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Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation
2 Sep 2010 at 3:01am
Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.

Abbott's diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban
2 Sep 2010 at 6:20am
A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market.

Americans Blind to the Obesity Epidemic
2 Sep 2010 at 8:03am
THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans have skewed perceptions when it comes to their weight, often believing they are lighter than they actually are, even when the scales are shouting otherwise, a new poll finds.

Mental "exercise" linked to faster dementia progression
2 Sep 2010 at 6:19am
While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain "exercise" may actually have a faster rate of decline once Alzheimer's is diagnosed, researchers reported Wedne...

Global cash support to fight AIDS is falling: UN
2 Sep 2010 at 4:27am
The chief of the UNAIDS agency said Thursday that global contributions to fighting the disease are dropping off for the first time in 15 years amid tough economic times.

Workers see higher health costs, less care
2 Sep 2010 at 11:21am
Companies are cutting healthcare costs further amid a continuing sour economy, scaling back benefits and shifting a greater share of the expense to employees.

Soy may ease sleep problems in older women
2 Sep 2010 at 10:35am
The estrogen-like compounds found in soy could help postmenopausal women get a better night's sleep, according to a small study.

Starting periods early tied to greater asthma risk
2 Sep 2010 at 12:19pm
Women who start menstruating early may be at increased risk of asthma and poor lung function, new research shows.

Text messages little help in remembering the Pill
2 Sep 2010 at 2:33pm
A cell phone text message -- and the buzz or beep that signals its arrival -- may not help a woman remember to pop her birth control pill, a new study suggests.

Promising new one-dose malaria drug discovered
2 Sep 2010 at 1:05pm
Researchers have discovered a promising new malaria drug with the potential to treat resistant strains of the deadly disease in a single dose, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

Women, children most vulnerable in Pakistan crisis
2 Sep 2010 at 2:38pm
Pakistan's displaced flood victims say a lack of clean water and high temperatures are causing illnesses sweeping through relief camps with children most at risk.

Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise
2 Sep 2010 at 1:54pm
An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists say it shows promise as a possible future treatment for one of the world's major killer diseases.

Breakthrough test gives fast diagnosis of drug-resistant TB
2 Sep 2010 at 2:16pm
A groundbreaking new test can accurately diagnose drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in as little as two hours, researchers wrote in a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Groups of friends key to changing health behaviors
2 Sep 2010 at 1:46pm
When it comes to changing health behaviors, it takes more than a far-flung network of friends on Facebook egging you on. It takes a jostling herd, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

Abbott diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban
2 Sep 2010 at 2:30pm
A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market.

High-fat diet during puberty linked to breast cancer
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
Girls eating a high-fat diet during puberty, even those who do not become overweight or obese, appears to be at a greater risk of developing breast cancer during the later part of life, as per Michigan State University researchers. The implications - that a high-fat diet may have detrimental effects independent of its effect to cause obesity - could drive new cancer prevention efforts........

Individualized chemotherapy in lung cancer
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
Chemotherapy is the best broad defense against cancer recurrence after surgical resection. However, it is difficult to predict which patients will benefit from which regimen of anticancer drugs, if at all. Building on existing knowledge, a study reported in the September edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO), analyzed the usefulness of adjuvant chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) based on the histoculture drug response assay (HDRA). After seven years of study, scientists concluded that the use of adjuvant (post-operative) chemotherapy based on results of the in vitro HDRA improved the survival and prognosis of patients with NSCLC who had undergone surgery and whose results of the HDRA assay showed chemosensitivity to the specific drugs used for therapy........

Insomnia and a short sleep duration
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
A study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP found an elevated risk of death in men with a complaint of chronic insomnia and an objectively measured short sleep duration. The results suggest that public health policy should emphasize the diagnosis and appropriate therapy of chronic insomnia........

Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
One of the most contentious issues in the vast literature about alcohol consumption has been the consistent finding that those who don't drink actually tend to die sooner than those who do. The standard Alcoholics Anonymous explanation for this finding is that a number of of those who show up as abstainers in such research are actually former hard-core drunks who had already incurred health problems linked to drinking........

Decongestant Use and Lower Risk of Preterm Birth
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
A newly released study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) epidemiologists has observed that women who took over-the-counter decongestants during their pregnancies are less likely to give birth prematurely. Preterm birth -- deliveries at less than 37 weeks' gestation- -- is the leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality in developed countries, but its causes remain largely unknown, said Rohini Hernandez, the study's main author and a doctoral candidate in epidemiology at BUSPH. In the United States, the rate of preterm delivery has increased from 9.5 percent in 1981 to 12.3 percent in 2008........

Improved Tool for Cycling Fitness
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
For competitive bicyclists with goals - whether competing in the Tour de France or aiming for the podium at a local race - faster cycling comes from training regimens based on various zones of exercise intensity. New research from exercise researchers at the University of New Hampshire has observed that effective training regimens, which generally are created after expensive, time-consuming laboratory tests, can be developed from a relatively simple, do-it-yourself test........

Destination amnesia
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
Elderly adults are more likely to have destination memory failures forgetting who they've shared or not shared information with, as per a newly released study led by Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute. It's the kind of memory faux pas that can lead to awkward or embarrassing social situations and even miscommunication in the doctor's office. Ironically, after making these memory errors elderly adults remain highly confident in their false beliefs........

The neural basis of the depression
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
Depression is actually defined by specific clinical symptoms such as sadness, difficulty to experience pleasure, sleep problems etc., present for at least two weeks, with impairment of psychosocial functioning. These symptoms guide the doctor to make a diagnosis and to select antidepressant therapy such as drugs or psychotherapy........

Mandatory flu vaccine for all health-care workers
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility and non-compliance with healthcare facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, as per a position paper released recently by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). The paper, published in this month's Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology journal and endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), stresses influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel as a core patient safety practice that should be a condition of both initial and continued employment in healthcare facilities........

Apixaban for prevention of stroke
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
The data monitoring committee of the AVERROES study, seeing overwhelming evidence of the success of apixaban in the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation who are unsuitable for the conventional therapy of warfarin, has recommended early termination of this study. The decision came after repeated review and careful consideration of all efficacy and safety data........

Heart attacks jump in young Italian women
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
The occurence rate of acute myocardial infarction in Italy sharply increased, especially among young women, between the years 2001 and 2005, as per a comprehensive study funded by the Human Health Foundation (HHF), a nonprofit Italian charity for biomedical research and health education in Spoleto, Italy. The results were published in Aging Clinical Experimental Research.......

Breastfeed to prevent diabetes
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
Mothers who did not breastfeed their children have significantly higher rates of type 2 diabetes during the later part of life than moms who breastfed, report University of Pittsburgh scientists as per a research findings reported in the recent issue of the American Journal of Medicine. "We have seen dramatic increases in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes over the last century," said Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of medicine, epidemiology, and obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. "Diet and exercise are widely known to impact the risk of type 2 diabetes, but few people realize that breastfeeding also reduces mothers' risk of developing the disease during the later part of life by decreasing maternal belly fat"........

Vaccine has cut bacterial pneumonia
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
The number of children admitted to English hospitals with bacterial pneumonia decreased by a fifth in the two years following the introduction of a vaccine to combat the disease, according to a new study published recently in the journal Thorax Bacterial pneumonia is a serious illness caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria that mostly affects babies, young children and elderly people. In Europe, around one in ten deaths in the under-fives is caused by the disease........

Walking boosts brain connectivity
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
A group of "professional couch potatoes," as one researcher described them, has proven that even moderate exercise - in this case walking at one's own pace for 40 minutes three times a week - can enhance the connectivity of important brain circuits, combat declines in brain function linked to aging and increase performance on cognitive tasks........

Vitamin A and HIV virus in breast milk
1 Sep 2010 at 8:13am
Vitamin A and beta-carotene supplements are unsafe for HIV-positive women who breastfeed because they may boost the excretion of HIV in breast milk---thereby increasing the chances of transmitting the infection to the child, a pair of new studies suggest. Epidemiologist Eduardo Villamor of the University of Michigan School of Public Health says transmission of HIV through breastfeeding happens because breast milk carries viral particles that the baby ingests. Supplementing HIV-positive women with vitamin A and beta-carotene appears to increase the amount of the virus in milk........

Study: BPA Linked to Higher Testosterone Levels
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Study: BPA Linked to Higher Testosterone Levels
Category: Health News
Created: 8/27/2010 10:12:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010 10:12:58 AM

Black Rice Is Cheap Way to Get Antioxidants
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Black Rice Is Cheap Way to Get Antioxidants
Category: Health News
Created: 8/27/2010 10:06:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010 10:06:13 AM

Shared Decision-Making Is Better Than Solo
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Shared Decision-Making Is Better Than Solo
Category: Health News
Created: 8/27/2010 10:03:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010 10:03:26 AM

Egg Recall: FDA Finds Salmonella on Suspect Farms
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Egg Recall: FDA Finds Salmonella on Suspect Farms
Category: Health News
Created: 8/27/2010 9:58:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010 9:58:01 AM

Health Highlights: Aug. 26, 2010
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Health Highlights: Aug. 26, 2010
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2010 12:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010

Eggs Being Produced by Recall Farms Safe, if Pasteurized, Experts Say
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Eggs Being Produced by Recall Farms Safe, if Pasteurized, Experts Say
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2010 12:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010

Bird Flu Detection Takes a Novel Turn
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Bird Flu Detection Takes a Novel Turn
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2010 2:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010

Doctors' Religious Beliefs Can Color Their Care of Terminally Ill
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Doctors' Religious Beliefs Can Color Their Care of Terminally Ill
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2010 2:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010

CDC Revises Death Estimates From Flu
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: CDC Revises Death Estimates From Flu
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2010 2:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010

Quality of Pain Counts as Much as Intensity, Researchers Say
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Quality of Pain Counts as Much as Intensity, Researchers Say
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2010 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010

Preexisting Health Issues Add to Problems for Disaster Survivors
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Preexisting Health Issues Add to Problems for Disaster Survivors
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2010 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010

Long-Term Exercise Can Reduce Vets' Muscle Pain
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Long-Term Exercise Can Reduce Vets' Muscle Pain
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2010 6:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010

Does Hope Have a Dark Side?
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Does Hope Have a Dark Side?
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2010 10:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010

Record Heat Requires Exercise Precautions
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Record Heat Requires Exercise Precautions
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2010 10:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010

Health Tip: When Hip Pain Signals Bursitis
27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am
Title: Health Tip: When Hip Pain Signals Bursitis
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2010 10:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2010

Common bone drugs linked to esophageal cancer risk - Reuters
2 Sep 2010 at 6:18pm

Daily Mail

Common bone drugs linked to esophageal cancer risk
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - People who take a commonly used class of osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates for more than five years may be doubling their risk of developing cancer of the gullet or esophagus, a British study found on Friday. ...
Osteoporosis: Is Treatment Worse than the Disease?Food Consumer
Long-Term Use of Bone Drugs May Be Linked to Esophageal CancerBusinessWeek
Bisphosphonates Tied to Esophageal CancerMedPage Today
The Associated Press -BBC News -Telegraph.co.uk
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US employers push increase in cost of healthcare onto workers - Los Angeles T...
2 Sep 2010 at 7:33pm

Health Jackal

US employers push increase in cost of healthcare onto workers
Los Angeles Times
A new survey shows an average worker with a family plan pays nearly $4000 a year, up 14% from 2009. Meanwhile, the average employer contribution to a family plan hasn't increased at all. Healthcare educator Rainelle White, background, helps patient ...
Employers Raise Workers' Share of Health CostsWall Street Journal
Workers Pay 14% More for Health Insurance in 2010 to $4000 on AverageBloomberg
Survey: Workers paying more for health insuranceColumbus Dispatch
New York Times -Huffington Post (blog) -DailyFinance
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People: Zeta-Jones furious over Douglas' late cancer detection - Denver Post
2 Sep 2010 at 9:24am

msnbc.com

People: Zeta-Jones furious over Douglas' late cancer detection
Denver Post
Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones says she is having a hard time watching husband Michael Douglas battle stage 4 throat cancer and said she's furious with doctors for not detecting his disease sooner. Douglas, the Oscar winner of "Wall Street" and a veteran ...
Michael Douglas and Throat Cancer FAQWebMD
Michael Douglas Discusses His Cancer on 'Late Show'New York Times
Zeta Jones reveals cancer angerBBC News
U.S. News & World Report -MiamiHerald.com -Medical News Today
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No Love for Edgy Message: Cancer Bracelets Rankle Schools - ABC News
2 Sep 2010 at 10:21am

ABC Online

No Love for Edgy Message: Cancer Bracelets Rankle Schools
ABC News
A 1-inch thick rubber bracelet has caused quite a stir in schools across the country, despite the positive message its wearers believe it sends. The bracelets say "I [heart] Boobies" and are part of a nationwide ...
Schools ban bracelets promoting cancer awarenessUSA Today
Why I do not "(heart) boobies"Salon
'I Love Boobies' Bracelets Banned In Some SchoolsRight Pundits
eMaxHealth -CNN (blog) -ABC Online
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Price for push? Botox maker settles charges, pays $600m - Times of India
2 Sep 2010 at 7:52pm

Kansas City Star

Price for push? Botox maker settles charges, pays $600m
Times of India
Allergan, the maker of Botox, agreed to pay $600 million to settle charges that it illegally promoted and sold the drug through 2005 for unapproved uses like treating headaches. That settlement, the latest in a continuing justice department crackdown ...
Maker of Botox pays state in improper marketing settlementBaltimore Sun
Allergan Pleads Guilty, Settles Botox InvestigationABC News
Botox Settlement for $600M Reached to Resolve Lawsuits Over MarketingAboutLawsuits.com
FiercePharma -MedPage Today -The Associated Press
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Food safety groups slam USDA egg graders at farms in recall - USA Today
2 Sep 2010 at 1:39pm

The Guardian

Food safety groups slam USDA egg graders at farms in recall
USA Today
By Robert F. Bukaty, AP By Alison Young, USA TODAY US Department of Agriculture staff regularly on site at two Iowa egg processors implicated in a national salmonella outbreak were supposed to enforce rules against the presence of disease-spreading ...
Eggs' 'Grade A' Stamp Isn't What It SeemsWall Street Journal
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Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise - Reuters
2 Sep 2010 at 2:01pm

France24

Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise
Reuters
Zambian villagers display a mosquito net in Matongo village, about 60 km (37 miles) from Livingstone, April 23, 2008. By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists ...
New Malaria Drug Candidate Holds PromiseWall Street Journal
Promising Malaria Drug on the HorizonFood Consumer
Novartis Experimental Malaria Drug May Yield First Treatment in 30 YearsBloomberg
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Lineman won't be tackled by flu again - CNN
2 Sep 2010 at 7:17am

Boston Globe

Lineman won't be tackled by flu again
CNN
A recent survey found that only 32 percent of adults had been vaccinated against seasonal influenza by November 2009. (CNN) -- It was the fifth game of the 2009 Ohio State University football season, and offensive lineman Andy ...
Lake Co. sets flu shot clinicsChicago Daily Herald
Basics: What To Know About Flu NowWBUR
Flu season expected to be moderate this yearColumbia Missourian
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Experimental TB Test Called Fast and Accurate - BusinessWeek
2 Sep 2010 at 4:28pm

Kansas City Star

Experimental TB Test Called Fast and Accurate
BusinessWeek
THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental test that can diagnose tuberculosis in less than two hours, making only one doctor visit necessary before treatment starts, is being hailed as a potentially significant advance ...
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Study: Brain Exercises Delay, But Can't Prevent, Dementia - TIME
2 Sep 2010 at 4:06pm

Reuters UK

Study: Brain Exercises Delay, But Can't Prevent, Dementia
TIME
Doctors have been advising us for years to "use it or lose it": that is, to stay as intellectually active as possible into our waning years in order to avoid dementia. But the latest research shows that brain ...
Alzheimer's Trade-Off for Mentally Active SeniorsU.S. News & World Report
Active minds delay dementia but speed decline once it hitsUSA Today
Mental 'Exercise' May Only Hide Signs of Alzheimer'sBusinessWeek
Los Angeles Times -Santa Barbara Independent -MedPage Today
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Overweight American Children and Adolescents Becoming Fatter
18 Aug 2010 at 3:30pm
Overweight American children and adolescents have become fatter over the last decade, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and National Institute on Aging (NIA). They examined adiposity shifts across socio-demographic groups over time and found U.S. children and adolescents had significantly increased adiposity measures such as body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and triceps skinfold thickness (TST). The increases in adiposity were more pronounced in some sex-ethnic groups such as black girls. In addition, these groups gained more abdominal fat over time, which was indicated by waist size and posed greater health risks than elevated BMI. Their results are featured in the August 2010 issue of the International Journal of Pediatric Obesity.

Study Examines Pro-Anorexia and Pro-Bulimia Websites
17 Jun 2010 at 4:00pm
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examines the content and messages presented by websites that appear to support or encourage eating disorders. These websites use images, text and interactive applications to further knowledge, attitudes and behaviors to achieve dangerously low body weights. The study is the largest and most rigorous analysis of pro-eating disorder websites and it is available online in advance of print in the June 17 edition of the American Journal of Public Health.

Researchers Discover Additional Benefit of Vitamin A
12 May 2010 at 4:00pm
Vitamin A is critical to maternal health and child survival, yet in most developing countries Vitamin A deficiency is a leading cause of blindness and increased child mortality. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has long been a leader in vitamin A research, and scientists at the School recently discovered a link between offspring lung function and maternal vitamin A supplementation. The results are published in the May 13, 2010, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Bloomberg School Receives $100K Grand Challenges Explorations Grant
11 May 2010 at 10:00am
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health announced today that it has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Jason Rasgon, PhD, an assistant professor with the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, and his research to develop an evolution-proof pesticide for eliminating mosquitoes that transmit malaria to humans.

Hardship and Human Rights Violations Continue among Burma Cyclone Survivors
10 May 2010 at 3:30pm
The survivors of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma (also known as Myanmar) in May 2008, continue to face challenges in rebuilding their lives, in lack of access to relief and reconstruction efforts, and in violations of basic rights more than one year after the storm, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Emergency Assistance Team--Burma.

Experts Call for Changes to Medical Education Policy to Prepare for Aging Ame...
4 May 2010 at 11:30am
Leading physician policy experts are calling for changes in medical education policy at multiple levels to ensure that physicians are ready to treat the country s growing older adult population. In the May issue of Health Affairs, Chad Boult, MD, MPH, MBA, director of the Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and co-authors Steven R. Counsell, MD, Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD, PhD, and Robert A. Berenson, MD, propose several policy solutions to help the United States prepare for the coming influx of geriatric patients.

Myths about Teens Busted in New Guide for Parents
7 Apr 2010 at 9:30am
The new book, The Teen Years Explained: A Guide to Healthy Adolescent Development, dispels many common myths about adolescence with the latest scientific findings on the physical, emotional, cognitive, sexual and spiritual development of teens. Authors Clea McNeely and Jayne Blanchard from the Center for Adolescent Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, provide useful tips and strategies for real-life situations and experiences from bullying, to nutrition and sexuality

Fatal Injuries Increase in Older Americans
5 Apr 2010 at 2:00pm
The risk of dying from injuries is increasing for Americans ages 65 and older according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health s Center for Injury Research and Policy. The report found significant increases in death rates from falls (42 percent increase), machinery (46 percent increase), motorcycle crashes (145 percent increase) and unintentional poisoning (34 percent increase). The results are published in the February issue of Injury Prevention and are available online at the journal s website.

Stacey DiLorenzo Joins the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as...
1 Apr 2010 at 1:15pm
Stacey DiLorenzo is joining the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as senior director of communications. Starting April 1, DiLorenzo will lead the Bloomberg School s marketing and strategic communications, as well as oversee the day-to-day operations of the School s publications, media relations and web design teams.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Offers Three New Graduate Deg...
1 Apr 2010 at 9:00am
Beginning in the fall 2010, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will begin offering three new master s degree programs, the Master of Health Science (MHS) in Social Factors in Health, the Master of Health Science (MHS) degree in Health Economics, and the combined Bachelor of Arts and Master of Health Science (BA/MHS) degree program in Health Policy. The new degree programs are currently enrolling students for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Business Affiliation Could Increase Potential Risk of Farm-to-Farm Transmissi...
29 Mar 2010 at 2:00pm
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examines the potential influence that the business connections between broiler chicken growers may have on the transmission of avian influenza, H5N1. According to the study, the risk of between-farm transmission is significantly greater among farms within the same company group than it is between farms with different company affiliation. The study is among the first to analyze the impact of company affiliation on the spread of diseases from farm to farm and it appears in the March 26 edition of PLoS One.

Investing Wisely in Child Survival with the Lives Saved Tool (LiST)
29 Mar 2010 at 12:00pm
The International Journal of Epidemiology published a special issue today chronicling the development and recent use of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST: http://www.jhsph.edu/iip/list)--a user-friendly computer program that helps donor agencies and governments make investments in child survival programs for maximum impact. LiST was developed in the Child Health Epidemiology Research Group (CHERG) with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. The special issue of International Journal of Epidemiology was edited by Neff Walker, PhD, a senior scientist with the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and is now available online (http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol39/suppl_1/).

Bloomberg School of Public Health Awarded $15 Million for Laboratory Renovati...
18 Mar 2010 at 10:30am
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will receive nearly $15 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for renovation and modernization of laboratory space at its main facility at 615 N. Wolfe Street in Baltimore, Md. The grant was awarded by the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health. The renovation includes updating labs and new infrastructure in the 45-year old Hume Wing located on the building s north side along Monument Street. The nine-story wing was built in 1964 and houses 25 percent of the School s research laboratories.

Keeping Up with the Neighbors Speeds Vaccine Use
16 Mar 2010 at 10:15am
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducted an analysis of worldwide use of Haemophilus influenza Type b vaccine (Hib) to determine what factors influenced a nation s adoption of the vaccine. The study found that a nation s eligibility for support from the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) and whether a country s neighbors used the vaccine were major influencing factors in addition to price of the vaccine. The findings appear in the March 16 edition of PLoS Medicine.

Researchers Develop New Methods for Imputing Data for Geographic Analysis
8 Mar 2010 at 10:00am
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed new methods for analyzing health data geographically. Typically, data are plotted spatially through a process known as geocoding in which mailing address information is translated into map coordinates. However, not all addresses can be converted successfully (nongeocodable). Rural postal routes, post office boxes, and addresses with errors or missing information cannot be mapped using geocoding. Health records linked with these type addresses have traditionally been discarded from analysis leading to concerns of bias and underreporting. In a study published February 10 in the journal PLoS ONE, the researchers develop and evaluate strategies for including nongeocoded data in spatial analysis.

Mobile phone set to detect cancer
2 Sep 2010 at 8:10am
A hospital in cooperation with a research group here, has conceptualised and launched a health service that uses mobile phones to detect cancer.

CBI court issues warrant against former Medical Council President Desai
2 Sep 2010 at 6:40am
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in New Delhi issued a fresh production warrant against former President of the Medical Council of India (MCI), Ketan Desai, on Thursday after Kolkata jail authorities failed to produce him for his alleged role in a bribery case involving over Rs 20 million.

Ceasing smoking therapy sooner could cut odds of success by 45 pct
2 Sep 2010 at 5:40am
A study led by researchers in the Oregon Health and Science University Smoking Cessation Centre analysis whether stopping smoking cessation treatments too soon may reduce odds of success for patients.

Toddler becomes youngest to get artificial lung
2 Sep 2010 at 5:40am
A two-year-old boy has made medical history by becoming the world's youngest person to receive an artificial lung.

Largest single collection of psoriasis DNA samples offers hope to sufferers
2 Sep 2010 at 5:20am
People suffering with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis have come one step closer to a cure with the release of the first National Psoriasis Victor Henschel BioBank DNA samples for use in research at the University of Michigan Health System.

New 'smart materials' process to revolutionize manufacturing of products
2 Sep 2010 at 5:20am
University of Waterloo engineering researchers have come up with a new "smart materials" process-Multiple Memory Material Technology- that could revolutionize the manufacture of diverse products such as medical devices, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), printers, hard drives, automotive components, valves and actuators.

US Prof goes on fatty food diet to prove popular health beliefs as myth
2 Sep 2010 at 5:00am
A Kansas State University professor is on a 30 day long diet of entirely snack cakes and fatty foods to prove that some common beliefs about nutrition are untrue.

China to vaccinate 100 mn kids against measles
2 Sep 2010 at 4:20am
Over 100 million children, including those of foreigners living in China, will be vaccinated in the country's largest ever measles immunisation campaign, the ministry of health has said.

Catherine Zeta Jones angry with docs for delay in spotting hubby's cancer
2 Sep 2010 at 4:00am
Actress Catherine Zeta Jones has lashed out at doctors for failing to spot husband Michael Douglas's throat cancer sooner.

Now, a 'Star Trek'-style medical 'tricorder' to diagnose breast cancer
2 Sep 2010 at 3:40am
A 'Star Trek'-style medical "tricorder", developed Brit scientists can diagnose diseases such as breast cancer in minutes.

Zeta-Jones finds it hard to see husband battling cancer
2 Sep 2010 at 3:30am
Hollywood actress Catherine Zeta-Jones admits watching her husband Michael Douglas battle throat cancer is the hardest thing.

Celine Dion denies pregnancy complication reports
2 Sep 2010 at 1:30am
Singer Celine Dion's publicist has denied reports suggesting that the pregnant singer has suffered a major health setback.

Bomb detection technology to detect fake medicines in developing countries
2 Sep 2010 at 1:10am
Soon, scientists could be introducing a technique that detects fake medicines - a problem that is plaguing developing countries, especially Africa, where half of the malaria medication sold could be ineffective or even harmful.

New infrared technology could open new frontier in cancer treatment
2 Sep 2010 at 1:10am
Scientists have discovered a new infrared technology to look deeper into the guts of cells, potentially opening up a new frontier in the fight against cancer and many other diseases.

'Mindfulness' mediation improves mental health in teen boys
2 Sep 2010 at 1:10am
'Mindfulness' meditation, the process of becoming more aware of one's surroundings, improves mental health and well being in teenage boys, says a new study.

1 in 7 home kitchens would flunk inspection
2 Sep 2010 at 1:16pm
A new study suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.

When animal rescuers become animal hoarders
2 Sep 2010 at 3:44pm
Linda Bruno called her Pennsylvania cat rescue the land of milk and tuna. It thrived for years as people sent pets they couldn't care for from hundreds of miles away — unaware it was a death camp for cats.

Osteoporosis drugs may raise throat cancer risk
2 Sep 2010 at 6:02pm
Researchers say new findings shouldn't affect patients taking bisphosphonates, but said the medicines should be watched closely. Other  studies have been divided over whether the risk is real.

Health care credit cards may add to your pain
2 Sep 2010 at 8:55am
These days, you may leave your dentist's office with more than a toothbrush and dental floss in your bag. Thousands of dentists are offering patients health-care credit cards to cover the work that needs to be done, with seemingly hard-to-resist repayment terms. If you need care and don't have insurance to cover it or cash in hand, it's tempting to sign up.

No Pampers link to rash cases, safety groups say
2 Sep 2010 at 3:34pm
Two agencies investigating claims that Procter & Gamble Co's Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported Thursday that they have found no specific cause linking the diapers to rashes.

Text messages little help in remembering the Pill
2 Sep 2010 at 2:33pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A cell phone text message -- and the buzz or beep that signals its arrival -- may not help a woman remember to pop her birth control pill, a new study suggests.

theGrio: Why the FDA must curb cough syrup abuse
2 Sep 2010 at 3:27pm
YouTube search the term "DXM." You'll find thousands of videos that chronicle the adventures teenagers "robotripping," or getting high on dextromethorphan.

Starting periods early tied to greater asthma risk
2 Sep 2010 at 12:19pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who start menstruating early may be at increased risk of asthma and poor lung function, new research shows.

Tall order: Brazilian teen girl stands at nearly 7 feet
2 Sep 2010 at 8:58am
At nearly 7 feet tall, Elisany Silva of Brazil is one of the world’s tallest teenagers. The 14-year-old says she had to quit school after she grew too large to ride the bus.

Double hand transplant patient can 'wiggle fingers'
2 Sep 2010 at 1:07pm
The transplant recipient made his first appearance on Thursday, about a week after he underwent a nearly 18-hour transplant procedure at a hospital.

Trapped, but still sane: Survivors speak out
1 Sep 2010 at 5:53pm
Randy Knapp was a teenager when he spent 13 nights trapped in a whiteout on Oregon's Mount Hood. Thirty-three years later, he's still climbing.

New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB
1 Sep 2010 at 4:25pm
Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.

Diet drug Meridia study renews calls for U.S. ban
1 Sep 2010 at 5:41pm
Final data from a new study showed that the diet drug Meridia increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes in patients who already have heart disease, but offered only moderate weight loss.

Mental 'exercise' linked to faster dementia
1 Sep 2010 at 4:56pm
Staying mentally active can help stave off dementia, but once it's diagnosed, people who engaged in crossword puzzles, reading and hobbies may decline more quickly than others, a study finds.

Some cities sink boozy parties on public waters
2 Sep 2010 at 10:44am
Floatopia, beer floating, float-a-palooza — there are many names, but the key ingredients stay the same: Sun, a public body of water, inflatable rafts — and booze. In some cases, lots of booze.

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