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Report: 88 American youths died from work-related injuries in 2010

Dozens of American youth under the age of 20 die on the job each year while thousands more are injured, often due to poorly regulated work environments, according to a new report released by the Colorado School of Public Health.

10 Apr 2012

Gates Foundation co-chair Melinda Gates delivers TEDxChange speech on access to contraceptives

On Thursday at the TEDxChange conference in Berlin, Germany, Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, "delivered a powerful case for universal access to contraception for women around the world who need and want it," the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports.

10 Apr 2012

Low-dose spiral CT cost-effective in reducing lung cancer deaths

Lung cancer is the most lethal cancer in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, lung cancer causes more than 150,000 deaths annually and has a survival rate of 16 percent. More Americans die of lung cancer each year than of cervical, breast, colon and prostate cancers combined.

10 Apr 2012

Prepositioning of supplies, knowledge to handle disease outbreaks 'future of disaster management'

In this New York Times opinion piece, columnist Tina Rosenberg examines a global rise in cholera cases, writing, "The World Health Organization estimates that there are between three million and five million cases of cholera each year, and between 100,000 and 120,000 deaths. New and more virulent strains are emerging in Asia and Africa, and the WHO says that global warming creates even more hospitable conditions for the disease."

10 Apr 2012

TCT 2012 to be held in Miami from Oct. 22-26

Media registration is now open online for TCT 2012 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics), the annual Scientific Symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

10 Apr 2012

Viewpoints: Scarcity of dental care; Surprise budget buster awaiting states on retiree health costs

We know that too many Americans can't afford primary care and end up in the emergency room with asthma or heart failure. But in the debate over health care coverage, less attention has been paid to the fact that too many Americans also end up in the emergency room with severe tooth abscesses that keep them from eating or infections that can travel from decayed teeth to the brain and, if untreated, kill.

10 Apr 2012

To improve global health, toilets must be redesigned to work without connection to sanitation grid

"The toilet is a magnificent thing. ... Unfortunately it is an impractical luxury for about two-thirds of the world's seven billion people because it relies on connections to water and sewerage systems that must be built and maintained at great expense," a Bloomberg editorial writes.

10 Apr 2012

U.S. must embrace competitive election process for World Bank presidency to support Kim's nomination

In this New York times opinion piece, Thomas Bollyky, senior fellow for global health, economics and development at the Council on Foreign Relations, comments on the controversy surrounding President Barack Obama's nomination of Jim Yong Kim for the World Bank presidency, writing, "For the first time since the World Bank's creation at the end of World War II, the United States is facing a real challenge over the bank's leadership. Leaders of some developing and emerging economies have refused to support President Obama's unexpected choice of Jim Yong Kim, the president of Dartmouth College, to lead the bank."

10 Apr 2012

White House moves $500 million to IRS for health law implementation

The funds were diverted to the Internal Revenue Service outside the normal appropriations process to help the agency implement the overhaul. Meanwhile, other news outlets report on developments related to accountable care organizations and primary care payment issues.

10 Apr 2012

Major life decisions may be subconsciously influenced by how long people believe they will live

Major life decisions such as marriage, divorce, abortion, having a child and attending university may be subconsciously influenced by how long people believe they will live, according to a Queen's University study.

10 Apr 2012

Legislation in Congress is 'good start' to raising awareness of, preventing attacks on medical workers

Attacks, kidnappings, and the murders of health care workers in the uprisings taking place across the Arab world violate principles held in the Geneva Conventions and international human rights treaties, Richard Sollom, deputy director of Physicians for Human Rights, writes in this Global Post opinion piece.

10 Apr 2012

Three NJIT EDC high-tech companies win top awards at 2012 Venture Conference

Three high-tech companies based at NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC) took top awards at the recent 2012 Venture Conference sponsored by the New Jersey Technology Council.

10 Apr 2012

Viewpoints: Health law seeks to remedy broken insurance market; Overhaul was sunk by its complexity

Commentators look at some of the underlying issues of the health law which is being considered by the Supreme Court.

10 Apr 2012

Studies determine how geographic location affects physical health

The neighborhoods in which children and adolescents live and spend their time play a role in whether or not they eat a healthy diet, get enough exercise or become obese, concludes a collection of studies in a special theme issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

10 Apr 2012

Ascom's teleCARE Patient Handsets win Red Dot Design Award

When creating technical equipment for a hectic hospital environment, to be handled by every imaginable end-user, one needs to cover a lot of aspects. The current models of Ascom's teleCARE Patient Handsets have already received the Red Dot Design Award for that very achievement - and now the coming versions follow in their footsteps.

10 Apr 2012

ASPO to hold pediatric otolaryngology meeting from April 18 - April 22

The American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO) will hold its annual meeting, April 18 - April 22, during the 2012 Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM) - a joint meeting of eight otolaryngological societies in San Diego, CA. The meeting will feature dozens of scientific presentations highlighting research in progress in the field of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery.

10 Apr 2012

Reprogramming the Brain to Health Symposium to take place on April 12

Jordan Grafman, PhD, will speak at the Reprogramming the Brain to Health Symposium at The University of Texas at Dallas on April 12. An expert on brain function and behavior, Dr. Grafman's topic is human belief systems in the brain.

10 Apr 2012

U.S. children would need to eliminate an average of 64 excess calories per day to prevent obesity

In order for the nation to achieve goals set by the federal government for reducing obesity rates by 2020, children in the United States would need to eliminate an average of 64 excess calories per day, researchers calculated in a study published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

10 Apr 2012

Government, NGOs working to improve health services, education to prevent rising teenage pregnancy rate in Guatemala

"Teenage pregnancies are on the rise in Guatemala, along with the drop-out rate in schools, family breakdown and many other related social ills," Inter Press Service reports, adding that the "impoverished Central American country of 14 million people has an adolescent (under-20) birth rate of 114 per 1,000 women in rural areas, according to the National Mother and Child Health Survey for 2008-2009."

10 Apr 2012

Top ten facts about organ and tissue donation

Every year, more than 100,000 Americans will need a life-saving organ transplant, yet in 2011 fewer than 22,000 transplants took place in the United States. In New York only 18 percent of New Yorkers who are eligible to donate are registered as organ donors, in stark contrast to the national average of 42 percent.

10 Apr 2012

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Report: 88 American youths died from work-related injuries in 2010

Gates Foundation co-chair Melinda Gates delivers TEDxChange speech on access to contraceptives

Low-dose spiral CT cost-effective in reducing lung cancer deaths

Prepositioning of supplies, knowledge to handle disease outbreaks 'future of disaster management'

TCT 2012 to be held in Miami from Oct. 22-26

Viewpoints: Scarcity of dental care; Surprise budget buster awaiting states on retiree health costs

To improve global health, toilets must be redesigned to work without connection to sanitation grid

U.S. must embrace competitive election process for World Bank presidency to support Kim's nomination

White House moves $500 million to IRS for health law implementation

Major life decisions may be subconsciously influenced by how long people believe they will live

Legislation in Congress is 'good start' to raising awareness of, preventing attacks on medical workers

Three NJIT EDC high-tech companies win top awards at 2012 Venture Conference

Viewpoints: Health law seeks to remedy broken insurance market; Overhaul was sunk by its complexity

Studies determine how geographic location affects physical health

Ascom's teleCARE Patient Handsets win Red Dot Design Award

ASPO to hold pediatric otolaryngology meeting from April 18 - April 22

Reprogramming the Brain to Health Symposium to take place on April 12

U.S. children would need to eliminate an average of 64 excess calories per day to prevent obesity

Government, NGOs working to improve health services, education to prevent rising teenage pregnancy rate in Guatemala

Top ten facts about organ and tissue donation

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