• Public Health • Sep 16 09
Vitamin D appears to boost health from head to toe, according to the September issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter. But, so far, there’s…
Rich people don’t need friends
• Public Health • Sep 16 09
In a paper evaluated by f1000 Medicine, six studies tested relationships between reminders of money, social exclusion and physical pain.
In The symbolic power…
Australia reports first Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 case
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Sep 11 09
The first Australian case of swine flu resistant to Roche Holding AG’s antiviral drug Tamiflu was confirmed by the Western Australia state government on…
Benefits of exercise differ by sex and race
• Public Health • Sep 07 09
How much health benefit you get from physical exercise might depend on your gender, and your race, new research suggests.
The work is based…
Smoke no longer found in European hospitals
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 06 09
Tobacco use is prohibited in hospitals in many European countries, although levels of compliance with this regulation differ. A study carried out by researchers…
Swine flu has killed 36 US children so far: CDC
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Sep 04 09
The new H1N1 swine flu virus has killed 36 U.S. children, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.
It said…
Swine flu gets more active as schools open: CDC
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Sep 02 09
Swine flu is spreading more quickly in the U.S. Southeast, where schools started back earlier than in other areas after the summer break, a…
Hospital infections cost $1 billion in lost bed days
• Public Health • Sep 02 09
Infections caught in hospital are costing the Australian healthcare system more than 850,000 lost bed days, according to a new study by Queensland University…
U.S. Drivers Take Wheel After Binge Drinking in Bars, Clubs
• Public Health • Sep 01 09
More than one in 10 people who binge drinks gets behind the wheel of a car during or just after their binge. Of those…
New flu hit estimated 10 percent of New Yorkers
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Aug 31 09
The new H1N1 swine flu is estimated to have infected about 800,000 people in New York City in the spring, a top U.S. health…
Europe is Ahead of U.S. in Global Drug Discovery
• Public Health • Aug 27 09
A new analysis of 20 years of data contradicts previously published claims that United States pharmaceutical companies are better innovators than their European counterparts,…
Tobacco to kill 6 million people next year: report
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 26 09
Tobacco use will kill 6 million people next year from cancer, heart disease, emphysema and a range of other ills, global cancer experts said…
Drug-resistant typhoid increasing in the U.S.
• Infections • • Public Health • Aug 26 09
In the United States, there has been an increase in cases of typhoid fever resistant to the drugs most commonly used against the…
Coroner says Jackson died from lethal dose of propofol
• Public Health • Aug 25 09
Pop star Michael Jackson died from a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol given in a cocktail of drugs, leading authorities to suspect…
Unsafe urban neighborhoods linked to teen weight
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 24 09
Living in an urban neighborhood that feels unsafe may be a factor in a teen’s risk for being overweight, hints a study of public…