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Egypt discovers first case of potentially deadly MERS virus
• Infections • • Public Health • Apr 28 14
Egypt has discovered its first case of the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in an Egyptian citizen who had recently returned…
About 12 million U.S. outpatients misdiagnosed annually: study
• Public Health • Apr 17 14
Roughly 12 million adults who visit U.S. doctors’ offices and other outpatient settings, or one in 20, are misdiagnosed every year, a new study…
Medical devices for kids are often only tested on adults
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Apr 14 14
Most medical devices that have been recently approved for use in pediatrics weren’t actually tested on kids first, according to a new study.
Study says we’re over the hill at 24
• Public Health • Apr 14 14
It’s a hard pill to swallow, but if you’re over 24 years of age you’ve already reached your peak in terms of your cognitive…
Graphic photos on tobacco packs save lives: WHO report
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 08 14
Large, graphic health warnings on tobacco packets in China would increase awareness about the harms of smoking, help to cut smoking rates, and in…
Wales considers banning public use of electronic cigarettes
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 02 14
Wales could become the first part of the United Kingdom to ban electronic cigarettes in enclosed public spaces due to fears their use could…
Weaker Gut Instinct Makes Teens Open to Risky Behavior
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Mar 31 14
Making a snap decision usually means following your initial reaction—going with your gut. That intuitive feeling sprouts from the limbic system, the evolutionarily older…
Stigmas, once evolutionarily sound, are now bad health strategies
• Infections • • Public Health • Mar 28 14
Stigmatization may have once served to protect early humans from infectious diseases, but that strategy may do more harm than good for modern humans,…
Even if they don’t reduce body fat, obesity prevention programs can lower kids’ blood pressure
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 28 14
One of the serious health consequences of obesity is elevated blood pressure (BP), a particular problem in children because research has found that high…
3 Companies Using GMOs in Baby Formula
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Mar 27 14
It seems with the many reports of birth defects, organ failure, cancer, and other unsavory health conditions associated with GMO consumption, we should limit…
Public smoking bans associated with reduction in premature births and childhood asthma
• Asthma • • Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 27 14
In the first comprehensive study to look at how anti-smoking laws are affecting the health of children, researchers from University of Edinburgh collaborated with…
Smokers group challenges NYC e-cigarette ban
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 25 14
A smokers’ rights group filed a legal challenge on Tuesday to New York City’s ban on electronic cigarettes in restaurants, parks and many other…
Southeast England most at risk of rising deaths due to climate change
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Mar 23 14
Warmer summers brought on by climate change will cause more deaths in London and southeast England than the rest of the country, scientists predict.
…U.S. says Obamacare covers married gay couples under family plan
• Public Health • Mar 15 14
Married gay couples will be eligible for a family health policy under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law, beginning in 2015, the U.S. government…
Los Angeles moves to ban e-cigarettes, joining NY, others
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 04 14
The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to ban the use of electronic cigarettes, also known as “vaping,” from restaurants, bars, nightclubs and…
Diabetes and obesity more common in socioeconomically deprived regions
• Diabetes • • Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 02 14
Living in a socioeconomically deprived region is a risk factor for being affected by diabetes mellitus and obesity. This holds true regardless of the…
Most Children Unaware of Cigarette Warning Labels
• Children's Health • • Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 27 14
An international study of children’s perceptions of cigarette package warning labels found that the majority of children are unaware that they exist. Children in…
One in 5 US hospitals don’t put hand sanitizer everywhere needed to prevent infections
• Infections • • Public Health • Feb 27 14
Approximately one in five U.S. health facilities don’t make alcohol-based hand sanitizer available at every point of care, missing a critical opportunity to prevent…
Obesity rates remain high, but stable in the U.S
• Obesity • • Public Health • Feb 25 14
More than a third of U.S. adults and 17 percent of kids and teens are obese, rates that haven’t changed much in a decade,…
E-cig industry on tenterhooks ahead of U.S. regulation
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 20 14
Lobbyists for electronic cigarette companies have been beating a path to the White House, hoping to prevent the administration from imposing strict, and possibly…
Study examines public awareness, use of online physician rating sites
• Public Health • Feb 19 14
In a survey of a nationally representative sample of the U.S. population, 65 percent of respondents reported awareness of online physician ratings and about…
LGB individuals living in anti-gay communities die early
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Feb 15 14
In the first study to look at the consequences of anti-gay prejudice for mortality, researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found…
Belgium extends “right-to-die” to terminally ill children
• Public Health • Feb 14 14
Belgium became the first country to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children of any age on Thursday when its lower house of parliament passed…
California lawmaker wants warning labels on sugary drinks
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Feb 14 14
Sodas and most other sugar-sweetened drinks sold in California would be required to carry warning labels for obesity, diabetes and tooth decay under…
Weather changes may be linked with stroke hospitalization, death
• Public Health • • Stroke • Feb 13 14
Stroke hospitalization and death rates may rise and fall with changes in environmental temperature and dew point, according to research presented at the American…