Public Health

Veterans Treatment Courts: Providing Our Nation's Heroes the Support They Have Earned

R. Gil Kerlikowske | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Public Health, Veterans Affairs, War on Drugs, Drug Policy, Veterans, Public Safety, Veterans Treatment Courts, Veteran Treatment, Politics News

There is no better example of a viable alternative to incarceration than Veterans Treatment Courts, which exemplify the Administration's balanced, 21st century approach to drug policy.

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Bloomberg's Soda Ban: Soda Today, Schmeers Tomorrow?

AP | ADAM GELLER | Posted 06.01.2012

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NEW YORK — Just how far would a government go to protect us from ourselves? In New York City – which already bans smoking in public parks...

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Why Are Twinkies Cheaper Than Carrots?

John Robbins | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Agriculture Subsidies, Agriculture, US Farm Bill, Public Health, Agribusiness, Farm Subsidies, Farm Bill, The Farm Bill, Farm Bill 2012, New Farm Bill, Healthy Living News

If you want to eat healthfully, you have to fight an uphill battle. Why are government subsidies pushing in the wrong direction?

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Obama's Trade Position Panned By U.N. For Protecting High Drug Prices

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Tpp, Global Health, Ip, United Nations, Public Health, Unaids, Hiv, Free Trade, Oxfam, Obama, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Barack Obama, Doctors Without Borders, Video, Wha, World Health Organization, AIDS/HIV, Ustr, Undp, Trade, U.N., Aids, Vietnam, Un, Wipo, Access to Medicines, Patents, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Two major United Nations organizations warned world leaders on Thursday to avoid restrictive free trade agreements that may threaten pub...

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Unjunking Ourselves!

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Preventive Medicine, Unjunk Yourself, Soda Tax, Obesity, Physical Activity, Childhood Obesity, Junk Food, Turn the Tide Foundation, Unjunk-Junkfood, Chronic Disease, Nutrition, Dr. David Katz, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Public Health, Nyc Soda Tax, Healthy Living News

We are, no doubt, all familiar with the expression "you are what you eat," but given how most of us eat, it's quite clear we don't take it very seriously.

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How One Social Experiment Helped 15,000 People Lose 250,000 Pounds

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Food as Medicine, Nutrition, Tedmed 2012, Personal Health, Community Health Care, Community Care, Public Health, Healthy Living Health News, Diabetes, Chronic Disease Prevention, Community Health, Wellness, Diabetes Prevention, Tedmed, Chronic Disease, Healthy Living News

Acute disease can be left to the hospitals, but creating health and healing of chronic disease seems to happen best in the community -- with people helping people where each one of us lives, where we eat, cook, learn, work, play and pray.

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Safety First, Yet the Facts Hurt: How Injury Prevention Can Save Lives

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Public Health, Concussions, Injuries, Healthy Living Health News, Cdc, Public Health Services, Safety Measures, National Prevention Strategy, Injury Prevention, Public Safety, Healthy Living News

If we're going to lower the number of injuries in America, we need to redouble efforts. We need to adopt, implement and enforce evidence-based approaches, and increase public awareness of ways we can all keep ourselves and our families safer.

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Overcoming Stigma and Improving Mental Health in America

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Depression, Community Care, Public Health, Mental Health Care, Healthy Living Health News, Mental Health Month, Community Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Healthy Living News

This May marks the 63rd anniversary of Mental Health Month, but the problem of mental illness requires greater attention as a major 21st-century public health challenge.

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Gun Deaths Exceed Motor Vehicle Deaths in 10 States

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Violence Prevention, Violence Policy Center, Motor Vehicle Deaths, Gun Deaths, Public Health, Nhtsa, Gun Violence Reduction, Politics News

Each day, how many motor vehicles do you see or actually use? You probably couldn't keep track. Now, how about guns. How many do you see or actually use during the same period? For most people, not that many. If any at all. And yet, in 10 states gun deaths actually outpace motor vehicle deaths.

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Irresponsible Care: National Children's Study Faces changes That May Put Children's Health at Greater Risk

Nancy Chuda | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Public Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Flame Retardants, Pbde, Child Safety, Epa, Green News

Public health advocates have long pushed for stronger standards on flame retardants, and, in particular, those containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PDBEs), citing studies that suggest they cause harmful health effects -- especially in children.

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Access to Technology Saves Lives

Kolleen Bouchane | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Birmingham, Global Health, Alina Sarag, Tb, Tuberculosis, Technology, London, Xpert, Healthy Living Health News, Tuberculosis Testing, Public Health, Health Technology, Tuberculosis Test, Healthy Living News

More people die from TB today than ever before -- 1.4 million people each year, according to the World Health Organization. Part of the reason is that TB is still diagnosed in most parts of the world using a method invented in the late 19th century.

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Health Happens in the Workplace: Employee Wellness Program to Improve Lives and Save Money

Robert Ross | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: State-Controller-John-Chiang, California-State-Treasurer, Workplace Wellness, The California Endowment, Seiu, Healthy Living Health News, Video, Public Health, Workplace Health, Workplace Wellness Programs, Wellness in Workplace, Healthy Living News

We know health happens in the workplace, and there is plenty of research now telling us that savings happen with prevention.

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The Weight of the Nation

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Healthy Food, Michelle Obama Let's Move, Weight of the Nation, Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Healthy Living Health News, Obesity Crisis, Obesity in Childhood, Weight of the Nation Conference, Obesity America, Public Health, Weight of the Nation Series, Weight of the Nation HBO, Childhood Obesity Statistics, Healthy Living News

We now must act boldly to combat the obesity epidemic. There are many opportunities across the lifespan, but it will require a shift in social norms and an unprecedented social movement for obesity prevention.

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Giving Mothers a Very Special Gift

Ambassador Eric Goosby, MD | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Unaids, Pepfar, Mothers2mothers, Aids, Global Plan, Mothers Day Every Day, Global Health, Antiretroviral Treatment, HIV Cure, Maternal Health Africa, Hiv Infections, Public Health, Hiv, Global Maternal Health, Health Systems, Global Motherhood, Maternal Health, Mothers Day, White Ribbon Alliance, Mothers, HIV Prevention, Maternal and Child Health, Health Care, Blc, Rwanda, Antiretroviral Drugs, Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission, Born Hiv-Free, One, Pediatrics, Children's Health, Impact News

What is the greatest gift we can give a mother this Mother's Day? There are many answers, but one is a healthy life for her and her child. This Mother's Day, let's sharpen our resolve to ensure mothers everywhere have children who are born HIV-free.

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People Are Dying of Drug Overdoses, Despite Lifesaving Medications

Erin L. Winstanley, Ph.D. | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Fda Regulations, Opiates, Fda, Prescription Drugs, Public Health, Painkillers, Naloxone, Drug Abuse, War on Drugs, Painkiller Abuse, Addiction and Recovery, Prescription Drug Abuse, Overdose, Healthy Living News

We have waged a war against drugs instead of formulating a science-based response to a public health epidemic for which a life-saving medication is available.

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Mind-Boggling Nutrition Guidance? You Betcha'!

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.11.2012

The National Consumers League, claiming to represent consumers' interests, issued a press release this week announcing they had submitted a complaint to the FDA, asking the agency to banish NuVal from the nation's supermarkets.

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It is Wrong to Ransom College Affordability with Preventive Health Funds

Leslie Gerwin | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Preventive Health, John Boehner, National Security, Public Health, Institute of Medicine, Minority Health, Planned Parenthood, College Affordability, Politics News

Failing to support public health weakens our nation's security. It is ironic that given limited funds and competing needs, Republican budget proposals cut human services and increase defense spending.

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Make Every Day Mother's Day

Michel Sidibé | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Michel Sidibé, Antiretroviral Treatment, Antiretroviral Therapy, Unaids, Public Health, Aids, AIDs Epidemic, Mother's Day 2012, Mother's Day Cards, Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission, Video, Global Motherhood, Maternal Health, Impact News

There are three simple things we can all do to ensure babies everywhere can be born free from HIV. Together we can go from 390,000 children becoming infected with HIV each year to zero.

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Healthy Roads, Healthy Schools: A Look Into the Effects of Transportation Infrastructure

Christopher Cordingley | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Public Health, Jobs, Hiring, Infrastructure, Education, Thesis Project, Thesis-Project, Health Care, Transportation, Public Transportation, College News

This study examines the correlation between development of public transportation, increased access to health care, decreased absenteeism, increased secondary graduation rates, and increased workforce health and productivity.

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Nutrition: Where Health Meets The Real World

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.09.2012

When it comes to nutrition and the monumental influence it has on our health, the rubber hits the road wherever people and food come together. Kitchens and cafeterias. Schools and workplaces. Supermarkets and restaurants.

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Taking Stock and Saving Lives: How an m-Health Initiative Is Revolutionizing Health Care in Uganda

Stephanie Rudat | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Uganda, Medical Records, Mhealth, Mobile Phones, Public Health, Nonprofits, Hiv, HIV/AIDS, Africa, Prescription Drugs, Computer Science, HIV/AIDS Africa, Technology, Healthcare, Global Health, Impact News

Until recently, most health clinics in Uganda, and indeed across the continent of Africa, transmitted all of their data manually. The journey of a paper record from doctor's pad to the Ministry of Health in Kampala was treacherous at best.

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Clean, Sustainable Energy vs. Fracking Colorado

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.08.2012

Clearly when it comes to environmental protection, public health and sustainable energy, it requires a groundswell of action by the people.

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Why Nurses Are the Unsung Heroes of Global Health

Sheila Davis, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Nursing, Nurses, International Nurses Week, Public Health, Global Nurses, Global Health, Global Nursing, Health Technology, Impact News

Although our founding mother of modern nursing would be impressed with the health technology of today, I am sure she would be sorely disappointed by the ongoing invisibility of nurses, which she fought so hard to overcome during her lifetime.

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Giving Power to Couples to End the AIDS Epidemic

Michel Sidibé | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Unaids, Antiretroviral Treatment, Michel Sidibé, Hiv, Antiretroviral Therapy, Condoms, Aids, Couples, HIV/AIDS, HIV Test, Discordant Couples, HIV and AIDS, Hiv Aids, AIDs Epidemic, Public Health, Healthy Living News

For the AIDS response, couples' testing and counselling should be one more turning point to expand options to strengthen the impact of HIV prevention and treatment.

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Public Policy and Obesity

Lora Rosenblum | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Soda Tax, Obesity, Junk Food, Legislation, Soda, Public Policy, Obamacare, Mandated Health Care, Public Health, Thesis Project, Thesis-Project, College News

What was it that calorie labeling had that the soda tax did not -- or vice versa -- and more generally, what does this say about the current opportunity for obesity related legislation?

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