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Public Health

Drinking Ourselves Fat (Video)

Dr. Thomas Farley | Posted 12.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Healthy Eating, Anti-Soda Ad Campaign, Soda, Public Health, Beverages, Overeating, Pouring on the Pounds, Sugar, New York News
Dr. Thomas Farley

Sugar-sweetened beverages are not the sole cause of the obesity crisis, just one of the most egregious. That's why the NYC Health Department is using disgusting images to get people's attention.

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DC Armory Wants Group To Pay $77,000 To Host Free Medical Clinic

Posted 12.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Health Care Bill, Remote Area Medical, Free Clinic, Temporary Clinic, Senate Health Care Bill, Washington DC, Non-Profit, Public Health, DC Armory, Health Care, Health Insurnace, Ram, Home News

A non-profit group that provides free medical treatment to those in need is running into fees and regulations that could derail its plans to treat tho...

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Birth Control, Water, And Women

Susan Kim | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Environment, The Pill, Menstruation, Women's Health, Susan Kim, Women, Health, Water, Public Health, Contraception, Water Supply, Condoms, Living News
Susan Kim

Thanks in large part to a decade of nearly nonexistent enforcement, tens of millions of men, women and children now routinely drink, bathe in and cook with tap water laced with illegal levels of contaminants.

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Mass Drug Administration; Not a Cure, But a Necessary Treatment

Josh Ruxin | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health, Neglected Topical Diseases, Health, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Rwanda, Politics News
Josh Ruxin

It's scary to think that Neglected Tropical Diseases can be so easily defeated with a very modest investment, far less than it takes to fight pandemics like AIDS and tuberculosis. Yet they continue to be ignored.

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Biodiversity Remakes Tokyo

Jared Braiterman | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Soil, Air Quality, River, Bicycling, Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Satoyama, Walking, National Security, Urban Forest, Falcon, Biodiversity, Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference, Tokyo, Crime Reduction, Transit, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Elderly, Wall, Yamada Yoriyuki, Forest, Iimura Kazuki, Wilderness, Blur, Sustainable, Places, Plants, Rice, Kobayashi Kenji, Farmer, Energy Independence, Remake, Reforestation, Wildlife, Population, Ginza Bee Project, Street, Cultural, Food Safety, Passion, Pollution, Urban, Culture, Climate Change, Bee, Suzuki Makoto, Post-Industrial, Lot, Roof, Miniaturization, Public Health, City, Habitat, Growth, Public, Ginza Farm, Gardener, Nature, Paddy, Pet, Environment, Firefly, Ginza, Edo, Kajima, Green News
Jared Braiterman

The Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference addresses unparalleled environmental crisis and the need to transform our relationship with nature. Many p...

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Chicago's Public Health Budget Gets The Flu

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Health, Budget Cuts, Health Care, Chicago, Aids, Chicago Budget, HIV/AIDS, Swine Flu, Mayor Daley, H1n1, Chicago News
Johnathon Briggs

Some essential city services are too important to do without. Alarmingly, Mayor Daley's 2010 budget plan calls for a $2.1 million funding reduction (6.7% cut) for public health.

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Prevention: Popular Provisions Have Been Largely Overlooked in Health Reform

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Health, Health Care Reform, Trust for America's Health, Prevention, Pre-Existing-Condition, Health Care, Living News
Jeffrey Levi

The Trust for America's Health released a public opinion poll with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that found that disease prevention and public health are among the most popular proposals on the table.

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Biolabs Multiplying Like Rabbits: A Clear and Present Danger

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ebola, Level-4 BioSafety Lab, Plum Island, Bioterrorism, Public Health, Boston Biolab, Anthrax, Deadly Germs, Pathogens, Foot and Mouth Disease, Vaccines, General Accounting Office, Bio Labs, Toxins, Marburg, Politics News
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.

The dangers posed by biolabs often fly under the radar, but that may be changing. The public would do well to question the knee-jerk "security at all costs" policy of the federal government.

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Fat, Stupid, Impotent & Dangerous: The Future Without Green Chemistry

Elizabeth Grossman | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Public Health, Endocrine Disruptors, Chemical Exposure, Bisphenol A, Consumer Product Safety, Homeland Security, Green Chemistry, Green News
Elizabeth Grossman

The mere presence of chemicals linked to health disorders does not mean disease will result. Yet research scientists and medical professionals now say that based on the evidence, there is reason to be concerned.

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Tobacco Company Reynolds In Talks To Buy Company For Quitters

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Stop Smoking, Chewing Tobacco, Grizzly, Nicotine, Grizzly Chewing Tobacco, Smokers, Smoking, Camels, Public Health, Cigarettes, Smoking Rates, Niconovum AB, Camel Cigarettes, Quit Smoking, US Tobacco, Reynolds, Tobacco, Smoking Bans, Sweden, Business News

RICHMOND, Va. — Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes and Grizzly smokeless tobacco, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps...

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It's Election Day: May I Take Your Order?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Issue 2, Animal Welfare, Election Day, H1n1, Swine Flu, Public Health, Factory Farms, Food Safety, E. Coli, Food-Borne Illness, Industrial Agriculture, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Think of your ballot as a list of menu options. Would you like your burger with, or without, deadly pathogens?

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Cervix Not Required: An Interview with Dr. Adina Nack

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Stigma, HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Council on Contemporary Families, Merck, Gardasil, Public Health, Fda Approval, Men's Health, Fda, Sexuality, Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus, Women's Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Marketing, Sexually Transmitted Infections, HPV Vaccination for Boys, Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, Living News
Abby L. Ferber

Last Friday, the FDA approved the HPV vaccine for use in boys and men. Why is Gardasil only now being approved for males, when it was approved three years ago for females?

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Get your flu shots -- and ignore Bill Maher

Harold Pollack | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: H1N1 Vaccine, Public Health, Swine Flu Vaccination, Bill Maher, Living News
Harold Pollack

I just want to endorse Linda Bergthold's recent HuffPo column about Bill Maher. Maher is a funny guy who often displays a sharp intellect. On matters ...

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Swine Flu: Albany Spends $19,000 On Anti-Swine Flu Hand Sanitizer

New York Politics News, Reaction, and Analysis | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 10.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Hand Sanitizer, Governor David Paterson, Swine Flu Prevention, Swine Flu, David Paterson, Governer Paterson, Richard Daines, Recession, Dr. Richard Daines, Public Health, Department of Health, New York, Swine Flu Pandemic, Albany, New York News

Swine flu is upon us. And New York has responded, in part, by spending over $19,000 on 546 hand sanitizer dispensers that are now dotting the walls of...

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Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Supports Human Health

Sarah Lovinger | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Health, Nuclear War, Nobel Peace Prize, Human Health, President Obama, Nobel Prize, Living News
Sarah Lovinger

Today's announcement that President Obama won this year's Nobel Peace Prize not only strengthened the peace process, it also benefited human health worldwide.

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Public Health Key To Reducing Urban Violence: Kotlowitz

The Daily Northwestern | Lauren Kelleher | Posted 11.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Health, Chicago Violence, Alex Kotlowitz, Ceasefire, Chicago Gang Violence, Gang Violence, Chicago News

According to acclaimed author Alex Kotlowitz, an unlikely tool - public health - can be used to help combat violence in Chicago's impoverished neighbo...

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Doctors Urge Politicians To Fight Climate Change

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Public Health, Environment, Doctors and Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News

LONDON — A weak response to climate change could be catastrophic for international health, leading doctors said in two British medical journals ...

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Toxic Waters: Clean Water Laws Neglected At A Cost To Health

The New York Times | CHARLES DUHIGG | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Pesticides, Lead, Baths, Municipalities, Rashes, Health, Toxic Water, Wells, Clean Water Act, Heavy Metals, Barium, Epa, Clean Water Act Violations, Showers, Manganese, Pollutants, Arsenic, Water Utilities, Public Health, Sewage, Drinking Water, Green News

Jennifer Hall-Massey knows not to drink the tap water in her home near Charleston, W.Va. In fact, her entire family tries to avoid any contact wit...

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Unchecked Swine Flu, (Sick?) CAFO Workers and Lax Regulation, Oh My

Paula Crossfield | Posted 11.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Health, Novel H1N1, Cafo, CAFO Workers, Swine Flu, Pork Industry, Public Health, Food, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Now, as the World Health Organization expects a second wave of the flu to hit the northern hemisphere in the fall, it is worth considering some of the looming questions on how CAFOs could be contributing to the occurrence of disease.

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Germs Don't Care If You Are Legal Or Not

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fear, Swine Flue, Mexico, Health Healthcare, Public Health, Flu, Vaccinate, Reform, Germs, Typhoid Mary, Sanitation, Servant, Fear Mongering, Avian Flu, Germ Theory, Illegal Immigrant, Infectious, Hygiene, Chris Weigant, Infect, Disease, Sars, Germ, Vaccine, Mary Mallon, Immigrant, Undocumented Immigrant, Health Care, Influenza, Mallon, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Do you really want to limit vaccinations only to people who have legal documents, or would you rather everyone get inoculated? Remember, those you exclude will likely have some sort of contact with either you, your kids, or the food you eat at some point.

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Part 3: Un-Spinning Healthcare Reform - The Economics

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Public Health Insurance Plan, Family Physician, President Obama, Georgia Association of Family Physicians, Deficit Neutral, Public Health, Congress, Obama-Healthcare-Reform, Tina Brown the Daily Beast, Barack Obama, Tina Brown, Cnn, Blue Dogs, Hospitals, Republicans in Name Only, President Bush, Healthcare Reform, Georgia W. Bush, President Clinton, Rinos, Healthcare, Blue Dog Democrats, Pay-Go, National Insurance Contributions, France, England, U.K., National Health Service, Tort Reform, Defensive Medicine, Politics News
Kimberly Krautter

I don't know about you, but one thin dime for every buck you make seems like a very easy trade for being able to see the doctor any time you need to.

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Reality Check: National Health Care is National Security

Dan Agin | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health, Pellagra, Health Care, Private Interests, National Health Service, Politics News
Dan Agin

A public health service is not just a convenience, it's a vital part of the national security of a country.

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Blue Dogs Will Be Swept Out if Health Care Public Option Fails

Scott Foval | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fear, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Public Health, ScottsBigMouth.Com, Max Baucus, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Disinformation, Politics News
Scott Foval

Time to buck up, Mr. President, and remember that the Progressive wing of the Democratic Party went along with your rhetoric, but we expect that you will deliver the public option.

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Testing for Date Rape Drugs

Sophia Carroll | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Law Enforcement, Roofies, Date Rape Drug, Ambien, Crime, Health, Rohypnol, Alcohol, Date Rape, Drug Testing, Public Health, Emergency Room, Parties, Sleeping Pills, Women's Rights, Rape, Living News
Sophia Carroll

On Independence Day, somebody somehow slipped a pill into my wine glass at a dinner dance, and I left about three minutes before it really hit. Date rape drugs are a weapon.

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State Budget Cuts Threaten City's Response To Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Chicago Public Radio | Travis Truitt | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Health, Illinois Budget, Chicago-Public-Health, Infectious Diseases, Illinois Public Health, Illinois Budget Cuts, Health, Chicago News

Public health officials in Chicago are calling on state lawmakers to craft a responsible public health budget....

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