Public Health

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
Mark Hyman, MD

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
Jeffrey Levi

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
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

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
Josh Sugarmann

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
Nancy Chuda

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
Kolleen Bouchane

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

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Robert Ross

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
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

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
Ambassador Eric Goosby, MD

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
Erin L. Winstanley, Ph.D.

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

Read More: Processed Food, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Healthy Living Health News, Katz, Onqi, Nutrition Profiling, National Consumers League, Supermarkets, Nuval, Diet, Kelly Brownell, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Groceries, Nutrition Guidance, Fmi, Nutrition, Dr. David Katz, Consumers, Food Industry, Nutrients, Public Health, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

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
Leslie Gerwin

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
Michel Sidibé

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
Christopher Cordingley

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

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Katz, Nutrition, Dr. David Katz, Diet, Obesity, National Restaurant Association, Childhood Obesity, Kidslivewell, Healthy Dining, Nutrition Resources, Children Obesity, Public Health, Children Nutrition, Obesity Statistics, Resources for Nutrition, Healthy Dining Finder, Weight Loss, Diet and Nutrition, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

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
Stephanie Rudat

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

Read More: Community Bill of Rights, Commerce City Unite, Public Health, Sen. Morgan Carroll SB 107, What the Frack?! Arapahoe County, Sustainable Energy, Hydraulic Fracking, Denver Community Rights, Air and Water Contamination, Closed Loop Systems, Butanol Fuel, Boulder-Based Clean Energy Action, Greenhouse Gases, Open Pit Storage, Erie Rising, Longmontroar, Property Rights, Mineral Rights, Windsor Rig Environment Emergency, Denver News
Michele Swenson

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
Sheila Davis, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN

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
Michel Sidibé

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
Lora Rosenblum

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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Lucia Graves

Anti-Monsanto Activist Received Anonymous Death Threats

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Agrobussiness, Pesticides, Monsanto Farmers, Roundup, Sofia Gatica, Public Health, Environment, Glyphosate Argentina, Birth Defects, Cancer, Herbicides, Monsanto, Monsanto Soy, Glyphosate, Genetic Engineering, Green News

For 13 years Sofia Gatica has organized opposition to the aerial spraying of agrochemicals that threaten human health and the environment in Argentina...

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We Should Be Ashamed: Why the U.S. Has a High Infant Death Rate

Deborah Klein Walker | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Public Health, Babies, Health Care, U.S Infant Mortality, Infant Mortality, Maternal Health, Impact News
Deborah Klein Walker

Thirty developed countries, all of which spend much less on health care than the United States, have lower infant mortality rates than we do. And the disparity within our nation is alarming.

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Prozac in Poultry Is Better Than Penicillin

Michael Greger, M.D. | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Antibiotics, Poultry, Chicken, Prozac, Factory Farming, Healthy Living Health News, Meat Safety, Chicken Food Safety, Public Health, Chicken and Antibiotics, Antibiotics in Chicken, Antibiotics Chicken, Consumer Health, Healthy Living News
Michael Greger, M.D.

While consumers may be more shocked by pink slime or the feeding of Prozac to poultry, the routine feeding of millions of pounds of human antibiotics to chickens presents a much graver threat.

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America's Costly Lifestyles

Joe S. Moore | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Obesity in America, Public Health Costs, Health Care Costs, Health, Affordable Care Act, Obesity Epidemic, Health Care Reform, Public Health, Obesity, Health Care, Cost of Obesity, Chronic Disease, Politics News
Joe S. Moore

Our health care system isn't truly a health care system at all. It's a "sick care system" focused on addressing symptoms and treating illness, with little intent on keeping people well in the first place.

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Addressing Disparities, Promoting Health Equity and Ending HIV/AIDS

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Public Health, HIV/AIDS, Health Disparities, The Waters Bill, HIV and AIDS, Hiv Screening, Serostatus, Maxine Waters, Minority Health Care Inequality, AIDs Epidemic, National Hiv/Aids Strategy, Health Care Equality, Health Care, Health Care Costs, Healthy Living News
Jeffrey Levi

We've come a long way in the battle against HIV/AIDS. However, we must remain vigilant: We cannot ignore the startling statistics of new HIV infections of gay and bisexual men, especially among black and Hispanic men.

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