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Sonya Smith
Sonya Smith posted a tweet
Obesity and Psychiatric Disorders|Obesity has emerged as a significant threat to public health throughout the .. http://oohja.com/x3fpi
 
Dr. Joseph Kim
Dr. Joseph Kim posted a blog entry
World AIDS Day
Today is December 1 and is World AIDS Day. Here are some staggering statistics:More than two million AIDS related deaths...
 
pianist
pianist posted a tweet
National E. coli outbreak hits six - Institute of Public Health conducts tests.... http://theforeigner.no/523
 
LuckyLu
LuckyLu posted a tweet
Global Warming Update:: Studies Measure Climate Change's Impact on Public Health http://bit.ly/8yPTZX/
 
Tom R
Tom R posted a blog entry
Flaxseed oil could reduce the risk of osteoporosis – Natural News.com (registration)
Flaxseed oil could reduce the risk of osteoporosis Natural News.com (registration) The new study, recently published in the...
21 hours ago Kitchn | Topics: Google News, Health, News, Nutrition
 
<em>estate29k</em>
estate29k posted a blog entry
Practical Immediate Health Reform - AMA President Addresses The Congress On National Health Reform, Melbourne
AMA President Dr Andrew Pesce, speech to 'Australia's Health' The Congress on National Health Reform, Parliament House of...
1 day ago estate29k | Topics: Public Health
 
Maverick_NY
Maverick_NY posted a blog entry
FDA, social media and patients
Image via Wikipedia Last month, the FDA held open hearings to debate the topic of social media guidelines for the pharma and...
 
Environmental Working Group
Curbing Global Warming Would Boost Public Health | EWG's Ag Mag: http://bit.ly/7HWWTx
 
<em>estate29k</em>
estate29k posted a blog entry
University Of Queensland Study Reveals People's Thoughts On Living Longer, Australia
If people were given a pill to make them live longer what would they do with that extra time? According to a new study by...
1 day ago estate29k | Topics: Public Health
 
Cash
Cash posted a blog entry
Vaccine Availability Won't Ease Public's Concern About Inoculation
Just because a vaccine is available doesn't mean people will choose to be inoculated, according to new research published ...
2 days ago Scientific Blogging | Topics: Public Health
 
maria
maria posted a blog entry
circumcision
It was more than a year ago now that I made an offhand comment here about circumcision being genital mutilation. It snowballed...
 
Dr. Joseph Kim
Dr. Joseph Kim posted a blog entry
Baby Kim and mom now at home
Baby Kim and mom are finally at home. Here she is in the car seat. Speaking of car seats, I was thinking about the evolution of...
 
poco
poco posted a blog entry
Medical Insurance Plans
What the medical insurance is best for you? Answer to...
 
poco
poco posted a blog entry
Individual Health Insurance Plans
Today’s young people are daring, arrogant and apparently many...
3 days ago Health Choices | Topics: Health..., Adult, Elderly..., Gap
 
<em>estate29k</em>
estate29k posted a blog entry
Climate Change Could Boost Incidence Of Civil War In Africa
Climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by over 50 percent within the next two decades,...
4 days ago estate29k | Topics: Public Health
 
jimmy m
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The revolution will not be pasteurized: Inside the raw-milk underground—By Nathanael Johnson (Harper's Magazine)
"Bruce German. A food chemist at U.C. Davis, German realized early in his career that if he could determine what a food perfectly suited to our DNA looked like, he would have a Rosetta Stone with which to solve the puzzle of dietary well-being. He...
 
<em>theopenend</em>
theopenend posted a blog entry
James Kromer Almost Crashes into FBI Building
::Somewhat factual account based on an actual newspaper clipping::Imagine this: sitting inside the University of Minnesota...
 
<em>biproinc</em>
biproinc posted a blog entry
Analysis of Senate Healthcare Bill: Title I, Subtitle A – Immediate Improvements in Health Care Coverage for All
Senate voted 60-39 to start debate on the healthcare bill introduced by Senator Reid.  The bill is about 2000 pages long.We...
 
Andre
Andre posted a tweet
@sidneyrhargro want you to meet a good friend of mine, a public health prof in NJ @lozzola - not sure how far you are. Will be there nxt yr!
 
mark90
mark90 posted a blog entry
Obey CDC, or Thomas R. Frieden Has a Posse
In the future, everything will be Shepard Fairey-fied. (Thanks, Jason DeFillippo!)...
6 days ago Boing Boing | Topics: Culture, art, h1n1, infectious...
 
Donnie
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TRIPS Council Annual Report: Extension Of Health Amendment Deadline Looms Again
The World Trade Organization General Council, the WTO’s highest-level decision-making body in Geneva, on Tuesday received the annual report for the WTO committee on intellectual property rights. In it were descriptions of the past year’s IP debates...
 
Cash
Cash posted a blog entry
Thanksgiving Dinner In 30 Minutes Or Less (technically "fewer"...)
If you're reading this, your blood pressure is likely already that of a kid's pump rocket (blasts 30 feet in the air!!!)....
7 days ago Scientific Blogging | Topics: Public Health
 
Bob
Bob posted a blog entry
China Turns Towards Maoism
This is an interesting article about a turn to the Left among some factions of the CCP in China, particularly a revival of...
7 days ago Robert Lindsay | Topics: Asia, Capitalism, China, Economics
 
katharinec
katharinec posted a blog entry
ACTION ALERT: Tell the Drug Czar to end the war on people by calling for an exit strategy to The War on Drugs
ACTION ALERT: Tell the Drug Czar to end the war on people by calling for an exit strategy to The War...
 
Cash
Cash posted a blog entry
20 Reasons To Be Thankful (Medical Advances)
The Wall Street Journal published a list of 20 medical advances for which we should be thankful. WSJ says that amid all the bad...
7 days ago Scientific Blogging | Topics: Public Health
 
Andre
Andre posted a tweet
Public Health + Built Environment: Negative impact of urban sprawl on ambulance services [via @healthythinker] http://bit.ly/6yeK1t
 
CreakyE
CreakyE posted a blog entry
News, Public Health, Public Service: H1N1 Fact Page from Ebsco
This year, Ebsco Publishing has created an evidence-based medicine source for current factual diagnostic or treatment...
 
kimi
kimi posted a blog entry
Maxey-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Fifteenth Edition By Robert Wallace
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical | Number Of Pages: 1416 | Publication Date: 2007-09-21 | ISBN-10: 0071441980 | PDF | 13 MbThis...
 
Bob
Bob posted a blog entry
“Who Are The Maoists And What Do They Want?” by Rita Khanna
Great stuff here. Who Are The Maoists and What Do They Want? A good overview of the Maoist revolution in India. Now from a...
 
katharinec
katharinec posted a blog entry
Idea Lab - Why Needle Exchange Is Crucial to AIDS Prevention - NYTimes.com
Idea Lab - Why Needle Exchange Is Crucial to AIDS Prevention - NYTimes.com: Not to mention Hepatitis...
8 days ago kath.A.rine | Topics: hep c, hepatitis c, hcv, aids
 
DScot
DScot posted a tweet
The Hill: Some States Already Poised to Drop Out of Government-Run Public Health Plan http://bit.ly/6DnQmG#tcot #tlot #iamthemob
 
<em>reginaphelps@...</em>
reginaphelps@... posted a blog entry
H1N1(Swine Flu): Vaccine “Rationing” Is Confusing For Many; Who Gets It First & Why?
Life is unfair. Or, at least, it sure can look that way.  The New York Times ran a great article over the weekend really...
 
<em>ambrose_ezeilo</em>
ambrose_ezeilo posted a tweet
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health says a mutated H1N1 strain killed two Norwegians http://bit.ly/6M6B8n
 
katharinec
katharinec posted a blog entry
Depression as deadly as smoking, study finds (Science Daily)
Depression as deadly as smoking, study finds (Science Daily): psychotherapy:A study by...
 
<em>tageadvan45</em>
tageadvan45 posted a blog entry
McCain promises to fight public option as health reforms face key Senate votes
U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is pledging to fight health care reform efforts as the Senate prepares to hold its first...
 
nimi
nimi posted a blog entry
Cigarettes Harbor Many Pathogenic Bacteria
Cigarettes are "widely contaminated" with bacteria, including some known to cause disease in people, concludes a new...
 
<em>biproinc</em>
biproinc posted a blog entry
What So Much Fuss About Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines?
This week,  US Preventive Services Task Force panel of independent experts issued a guide line for cancer screening and...
 
CDT
CDT posted a blog entry
China’s Official H1N1 Death Count Suspect
Currently, China has tallied 53 deaths due to the H1N1 flu. However, some medical experts have questioned that number. Zhong...
 
katharinec
katharinec posted a blog entry
Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com - Connector of the...
Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com - Connector of the Day: Steve Rolles Watch this now! No seriously… do! Steve...
 
katharinec
katharinec posted a blog entry
DARE Generation Diary
DARE Generation Diary: Transform drug policy foundation, a UK think tank, recently released a...
 
<em>zhuxiashnwq</em>
zhuxiashnwq posted a blog entry
Long Term Care Insurance Still Possible, Affordable for Senior Citizens
Released on: November 19, 2009, 12:26 pmAuthor: Rafael Onak, InsuranceAgents.comIndustry: HealthcareThere’s no ifs, ands...
 
Roger
Roger posted a blog entry
Condoms: Can technology succeed where education has failed?
Mates® is now manufacturing and merchandising a new type of condom, “thinner, softer and much more flexible”. The...
 
Cash
Cash posted a blog entry
Popular Cigarettes Chock Full Of Disease-Causing Bacteria
According to new research conducted by scientists from the University of Maryland and the Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France,...
13 days ago Scientific Blogging | Topics: Public Health
 
CDT
CDT posted a blog entry
1.5M Per Day Getting Swine Flu Vaccine in China
According to Chen Zhu, China’s health minister, 1.5 million Chinese are getting vaccinated against the H1N1 flu each day....
 
David Harlow
David Harlow posted a blog entry
An ounce of prevention
Today's Boston Globe reports on a feature of the Massachusetts universal health care law that may be replicated at the...
 
David Harlow
David Harlow posted a blog entry
An ounce of prevention
Today's Boston Globe reports on a feature of the Massachusetts universal health care law that may be replicated at the...
 
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An ounce of prevention
Today's Boston Globe reports on a feature of the Massachusetts universal health care law that may be replicated at the...
14 days ago HealthBlawg
 
Stacy B
Stacy B posted a blog entry
Dancing at work….
It felt strange to take two sets of clothes to work, but that drum struck my heart good today!And I got to dance w/my new...