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First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 Documents

UW health report a mixed bag

Death rates are dropping in Wisconsin but obesity is up, more people say they’re in poor health and socioeconomic factors such as childhood poverty are on the rise, a new UW-Madison report says.“We’re living longer but maybe not better,” said Dr. Pat ... [ Published 11 hours ago by Capital Times ]

Entities: Obesity, Violent Crime, Air Pollution

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 Documents

Do Food Taxes Lead to Health?

Should junk foods be priced out of business by use taxes with the promise of better health? Thats what is being implemented in a number of countries and being considered in the U.S. But in reality, arent we just driving the cost of government and food ... [ Published 11 hours ago by Blogcritics.org ]

Entities: Taxes, Obesity, Well-being, Public Health

First Reported May 27 2012 - Updated May 27 2012 - 1 Documents

World Health Organization

WHO adopts KSA proposal

The World Health Organization (WHO) unanimously adopted the Kingdom's proposal on “Global mass gatherings: Implications and Opportunities for Global Health Security” at the 65th session of the World Health Assembly concluded in Geneva yesterday.Responding ... [ Published May 27 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]

Entities: World Health Organization, Adoption, Public Health, Keiji Fukuda, Abdullah Al-Rabeeah

First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Health matters

This book tells the story of a package of public health interventions aimed at improving the quality of care of informal village doctors. The intervention took place in Chakaria, a rural area in rural Bangladesh, where village doctors are a major group ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Bangladesh Daily Star ]

Entities: Interference, Bangladesh, Health Care, Dispensing

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

In the news Friday: Recall debate, child abuse sentencing

Recall debate: Gov. Scott Waker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will meet Friday night for their first debate of the recall campaign. The debate starts at 8 p.m. in Milwaukee and will be broadcast on Wisconsin Public Television and Wisconsin Public Radio ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Capital Times ]

Entities: Child Abuse, Sentencing, Madison (Wisconsin, United States)

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Authors' reply: Australian immunisation registers: established foundations and opportunities for improvement

We welcome the insight of Sheridan et al. regarding the potential for the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) to be utilised for public health benefit in data linking, not only for examining vaccine safety, but also vaccine effectiveness. ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Eurosurveillance ]

Entities: Vaccine, Rotavirus, Australia, Public Health, Surveillance

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Hasbro Inc

Paramount Delays G.I.Joe: Retaliation Until March 2013

Categories: Company News, Media, Press ReleasesPosted by: El Duque Views: 127This isn't Transformers news, but considering the long standing connection between the two fandoms we decided to put this on the homepage. This Summer's highly anticipated G.I.Joe: ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Seibertron.com ]

Entities: Hasbro Inc, GI Joe, Joint Venture, Gaming, Public Health

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Listening to loud music doubles susceptibility to pot use, unsafe sex

Teens and young adults who listen to digital music players with ear buds are almost twice as likely as non-listeners to smoke pot, a new study has revealed.The research also claims that those who attend concerts or frequent dance clubs are nearly six ... [ Published May 22 2012 by NetIndia123.com ]

Entities: Cannabis, Sex, Public Health, Binge Drinking, Alcohol Abuse

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Cannes gets 'trashed' with two meaty documentaries (AFP)

CANNES, France (AFP) - Two high-profile documentaries exposing the impact of reckless waste dumping on local communities and public health brought a dose of consciousness-raising to the Cannes glamour fest Tuesday. ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Yahoo!Xtra ]

Entities: Cannes (France), Public Health, France

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

BMS Art Students Win Poster Contest from the Texas Department of State Health Services

The Texas Department of State Health Services recently announced the winners for the Rabies Awareness and Prevention Poster Contest and two students from Brown Middle School in the Forney Independent School District captured first and third place with ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Forney Post ]

Entities: Texas Department of State Health Services, Middle School, Public Health

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Food Supplement Money

The Windsor-Essex Health Unit is urging the provincial government to help people on social assistance buy healthier food.Medical Officer of Health Dr. Allan Heimann says the board passed a motion to support the implementation of a monthly $100 healthy ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Canada's Rock ]

Entities: Supplement, Public Health

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

At last proper checks for tuberculosis are in place

FINALLY proper pre-flight screening for tuberculosis is to be introduced for visitors and migrants from 67 countries where the disease is rife.A couple of generations ago TB had been wiped out in Britain. But over the past 30 years or so it has become ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Scottish Daily Express ]

Entities: Tuberculosis, Sensitizer, Bangladesh, Public Health, Afghanistan

Quotes

...Should the government of Pakistan fail to undo this judicial travesty, they assert, it "will only do further harm to US-Pakistani relations, including diminishing Congress' willingness to provide financial assistance to Pakistan"

Of pride, nationalism, loyalty and deceit [Yahoo! Maktoob News - 4 hours ago]

Morley Evans of Evans Consulting Services (Regina) says, "The Yoseph's new book takes a fresh look at the issue of cholesterol and Statins that are prescribed to lower cholesterol"

James B Yoseph and Hannah Yoseph, M.D. Announce Their New Book "How Statin Drugs [Yahoo! News - 6 hours ago]

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WHO adopts KSA proposal [ Published May 27 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
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Characterization of review process wrong [ Published May 26 2012 by Guelph Mercury ]
Health matters [ Published May 26 2012 by Bangladesh Daily Star ]
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WHO official lauds Kingdom's model in mass medi... [ Published May 26 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
Taxes, end Obamacare: House Republicans... [ Published May 26 2012 by Channel4000 ]
Health advisory issued for Arkansas River [ Published May 25 2012 by Kansas WB ]
An oil change for the world [ Published May 25 2012 by Globe and Mail ]
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On the eve of the Holocaust [ Published May 25 2012 by Jewish Herald-Voice ]
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Blogs

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L.A. is Bringing Sexy Back with Condom Design C... [ Published May 22 2012 by LAist ] New York has their subway condoms , and now, Los Angeles County officials are looking for safe-sex sheaths to represent our very own city. The L.A. County Department of Public Health announced today that the search is on for condom wrapper designs ...
Daniel J. Schultz: 'Weight of the Nation': To W... [ Published May 17 2012 by TV Squad ] As a child, I once overheard my grandma discussing how big I had gotten - and she wasn't referring to my height. In high school, I would get winded trying to run even a half of a mile, and remained dance-less at my sophomore Valentine's Day dance. ...
PepsiCo 'unfairly & deceptively targets teens w... [ Published May 10 2012 by Bob's Blitz ] The Public Health Advocacy Institute wants Gatorade to pull it's “Win from Within” commercial, commonly known as the Michael Jordan flu game, because:It encourages teens to engage in dangerous...Full story at Bob's Blitz ~ http://www.bobsblitz.com ...
John Hoffman: Eat More, Move Less: What's Drivi... [ Published May 02 2012 by TV Squad ] Like many Americans, I used to think that overweight people simply needed to eat less and move more. I thought that would solve their problem and our national obesity epidemic. However, I've come to understand that we have less control over our waistlines ...
William Bradley: Mad Men: To The Moon! (And Cra... [ Published May 02 2012 by TV Squad ] Somewhere, Conrad Hilton is saying he always thought Don Draper should listen to his wife. He always wanted the Moon, that ultimate symbol of Space Age striving in the '60s, from Don, and he didn't get it, which is why he dumped him at the end of Season ...

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Is curbing obesity the government's responsibil... [ Published May 09 2012 by Current - YouTube ]
Cenk attacks Fox News for crucifying the messen... [ Published May 03 2012 by Current - YouTube ]
Hand Sanitizer Used by Teens To Get Drunk: Dang... [ Published Apr 25 2012 by ABC News - YouTube ]
Mad cow disease discovered in Calif. [ Published Apr 25 2012 by CBS - YouTube ]
Market Makeovers Transform 'Food Deserts' [ Published Apr 17 2012 by Associated Press - YouTube ]