Living in an area where amenities of daily life – groceries, playgrounds, post offices, libraries and restaurants – are within walking distance is linked to higher levels of social capital, such as trust among neighbors and participation in community events, new research finds.
An evaluation by UNC researchers concluded that fewer N.C. youths are taking up smoking, more public places have become smoke-free and more adults that smoke are quitting, thanks to tobacco prevention programs funded by the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund.
Elvis sang of a blue Christmas, but a 'flu Christmas' would be even worse. The dean of UMDNJ-SOM says there is still time to get a vaccine to make sure you don't give or get the gift of flu this year.
The American Association for Cancer Research commends the U.S. Office of the Surgeon General for its continued focus on tobacco, one of most pressing public health issues of our time. The Surgeon General today released a new report, How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease, that details the scientific evidence on how smoking causes cancer and numerous other diseases.
New data shows that people exposed to the mineral erionite found in the gravel of road materials in North Dakota may be at significantly increased risk of developing mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer most often associated with asbestos exposure, according to research presented at the 2010 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology. This symposium is sponsored by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (ISLAC) and The University of Chicago.
Parents are often believed to have a strong influence on children’s eating behaviors however, findings on parent-child resemblance in dietary intakes are mixed.
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy finds that youth generally perceive community street outreach workers positively, regardless of whether they have personally worked with one. This study, available online in advance of publication in the Journal of Community Health, is the first peer-reviewed study to include the perceptions of youth who are not former or current clients of community street workers.
The number of people admitted to the hospital because of dog bites increased by 86 percent – from 5,100 to 9,500 hospital stays – between 1993 and 2008.
Among smokers with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), integrating smoking cessation treatment with mental health care for PTSD resulted in higher rates of prolonged smoking abstinence, compared to referral for assistance with quitting smoking, according to a study in the December 8 issue of JAMA.
Four years after the LouseBuster prototype made headlines when research showed the chemical-free, warm-air device wiped out head lice on children, a new study reveals that a revamped, government-cleared model is highly effective.
A wide-scale study of the effectiveness of flu vaccine in children is needed in Europe to fully assess the benefits, not only in keeping the kids from getting sick, but limiting the spread of flu to adults. That is the conclusion of a doctor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, writing in the December issue of The Lancet Infectious Disease journal based in London.
West Virginia University researcher Ian Rockett, PhD, says the latest suicide data is misleading and most likely under-reported, since many deaths by drug overdose are not counted as suicide.
Two teams of researchers at UC San Diego and other U.S. and African universities and the World Bank have documented significant spillover benefits of a drug therapy to combat AIDS symptoms and a novel prevention strategy that focuses on girls in Sub-Saharan Africa, an area with two-thirds of the world’s HIV infections.
James E. Klaunig, a toxicologist at Indiana U. who has served on numerous EPA panels, discusses research challenges facing the EPA. James Barnes, professor and former dean at IU, shares an insider's perspective of the earliest days of the EPA.
It’s now possible to treat the severe form of the flu virus more effectively, according to a Ryerson University researcher.
Study in mice suggests maintaining a healthy diet is “prudent” for men.
Research claiming that young people are “overexposed” to antibacterial soap doesn’t reflect real-world usage of a proven, beneficial product used safely and effectively on a daily basis, according to the American Cleaning Institute.
The well-reported arsenic contamination of drinking water in Bangladesh – called the “largest mass poisoning of a population in history” by the World Health Organization and known to be responsible for a host of slow-developing diseases – has now been shown to have an immediate and toxic effect on the struggling nation’s economy.
Researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), following 10 years of studying tobacco use among smokers with mental illness, have developed a comprehensive strategy for recovery from smoking addiction that could serve as a nationwide model.
Place matters when it comes to health; zip code may be as important a number to physical health as blood pressure or glucose level.
Dr. Daniel Lieberman from The George Washington University is available to comment on alcohol abuse as it relates to alcoholic energy drinks such as Four Loko.
1) Primary disease prevention is not only good for our health, but also our budgets; 2) Connections exist between neighborhoods and the risk of chronic disease onset in later life; 3) Urban areas with smaller food markets may be bad for your waistline.
Used clothes and furniture are potential “hot beds” for the blood-sucking pests
GW's Dr. Peter Hotez can comment on the cholera outbreak in Haiti and confirmed cases in the Dominican Republic and Florida.
There is growing evidence that exposure to a group of chemicals known as type-2 alkenes -- which are found in the smoke inhaled from cigarettes, the exhaust of automobiles and even in French fries – can increase the chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. Can Curry, Wine and Apple Skins Offer an Antidote?
Five tips to quit smoking and innovative hospital offers free one month fitness membership for every pack of cigarettes from employees.
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center emergency physician Mary Claire O’Brien, M.D., who conducted groundbreaking research into the dangers of manufactured alcoholic energy drinks, is hopeful the FDA will take action.
A promising new approach to immunization might reduce costs and enable thousands more people around the world to be vaccinated. A team led by researchers at Tufts University developed a vaccine for rotavirus that can be administered through nasal drops. The study in mice, published in Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, induced a potent immune response and prevented infection.
Advertising and health communication experts from The University of Texas at Austin are available to discuss strategies for effective public health campaigns, communicating risk, communicating with low health-literate audiences and communicating about health within close, personal relationships.
New Jersey’s only NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center is helping to develop educational efforts to combat the negative effects of tobacco on the state’s South Asian population. An NCI grant will provide for the creation of a service-oriented set of instructional tools that health educators will be able to utilize not only in New Jersey, but also nationwide. The goal is to inform South Asians of the dangers of tobacco and smokeless tobacco products and what cessation resources are available.
Marketing researchers surveyed more than 500 smokers and found that highly graphic images of the negative consequences of smoking have the greatest impact on smokers’ intentions to quit.
University at Buffalo smoking cessation researchers today applauded federal plans to require cigarette packs and ads to carry bigger, much more prominent and graphic health warnings, including images of the destruction to the lungs caused by tobacco.
1) Only one-third of female teens complete the three-dose vaccine series; 2) Young women and black women are least likely to complete the series.
Prevalence of maternal smoking in Pueblo, Colorado.
Associating communication technology to poor health behaviors among teens.
Employer-sponsored influenza vaccination programs held early in the flu season not only protect employee health, but save businesses money.
Common foot disorders such as flat feet, corns and bunions are more prevalent among African Americans than in whites, a new study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers has found.
Tobacco control programs that use television advertisements to promote smoking cessation should use ads that adopt a 'why to quit' strategy with either graphic images or personal testimonials, according to a new study by RTI International scientists.
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examines the burden of HIV and sexually transmitted disease among male clients of the commercial sex industry in China’s Sichuan province. Since 2007, heterosexual transmission has replaced injecting drug use as the primary transmission mode of all HIV infections in China.
Results of a study conducted by researchers at Georgia Tech and the CDC suggest that strengthening routine influenza vaccination and health programs may help states improve their vaccination coverage against future pandemics or other health emergencies.
ISHIB today released new recommendations recognizing that high blood pressure among African Americans is a severe health problem. The new consensus statement suggests that treatment should start sooner and be more aggressive among African Americans.
The highest-quality research data available suggests that long-term exposure to microwaves from cellular phones may lead to an increased risk of brain tumors, reports a paper in the November/December issue of Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography.
News Release from the U .S. Chemical Safety Board announcing special safety video and less plan being send to all school superintendents in Mississippi where two teens died in an oil site explosion.
A statement signed by nearly 150 scientists from 22 countries raises concerns about occurrence, toxicity, and efficacy of a major class of flame retardant chemicals commonly found in upholstered furniture, foam carpet pads, textiles, televisions and other consumer electronics, airplanes, and automobiles. These chemicals also were used in mattresses produced before July 2007.
Medical schools and clinics could boost the number of primary care physicians in medically underserved areas by selecting and encouraging students from these communities, who often exhibit a strong sense of responsibility for and identification with the people there.
Even "green" fragranced products give off many chemicals that are not listed on the label, including some that are classified as toxic. A study of 25 of the most popular scented products showed they emit 133 different chemicals, of which only two are listed anywhere.
The number of hospital admissions among Americans ages 45 and older for medication and drug-related conditions doubled between 1997 and 2008.
1) Promoting mental health could reduce the incidence and prevalence of mental illness; 2) Gender differences found in mental health diagnoses among returning veterans; 3) Trafficked and sexually exploited girls and women experience traumatic damage to their mental health and well-being.
As the weather turns brisk and flu season begins, bad memories of last year’s H1N1pandemic may start surfacing. Luckily, microbiologist John Tudor, Ph.D., professor of biology at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, anticipates a less violent outbreak of the virus this year.
U.S. car-safety policies for child passengers have become some of the weakest in the developed world, according to Martha Bidez, Ph.D., a professor of safety engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and advocate for improved U.S. child-protection standards. Bidez's comments follow the Oct. 18 announcement of a new, tougher consumer crash-testing program in South America during an international press conference in Uruguay.
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