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UMD Team Gives Drug Dropouts a Second Chance
• Drug News • • Public Health • May 08 12
A cross-disciplinary team of researchers at the University of Maryland has designed a molecular container that can hold drug molecules and increase their solubility,…
Keeping obesity rates level could save nearly $550 billion over 2 decades
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 08 12
Researchers have forecast the cost savings and rise in obesity prevalence over the next two decades in a new public health study.
“Keeping obesity…
One in eight teens misuses prescription painkillers
• Public Health • May 07 12
One in eight older teens has used powerful painkillers when they weren’t prescribed - and many of them start misusing the medications earlier than…
Men who do load-bearing exercise in early 20s may be shielded from osteoporosis
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • May 05 12
Young men who play volleyball, basketball or other load-bearing sports for four hours a week or more increase bone mass and might gain protection…
Baby with ‘bucket list’ dies
• Public Health • May 04 12
The 6-month-old girl whose parents created a “bucket list” blog for their daughter after doctors said she would not live past age 2 died…
Kentucky lags U.S. in lowering teen birth rate
• Childbirth • • Public Health • May 04 12
Hannah Watkins, a 17-year-old junior at Jefferson County Public Schools’ South Park Teen Age Parent Program, said she’s glad to hear about the national…
What are the benefits of jogging
• Physical activity -exercise • • Public Health • May 04 12
Jogging has many mental and health benefits, especially in the cardiovascular purposes. This is supported by the fact that the jogging is six most…
Jogging ‘adds five years or more to life’
• Public Health • May 04 12
As little as an hour a week is enough to deliver the surprising health benefit, according to the medics, who studied the longevity of…
New guidelines deliver concise messages for implementing cardiovascular prevention
• Heart • • Public Health • May 03 12
The latest cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines have been overhauled to produce a user friendly document with concise messages that awards greater weight than…
Regular jogging shows dramatic increase in life expectancy
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • May 03 12
Undertaking regular jogging increases the life expectancy of men by 6.2 years and women by 5.6 years, reveals the latest data from the Copenhagen…
HBO Teams with Feds to Tackle Obesity
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 02 12
Cable television station HBO has once again partnered with federal officials to raise awareness of a major public health crisis through a documentary series…
As preterm births soar globally, U.S. ranks 130 of 184
• Childbirth • • Public Health • May 02 12
The world’s developed countries have seen their average rate of premature births double to 6 percent since 1995, despite efforts to reduce the phenomenon,…
Magnetic resonance imaging with side effects
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Apr 30 12
Great care should be taken when performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with a cardiac pacemaker. Henning Bovenschulte and his co-authors review recent…
Study supports allowing family members in ED during critical care
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Apr 28 12
Contrary to what many trauma teams believe, the presence of family members does not impede the care of injured children in the emergency department,…
Sneak peak in Oakland of HBO “Weight of the Nation” series Wednesday
• Obesity • • Public Health • Apr 24 12
U.S. citizens stubbornly remain obese despite decades of efforts by movie stars, fitness gurus, educators and even religious leaders to get Americans into shape.…
Letting go can boost quality of life
• Public Health • Apr 23 12
Most people go through life setting goals for themselves. But what happens when a life-altering experience makes those goals become unachievable or even unhealthy?
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Poll shows strong voter support for school nutrition standards
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Public Health • Apr 18 12
Eighty percent of American voters favor national standards that would limit calories, fat, and sodium in snack and à la carte foods sold in…
Interpreters in ER may limit medical errors: study
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Apr 17 12
Having professional translators in emergency rooms for non-English-speaking patients may help limit potential miscommunications, according to a U.S. study.
The study, conducted at two…
Medtronic to boost safety monitoring of devices
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Apr 17 12
Medtronic Inc plans to ramp up monitoring of its medical devices after they are implanted in order to catch potential safety problems earlier, as…
U.S. cites Assurant unit over health premium hike
• Public Health • Apr 17 12
U.S. officials on Monday cited two health insurers for excessive premium increases, under consumer protection rules of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law that…
Haiti launches anti-cholera vaccination campaign
• Infections • • Public Health • Apr 16 12
The Haitian government along with international partners including the World Health Organization launched a vaccination campaign against cholera on Saturday targeting 100,000 people in…
Nebraska governor rejects prenatal care funding for illegal immigrants
• Public Health • Apr 16 12
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman vetoed a proposal to restore Medicaid-funded prenatal care for illegal immigrants on Friday, but the initiative could still survive if…
Study Finds Significant Skull Differences Between Closely Linked Groups
• Public Health • Apr 12 12
In order to accurately identify skulls as male or female, forensic anthropologists need to have a good understanding of how the characteristics of male…
Cost of aging rising faster than expected: IMF
• Aging and Gerontology • • Public Health • Apr 12 12
People worldwide are living three years longer than expected on average, pushing up the costs of aging by 50 percent, and governments and pension…
Teen birthrate declines again in U.S., CDC says
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Apr 11 12
Teen births have fallen to record lows in the United States, continuing an overall trend - partly due to programs aimed at preventing pregnancies…