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The Tennessean on Thursday published an editorial and two opinion pieces about an FDA decision to publish online a quarterly list of drugs being investigated for potential safety risks. Summaries appear below.
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"Chronic diseases afflict 100 million Americans, cause seven out of 10 deaths and consume $2 out of every $3 spent on health care," but "much of the burden ... can be prevented with simple lifestyle choices" because a "major contributing factor is physical inactivity," HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt writes in a Lexington Herald-Leader opinion piece.
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Alhaja Roli Daniju, executive director of the nongovernmental organization Ajegunle Community Project, recently called on Nigerian government officials and other stakeholders to help reduce poverty in the country by empowering people living with HIV/AIDS, This Day/AllAfrica.com reports.
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The following highlights initiatives and grants that seek to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science: NIH's
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Health care - cost and coverage - has been a hot topic among presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 4 election. But which candidate has a plan that likely voters believe will make the biggest impact on the toughest health care problems facing the nation? The answer: Obama. According to a report released today by the University of Michigan C.S.
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The 1918 flu pandemic killed more than 40 million people worldwide and affected persons of all age groups. While it is difficult to predict when the next influenza pandemic will occur or how severe it will be, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed models to help organizations like the American Red Cross and Georgia Department of Education prepare emergency response plans.
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The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Report on the National Patient Choice Survey, May 2008, England, and provisional headline results of the July 2008 survey The main findings of the May survey are: -- T
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Our Kid: Medical Manchester, 1948 - 2008 22 October - 29 November 2008 The foyer at Manchester Central Library A larger than life size figure is set to reveal the dramatic changes in Manchester's medical history like never before. A new installation, with a multi-media exhibition at its heart, traces the regions past medical breakthroughs and blows the lid on what healthcare could be like in the future.
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You receive an emergency call. A female has collapsed in the street. You arrive outside the nightclub to find a young female slumped against a wall. There is no other bystander in the area and the caller has left the scene. As you approach the patient you notice she is singing in a slurred fashion.
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Illustrator Barry Blitt does it againâ?¦ and again. Blitt, who drew so much attention in July for his satirical and controversial New Yorker cover illustration of Barack and Michelle Obama, created the cover for the new issue of Stanford Medicine magazine on politics and health care. The illustration depicts a female patient looking up at presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain standing at her bedside in physician's garb. Her skeptical look says: "Show me.
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The nationâ?˛s immunization coverage rates for preteens and teens are increasing for routinely recommended vaccines, but most still do not have all of the recommended immunizations, according to 2007 estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "The overall trends are good news," said Dr. Lance Rodewald, director of the Division of Immunization Services at the CDCâ?˛s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
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New research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows unsponsored and professional society Web sites provide significantly higher quality information about common elective surgical procedures compared with commercially sponsored Web sites. In addition, the study authors say that providing patients with technical search terms may increase the likelihood of obtaining reliable surgical information on the Web.
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Governor Jim Doyle has announced a historic collaboration between four Wisconsin research institutions to advance personalized health care - leading to health care that proactively addresses diseases. The Wisconsin Genomics Initiative is a collaborative research effort among the Marshfield Clinic, Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) and UW-Milwaukee (UWM).
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Food Security: From Local to Global, will be the focus of the Society for Nutrition Education's 2009 annual conference, but this single event is just one small step in fighting world hunger. Food security remains a top priority around the world and requires immediate attention in order to combat the issues of poverty, poor nutrition, hunger and deficiencies.
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The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California at Santa Barbara (CNS-UCSB) helped to win the new University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), a five-year, $24 million center co-funded by the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency to study the environmental impacts of nanotechnology.
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In 2005, 34.6% of Hispanics in Arizona were uninsured, compared with 12.7% of whites, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday, Cronkite News/Arizona Republic reports (Konopken, Cronkite News/Arizona Republic, 10/10).
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The North Carolina Tri-County Community Health Council has filed a lawsuit against Johnston County, N.C., alleging discrimination by county commissioners who denied a zoning permit to build a health clinic in a rural community that would serve low-income residents, the Raleigh News & Observer reports.
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The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has designated Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) as a Magnet hospital. The news came via a conference call to hospital administrators, nurses and staff who broke out with cheers and applause. GMC joins an elite group of only 15 Pennsylvania hospitals - and only 294 hospitals in the United States that have achieved Magnet status. More than 6,000 hospitals are eligible for this recognition.
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A research team from the Peninsula Medical School, the University of Exeter, the University of Plymouth and the University of Iowa, have found evidence linking Bisphenol A (BPA) to diabetes and heart disease in adults. Their research paper was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and it is the first time that evidence has emerged of the association between higher BPA levels and disease in adults.
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Presidential candidates use them to persuade voters, drug companies use them to sell their products, and the media spin them in all kinds of ways, but nobody - candidates, reporters, let alone health consumers - understands them.
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North Carolina State University researchers are launching a new project that will standardize forensic crime scene investigation training throughout the state, decrease the cost of providing the training to law enforcement personnel and forensic scientists, and hopefully contribute to the establishment of nationwide standards for death investigations. A team of NC State scientists, led by Dr. Ann H. Ross, has received a grant from the U.S.
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A UC San Diego engineer has revealed a new mode of propulsion based on how water snails create ripples of slime to crawl upside down beneath the surface.
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Is your family prepared for school closures, empty food shelves and no available medical care? Could your business still function with 40% of workers staying home? Will police, fire and critical utility services be available if workers are ill or caring for ill family members? These are things which could easily occur during an influenza pandemic, and the driving force behind a new website that was launched by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare,
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Several rabid bat reports in Idaho are prompting public health officials to warn people throughout the state to take precautions around bats and make sure that their dogs, cats, and horses are adequately vaccinated against rabies. Two rabid bats were recently discovered from Ada County, as well as two rabid bats from Kootenai County. Every year rabid bats are reported from across Idaho, last year 12 rabid bats were reported from sites across the state.
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State health officials announced the release of the 2008 Fireworks-Related Injuries Report. As of August 12, 2008, there were 141 fireworks-related injuries, including one death, reported to the Indiana State Department of Health. Of these injuries, more than three-quarters (111) occurred between June 30 and July 6. "Sixty-five percent of the fireworks injuries were burns, mostly to the fingers and hands" said Joan Duwve, M.D.
WHO news
9 October 2008 -- More than 75% of people suffering from mental disorders in the developing world receive no treatment or care. A new WHO programme launched today, on World Mental Health Day 2008 highlights the huge treatment gap for a number of mental, neurological and substance use disorders.
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8 October 2008 ? A meeting of experts convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Madrid agreed today to a research agenda to develop an evidence-based framework for action on the human health implications of climate change.
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2 October 2008 -- WHO invites all parties with an interest in reducing the harmful use of alcohol to share their views in a web-based public hearing being organized between 3 and 31 October.
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26 September 2008 ? WHO and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization are urging affected countries to ensure safe feeding of millions of infants following the ongoing melamine-contaminated milk crisis in China.
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25 September 2008 -- Today, as world leaders gather for the High-Level Event on the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), we jointly pledge to intensify our support to
countries to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5: ?To improve maternal health? ? the MDG showing the least progress.
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19 September 2008 -- Contrary to what some marketers of the electronic cigarette imply in their advertisements, the World Health Organization does not consider it to be a legitimate therapy for smokers trying to quit.
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18 September 2008 -? The global burden of malaria remains enormous, but access to malaria control interventions increased sharply between 2004 and 2006, says a new report released today.
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12 September 2008 -- WHO and its partners urgently need US$ 4.2 million to provide health care for the 800 000 people - including children and pregnant women - affected by successive tropical storms in Haiti.
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9 September 2008 -- Some 423 000 people in Pakistan need urgent health care after being affected by recent conflict and flooding. WHO and partners are requesting US$ 9.76 million to undertake life-saving health responses to this humanitarian crisis.
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4 September 2008 -- Health ministers from the African meningitis belt today committed themselves to introduce a highly promising candidate meningitis vaccine. The vaccine is designed to prevent periodic epidemics of the deadly disease in these countries.
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