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Demographics cloud optimism on black violent crime decrease
• Public Health • Mar 28 11
Optimism about studies that show a drop in the black percentage of crime may be dampened by demographic trends and statistical aberrations, according to…
Tobacco Coalition: 27-cent hike on cigarettes isn’t enough
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 27 11
A coalition of public health organizations today said it’s good that the cigarette tax is now on the table before the Legislature, but the…
You are never too old to quit smoking, say King’s Lynn couple
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 27 11
When Trish Coe decided to give up her 20 year smoking habit, she not only helped to improve her health but also inspired her…
“Smoking-ban murder”
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 27 11
A restaurant owner in southwest Turkey was shot dead after he tried to prevent his customers from smoking to comply with a new law…
Secondhand smoke raises the stakes in America’s casinos
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 27 11
Millions of Americans visit casinos to unwind and test their luck against the hands of fate, but lurking in the shadows is a gamble…
17 Creative Anti-Smoking Ads
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 27 11
Clever anti-smoking campaigns and creative advertising designed to get people to quit smoking.
Most of us know that smoking is bad for our health,…
Your Sex Life Up in Smoke
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 27 11
There was a time when nothing went together like sex and a cigarette. But today we know that cigarettes are the nation’s largest killer,…
Newly discovered virus implicated in deadly Chinese outbreaks
• Infections • • Public Health • Mar 22 11
Five years ago, large numbers of farmers in central China began falling victim to an mysterious disease marked by high fever, gastrointestinal disorder and…
Hospital performs tracheotomy on terminal Canadian baby
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Mar 22 11
A Canadian baby on the brink of death was given a tracheotomy on Monday at a St. Louis hospital to improve his breathing after…
Radiation Risks to Health: A Joint Statement from Leading Scientific Experts
• Public Health • Mar 22 11
Chevy Chase, MD (March 18, 2011)-The growing concern surrounding the release of radiation from an earthquake and tsunami-stricken nuclear complex in Japan has raised…
Wash Your Hands? You May Now Approach the Patient Bed
• Infections • • Public Health • Mar 17 11
Each year patients in the U.S. get more than a million infections while in the hospital being treated for something else. The best way…
New health statistics show Americans living longer
• Public Health • Mar 17 11
Life expectancy in the United States has reached an all-time high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
In 2009, life…
Health coverage still tough to get for individuals
• Public Health • Mar 16 11
Nearly three quarters of those seeking health insurance in the U.S. individual market in recent years faced roadblocks or were turned down due to…
WHO: No significant global spread of Japan radiation
• Public Health • Mar 16 11
There is no evidence of a significant spread of radiation from Japan’s crippled nuclear plants, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, calling on…
Prevalence of Heavy Smokers in U.S. Decreases
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 16 11
From 1965 to 2007, the population prevalence of persons who smoked 20 or more cigarettes per day declined significantly, and there was also a…
Regions With Higher Rate of Diagnoses Have Lower Fatality Rate For Chronic Conditions
• Public Health • Mar 16 11
An examination of data for more than 5 million Medicare beneficiaries finds that hospital regions that have a greater frequency of diagnoses have a…
How Patients & Hospitals Can Help Prevent the Spread of HAIs
• Infections • • Public Health • Mar 16 11
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) represent a growing concern for both patients and healthcare providers across the nation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
New articles examine safety of airport security scanners
• Public Health • Mar 16 11
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to use whole-body imaging scanners as a primary screening measure on travelers passing through airport security checkpoints.…
Some Lean Cuisine dishes recalled
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Mar 16 11
More than 10,000 pounds of Lean Cuisine frozen spaghetti and meatball dishes have been recalled because of the possible presence of foreign materials, the…
Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe
• Public Health • Mar 15 11
Japan faced a potential catastrophe Tuesday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating toward Tokyo, prompting some…
Japan radioactivity could enter food chain
• Public Health • Mar 15 11
Radioactive materials spewed into the air by Japan’s earthquake-crippled nuclear plant may contaminate food and water resources, with children and unborn babies most at…
Alzheimer’s in U.S. claims $202 billion in unpaid care
• Public Health • Mar 15 11
Nearly 15 million people in the United States take care of a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, amounting to…
Japan nuclear health risks low, won’t blow abroad
• Public Health • Mar 14 11
Health risks from Japan’s quake-hit nuclear power reactors seem fairly low and winds are likely to carry any contamination out to the Pacific without…
Age affects us all
• Aging and Gerontology • • Public Health • Mar 14 11
Humans aren’t the only ones who grow old gracefully, says a new study of primate aging patterns.
For a long time it was thought…
Americans have higher rates of most chronic diseases than same-age counterparts in England
• Public Health • Mar 10 11
Researchers announced today in the American Journal of Epidemiology that despite the high level of spending on healthcare in the United States compared to…