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Canadian Cancer Society praises new, enhanced cigarette package warnings

Today, Health Canada released a set of new picture health warnings for cigarette and little cigar packages. The new labels include 16 warnings that will cover 75 per cent of the package front and back, eight additional messages to be printed inside the package (or on an insert), and four toxic emission messages for the side panel.

19 Feb 2011

State roundup: Mass. cost control plan advances; Texas Senate's abortion bill vote; Miami's public hospital crisis

The governor of Massachusetts proposed changes on Thursday to the state's comprehensive healthcare program, one often seen as a prototype for national reforms, to attempt to bring rising costs under control. The plan would give the U.S. state more authority to scrutinize fees paid to hospitals and doctors, reform the current standard by which healthcare providers are compensated and enact medical malpractice reform.

19 Feb 2011

New tuberculosis vaccine provides better protection

Nele Festjens and Nico Callewaert of VIB and Ghent University have improved the efficacy of the vaccine for tuberculosis. The new vaccine affords - as already proven in mice - better protection against the disease. The development of a new tuberculosis vaccine is a priority in the fight against the disease which claims the lives of 1.7 million people each year. The current vaccine provides only partial protection.

19 Feb 2011

AHF criticizes President Obama's budget proposal for HIV/AIDS programs

Following the release of his proposed Fiscal Year 2012 budget, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest global AIDS organization, today criticized President Barack Obama and his administration for requests for budget funding levels for HIV/AIDS programs that are grossly inadequate to the need.

18 Feb 2011

U.N.-backed meeting in Bangkok will examine how legal barriers in Asia hamper fight against HIV/AIDS

"Legal barriers are obstructing the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Asia, where 19 nations outlaw same-sex relations and 29 countries criminalize prostitution, United Nations experts said Wednesday," on the eve of the Global Commission of HIV and the Law meeting in Bangkok, Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C reports.

18 Feb 2011

U.S. FDA posts public health communication about metal-on-metal hip implants use in THA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted a public health communication this week about metal-on-metal hip components to notify the public of the concerns on the use of metal-on-metal hip components used in total hip arthroplasty.

18 Feb 2011

MU study finds behavior strategies increase physical activity levels in healthy adults

Most people know that exercise is important to maintain and improve health; however, sedentary lifestyles and obesity rates are at all-time highs and have become major national issues.

18 Feb 2011

When Social Security benefits are improved, older people benefit most

New findings from researchers at New York Medical College suggest that when Social Security benefits are improved, people over the age of 65 benefit most, and may even live longer.

18 Feb 2011

New CDC data: Arthritis affects 3.1 million Hispanics in the U.S.

Arthritis affects 3.1 million Hispanics in the U.S. and causes severe joint pain and limitations for at least one in five of them, according to new CDC data released today at a congressional briefing hosted by the National Alliance for Hispanic Health and the Arthritis Foundation.

17 Feb 2011

Radio frequency exposure from mobile phones does not appear to increase risk of brain cancer

Radio frequency exposure from mobile phone use does not appear to increase the risk of developing brain cancers by any significant amount, a study by University of Manchester scientists suggests.

17 Feb 2011

Research!America applauds President Obama for prioritizing R&D in FY2012 budget proposal

Research!America's board chair, former Congressman John Edward Porter, and president, Mary Woolley, thanked President Obama for prioritizing medical, health and scientific research in his FY2012 budget proposal.

17 Feb 2011

Viewpoints: NY Times on high-risk pools; GOP on Medicaid 'flexibility;' health workers' rights

As part of the new health care reform, the federal government and 27 state governments are establishing temporary high-risk pools to offer coverage for people with pre-existing conditions until the law takes full effect in 2014.

17 Feb 2011

ASN opposes proposed $1.6 billion reduction to NIH budget

Proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget for 2011 will limit the nation's ability to advance patient care and public health.

17 Feb 2011

Poll: 73% of New Jersey people think investment on global health research is important to state's economy

Despite the unpredictable economy, nearly three-quarters of New Jersey residents think spending money on research to improve health globally is important to jobs and incomes in the state, according to a new statewide poll commissioned by Research!America.

17 Feb 2011

Study: BP oil spill causes psychological impact on people living in coastal communities

The explosion and fire on a BP-licensed oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 had huge environmental and economic effects, with millions of gallons of oil leaking into the water for more than five months. It also had significant psychological impact on people living in coastal communities, even in those areas that did not have direct oil exposure, according to researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who worked in collaboration with the University of Florida, Gainesville.

17 Feb 2011

HHS unveils new National Vaccine Plan to enhance coordination of immunization activities

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today unveiled a new National Vaccine Plan to enhance coordination of all aspects of federal vaccine and immunization activities. Its goal is to ensure that all Americans can access the preventive benefits of vaccines.

17 Feb 2011

Upcoming Bangladeshi mass cholera vaccine program might shed light on strategy effectiveness

TIME reports on an oral cholera vaccination program to kick off on Thursday in Bangladesh that researchers hope will determine how good of a "weapon" the mass vaccination strategy can be "against an old disease".

17 Feb 2011

Study: 1 in 5 homeless people with tuberculosis die within a year of diagnosis

One in five homeless people with tuberculosis die within a year of their diagnosis, according to a study led by St. Michael's Hospital's Dr. Kamran Khan. And that number remains unchanged over the last decade despite recommendations calling for greater improvements in prevention and control of tuberculosis in homeless shelters.

17 Feb 2011

Arrests made in major Medicare fraud case

But CQ HealthBeat reports that the administration's top Medicare and Medicaid fraud buster told a Senate panel that the current-year spending plan being advanced by House Republicans could undermine the fed's efforts to reduce waste, fraud and abuse in the health care system.

16 Feb 2011

New study finds racial disparities among elderly Americans in hospital readmissions

Elderly black patients were more likely to be readmitted to the hospital after a prior hospital stay for a heart attack, heart failure, or pneumonia, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health researchers.

16 Feb 2011

Public Health News and Research

Canadian Cancer Society praises new, enhanced cigarette package warnings

State roundup: Mass. cost control plan advances; Texas Senate's abortion bill vote; Miami's public hospital crisis

New tuberculosis vaccine provides better protection

AHF criticizes President Obama's budget proposal for HIV/AIDS programs

U.N.-backed meeting in Bangkok will examine how legal barriers in Asia hamper fight against HIV/AIDS

U.S. FDA posts public health communication about metal-on-metal hip implants use in THA

MU study finds behavior strategies increase physical activity levels in healthy adults

When Social Security benefits are improved, older people benefit most

New CDC data: Arthritis affects 3.1 million Hispanics in the U.S.

Radio frequency exposure from mobile phones does not appear to increase risk of brain cancer

Research!America applauds President Obama for prioritizing R&D in FY2012 budget proposal

Viewpoints: NY Times on high-risk pools; GOP on Medicaid 'flexibility;' health workers' rights

ASN opposes proposed $1.6 billion reduction to NIH budget

Poll: 73% of New Jersey people think investment on global health research is important to state's economy

Study: BP oil spill causes psychological impact on people living in coastal communities

HHS unveils new National Vaccine Plan to enhance coordination of immunization activities

Upcoming Bangladeshi mass cholera vaccine program might shed light on strategy effectiveness

Study: 1 in 5 homeless people with tuberculosis die within a year of diagnosis

Arrests made in major Medicare fraud case

New study finds racial disparities among elderly Americans in hospital readmissions

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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