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Long-distance runners lap up miles for the love of it
• Public Health • Nov 26 12
Although many people begin running as a practical path to weight loss or fitness, for many it becomes a love affair as the miles…
Experts say Ireland should clarify abortion laws
• Public Health • Nov 26 12
Ireland should allow limited access to abortion by clarifying the conditions under which women can terminate pregnancies, experts have concluded in a report…
New Study Examines How Health Affects Happiness
• Public Health • Nov 13 12
A new study published in the Journal of Happiness Studies found that the degree to which a disease disrupts daily functioning is associated with…
US preterm birth rate shows 5-year improvement
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Nov 13 12
The U.S. preterm birth rate dropped for the fifth consecutive year in 2011 to 11.7 percent, the lowest in a decade, giving thousands more…
States given more time to work on health exchanges
• Public Health • Nov 11 12
The Obama administration gave states extra time to work toward setting up new health insurance exchanges on Friday, days after President Barack Obama’s re-election…
1 in 5 Still Smoke, but They’re Smoking Less
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 09 12
The percentage of people who smoke remained essentially unchanged from 2010 to 2011, but over time the prevalence of heavy smoking declined significantly, according…
Marijuana legalization victories could be short-lived
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 08 12
Votes making Colorado and Washington the first U.S. states to legalize marijuana for recreational use could be short-lived victories for pot backers because the…
Angioplasty costs are higher at non-surgery hospitals
• Heart • • Public Health • Nov 05 12
Angioplasty to clear blocked arteries costs more at hospitals not equipped for emergency heart surgery, according to a study presented on Sunday at the…
Exercise is smart for your heart – and makes you smarter
• Heart • • Public Health • Oct 29 12
A regular exercise routine can make you fitter than ever – mentally fit.
In a new study, previously sedentary adults were put through four…
Six new cases reported in meningitis outbreak
• Public Health • Oct 27 12
Six new cases of fungal meningitis have been reported in an outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections that has led to 25 deaths in…
Exercise boosts satisfaction with life, researchers find
• Neurology • • Public Health • Oct 26 12
Had a bad day? Extending your normal exercise routine by a few minutes may be the solution, according to Penn State researchers, who found…
Exercising in your 70s ‘may stop brain shrinkage’
• Brain • • Public Health • Oct 25 12
Exercising in your 70s may stop your brain from shrinking and showing the signs of ageing linked to dementia, say experts from Edinburgh University.
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School “hand hygiene” plan shows no asthma benefit
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Public Health • Oct 25 12
An arsenal of hand sanitizers, hygiene education and good old-fashioned soap failed to prevent asthma attacks among school children in one Alabama county.
For…
Killer disease reaches Uganda capital, five dead
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 22 12
An outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Uganda has spread to the capital Kampala after an infected woman travelled to the city and…
Extra weight tied to higher risk of hospitalization: study
• Obesity • • Public Health • Oct 22 12
Regardless of lifestyle and other health-related factors, heavier people were more likely than lean ones to be hospitalized for a variety of conditions, according…
FDA finds fungus in steroid shots, meningitis toll rises
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 19 12
U.S. health officials made their first confirmation of the presence of a deadly fungus in one of three lots of steroids tied to a…
What we know and don’t know about fungal meningitis outbreak
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 19 12
In a new perspective piece being published Online First tonight in Annals of Internal Medicine, a physician recalls lessons learned from treating patients affected…
Meningitis deaths rise, FDA faces new questions
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 18 12
The death toll from a meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroids jumped to 19 on Wednesday, while U.S. lawmakers pressed federal health regulators…
Doctors who go digital provide higher quality healthcare
• Public Health • Oct 17 12
The use of electronic health records is linked to significantly higher quality care, according to a new study¹ by Lisa Kern and her team,…
Big tobacco companies resist admissions of wrongdoing
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 16 12
U.S. tobacco companies told a federal judge on Monday they should not be required to tell the public they manipulated nicotine levels to make…
More drugs may be linked to meningitis outbreak: FDA
• Drug News • • Public Health • Oct 16 12
Two other drugs made by the Massachusetts pharmacy at the center of a deadly meningitis outbreak may be linked to the disease, U.S. health…
Russia launches anti-smoking crackdown
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 16 12
Russia launched a crackdown on smoking on Tuesday with a bill to ban tobacco advertising and raise taxes on cigarettes to help tackle a…
CDC says nine more cases of meningitis confirmed in U.S. outbreak
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 16 12
Nine more people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
Meningitis outbreak “nowhere near the end”: expert
• Public Health • Oct 16 12
The meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 15 people and sickened more than 200 others is “nowhere near the end,” a top medical…
Washing hands will keep the doctor away
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 16 12
The World Bank’s Strategic Environmental Assessment report, stated that Pakistan is losing around Rs112 billion annually due to unsafe delivery and disposal of water…