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Attention drug emergencies soar for U.S. kids-report
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Aug 24 09
Calls to poison control centers for U.S. teenagers who have overdosed on attention deficit drugs rose 76 percent over eight years, researchers reported on…
Maltreated Young Adults Not Receiving Needed Mental Health Services
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Aug 07 09
Mental health problems among young adults suspected of being maltreated as youths often go untreated as they transition to adulthood, according to a study…
Half of U.S. should get H1N1 vaccination: officials
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Jul 31 09
About half the U.S. population should get vaccinated against H1N1 influenza and pregnant women and healthcare workers should be at the front of the…
Alternative medicine a big business in US - report
• Alternative Medicine • • Public Health • Jul 31 09
Complementary and alternative medicine such as acupuncture, herbal supplements and meditation are big business in the United States, totaling nearly $34 billion in out-of-pocket…
US stops sildenafil (Viagra) trial in sickle cell
• Drug Abuse • • Public Health • Jul 29 09
The U.S. National Institutes of Health said on Tuesday it had stopped a trial of the drug sildenafil, saying it caused serious medical problems…
US states to get “significant” obesity money
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jul 29 09
The U.S. government plans to give state and local government hundreds of millions of dollars to fight obesity, including investments in public transportation, Health…
Divorce Undermines Health in Ways Remarriage Doesn’t Heal
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • • Public Health • Jul 27 09
Divorce and widowhood have a lingering, detrimental impact on health, even after a person remarries, research at the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins…
Rates of Secondhand Smoke Exposure High Among College Students
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 21 09
Secondhand smoke (SHS) is not only a nuisance, but a potential health concern for many college students, and administrators should be taking steps to…
New York restaurants nearly all trans-fat-free
• Fat, Dietary • • Public Health • Jul 21 09
Two years after New York City declared war on artificial trans fats, nearly all city restaurants had successfully cut the artery-clogging fats from…
H1N1 influenza pandemic modeling for public health action
• Public Health • Jul 20 09
Mathematical modelling can help inform public health policy in outbreaks such as the H1N1 pandemic, write members of the Pandemic Influenza Outbreak Research Modelling…
Welcome to 2040 and 1.3 billion senior citizens
• Public Health • Jul 20 09
The world’s population of older people is growing at the fastest rate ever seen and the old will soon outnumber the young for the…
Stopping Harmful Oral Bacteria in Their Path
• Dental Health • • Public Health • Jul 20 09
The best way to keep bacteria from doing any damage is to stop them in their tracks before they can start down their pathological…
Argentina declares animal health emergency over flu
• Flu • • Public Health • • Swine Flu • Jul 18 09
Argentina’s government declared on Friday a nationwide animal health emergency following the discovery of the new H1N1 flu virus in at least one pig…
Russia’s Medvedev praises Gorbachev’s anti-alcohol campaign
• Public Health • Jul 17 09
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday praised the unpopular 1980s anti-alcohol campaign of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and suggested his own…
Docs, nurses use and recommend diet supplements
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Jul 16 09
Doctors and nurses commonly take vitamin, mineral, and other dietary supplements themselves, and recommend the same to their patients, results of a survey…
Study Demonstrates Benefits of ‘Healthy Kids’ Program
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Jul 16 09
A program that provides health care coverage to uninsured kids saved Los Angeles County health facilities more than $37 million in uncompensated costs…
Home Smoking Rules Tend to Vary by Race
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 15 09
Prohibiting tobacco use at home could reduce adolescent smoking rates, but the practice might be less common in black families than in white ones,…
Keep Summer Swimming and Stamina Events Safe
• Public Health • Jul 10 09
Whether having fun, staying in shape or pushing your physical capacity to the extreme, the summer is a great time to enjoy your…
Nursing Researcher Works to Reverse Tide of Childhood Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Jul 10 09
Nine-year-old Martha sits in front of a poster that depicts a single chocolate chip sitting on top of five pounds of grapes. After…
Humans may give swine flu to pigs in new twist to pandemic
• Flu • • Public Health • Jul 10 09
The strain of influenza, A/H1N1, that is currently pandemic in humans has been shown to be infectious to pigs and to spread rapidly in…
WHO likely to give H1N1 jab guidance on Monday
• Flu • • Public Health • • Swine Flu • Jul 10 09
The World Health Organisation (WHO) will probably hold a media briefing on Monday to issue guidance about the need for a H1N1 influenza jab,…
WHO sees little Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 flu spread
• Flu • • Public Health • Jul 08 09
Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 flu does not appear to be spreading in a sustained or worrisome way, a World Health Organisation official said on Tuesday.
“At…
FDA cracks down on eggs to reduce illness
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Jul 08 09
U.S. egg producers will have to adopt tougher food safety measures during production, storage and transportation to help prevent the spread of a deadly…
Top Six Summer Dangers: ER Doctor Offers Tips for Keeping Kids Safe
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Jul 07 09
As the temperatures rise, so do trips to pediatric emergency rooms. Severe cuts, broken bones and head injuries are the most common causes for…
Argentines question government as flu spreads
• Flu • • Public Health • Jul 07 09
Argentines are questioning the government’s handling of an H1N1 flu outbreak that has killed 60 people amid confusion over the number of cases and…