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(Newser) - Wal-Mart is moving to provide a low-cost way for physicians in small offices to use electronic health records, the New York Times reports. The company—teaming with Dell for computers and eClinicalWorks for software—plans to offer a system for under $25,000, about half the current cost. The idea... More »

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Dell • public health • Wal-Mart • health records • electronic health records

Obama Open
to Compromise on Health Care

He tells summit:
'I just want to figure
out what works'

Mar 5, 09 5:01 PM CST
(AP) - President Barack Obama said today's health care summit at the White House made clear the immediate need for reform, and he signaled he's open to compromise. Obama told participants at the end of the summit that although he offered a plan during last year's campaign, he isn't wedded to that... More »

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health care • White House • public health • health care reform • President Obama

(Newser) - Sanjay Gupta is sticking with CNN and brain surgery. Gupta has withdrawn his name from contention to be the next surgeon general, the network reports. Gupta apparently had reservations over a big pay cut and the idea of reporting to more than one boss, notes Fox News. Gupta will discuss... More »

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public health • Sanjay Gupta • CNN • Surgeon General • President Obama

Low-Carb
or Low-Fat? Doesn't Matter

When it comes to diet, only calories count, says federal study

Feb 25, 09 8:20 PM CST
(AP) - Low-fat, low-carb, high-protein—the kind of diet doesn't matter, scientists say. All that counts is cutting calories and sticking with it, says a federal study that followed hundreds of people for two years. Millions have turned to popular diets such as Atkins, Zone, and Ornish that tout the benefits of... More »

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obesity • nutrition • public health • diet • overweight

OPINION

 Coffee: Good? Bad? 
 Whatever. Just Don't Smoke 

No need to obsess over every study, experts say

Feb 17, 09 9:12 AM CST
(Newser) - It can seem impossible to sort through the health news that comes out every day: Is coffee good for you? Is it bad? Does this or that give you cancer? The best solution, for now, may just be not to worry about it, Trine Tsouderos writes in the Chicago Tribune.... More »

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cancer • coffee • study • public health • caffeine • health research • esophageal cancer • oral cancer

(Newser) - The latest victim of the nationwide salmonella outbreak is the Peanut Corporation of America, which filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy today, the Lynchburg News & Advance reports. “Given the events of the past month, including the broad-based recalls, the company has no alternative but to cease operations,”... More »

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bankruptcy • Georgia • public health • salmonella • outbreak • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America • Chapter 7

(Newser) - The plant in Georgia implicated in the latest salmonella outbreak knowingly sold peanut products even after its own tests turned up evidence of the bacteria, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The plant's internal labs showed evidence of salmonella 12 times in the past two years, but the company sold the products... More »

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public health • salmonella • outbreak • peanut butter

GLOSSIES

 A Surgeon's Case for 
 Universal Health Care 

If every other industrialization nation and Massachusetts can do it, so can the feds

Jan 19, 09 7:02 PM CST
(Newser) - If Americans are smart, they'll learn from other nations—and Massachusetts—in building a system of universal health care, writes surgeon Atul Gawande in The New Yorker. The rise of health reform "is surprising and instructive" in nations like the UK and France, which made controversial changes after... More »

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health care • public health • universal health care • hospital • health care reform • policy changes • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

(AP) - Federal health authorities today urged consumers to avoid eating cookies, cakes, ice cream, and other foods that contain peanut butter until authorities can learn more about a deadly outbreak of salmonella contamination. Most peanut butter sold in jars at supermarkets appears to be safe. More than 470 people have gotten... More »

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FDA • public health • salmonella • outbreak • peanut butter

Obese Americans Now Outnumber Overweight

Over a third of adults classed as one step up the scale from overweight

Jan 10, 09 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Americans who are merely overweight are now outnumbered by the obese, Reuters reports. New government statistics reveal that 34% of adults are obese and almost 6% extremely so, whereas 32.7% are classed as overweight. The proportion of Americans who are overweight has stayed much the same since 1980—but... More »

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obesity • public health • obese • overweight • body mass index

 Daschle:
 Health Reform 
 About Facts, 
 Not Ideology 

Obama nominee pledges bipartisan effort despite controversial plan

Jan 8, 09 2:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services promised today a bipartisan effort to reform health care, the New York Times reports. “When it comes to health care, we really are in it together,” Tom Daschle said during Senate confirmation hearings, where chairman Ted Kennedy... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • health insurance • public health • Ted Kennedy • Bob Dole • health care reform • Tom Daschle • Senate committees • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • bipartisan

ANALYSIS

Gupta's Right Doc for Political Prime Time

CNN's medicine man will help push preventive health care message, Park notes

Jan 7, 09 4:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's choice of CNN's health correspondent as his surgeon general is raising eyebrows, but the pick underlines Obama's plans to focus on preventive care, Alice Park writes in Time. The telegenic Sanjay Gupta, while lacking the government experience most surgeon generals have brought to the job, has anchored specials... More »

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obesity • public health • Sanjay Gupta • CNN • Surgeon General • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

Three Genes Made 1918 Flu So Deadly

They cause pneumonia by letting virus
into lungs

Dec 30, 08 2:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Researchers have pinpointed the reason the flu pandemic of 1918 was “the most devastating outbreak of infectious disease in human history,” Reuters reports. The key is a combination of three genes that allowed the virus to enter the lungs and cause pneumonia. Typically, the flu affects only the... More »

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medical breakthrough • disease • public health • genes • history • virus • flu

 Not Scared of TB? 
 You Should Be 

Resistant strain could ravage the world, and we're not ready

Dec 7, 08 1:32 PM CST
(Newser) - "Global complacency" could give rise to a terrifying, drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, writes Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times—and not in some remote outpost on the globe. There have been fewer than 100 cases of this XDR-TB in the past 15 years in the US, but with... More »

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public health • Doctors Without Borders • Armenia • tuberculosis • pandemic • Nicholas Kristof • XDR-TB

Score Card on Late White House Rules Changes

Bush administration pushes through midnight regulations

Nov 21, 08 8:28 AM CST
(Newser) - With the  Bush White House pushing through a raft of last-minute rules, the nonprofit journalism group ProPublica offers a running list, with the status of each:
  • Business-friendly safety regulations would loosen restrictions on exposure to toxic chemicals in the workplace.
  • Local police would get increased surveillance ability.
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Bush administration • endangered species • environment • abortion • gun control • public health • domestic surveillance • investment bankers • workplace safety • George W. Bush • regulations • midnight regulation

Google to Track Flu Outbreaks Across US

Company teams
with CDC to improve warning system

Nov 11, 08 6:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Google is teaming up with the CDC to track flu outbreaks around the nation and give people earlier warnings, ABC News reports. The new site (http://www.google.org/flutrends/) relies on the notion that people turn to the Web when they're sick by typing phrases such as "flu symptoms"... More »

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Google • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • public health • flu shot • flu

Gates Gambles Big on Bold Medical Probes

$10M in public-health grants eschew peer review for innovation

Oct 23, 08 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Gates Foundation has awarded more than $10 million to medical researchers with quirky ideas that might not be funded otherwise, the Washington Post reports. The initiative, dubbed Grand Challenges Explorations, offered a simple 2-page application and vetting by entrepreneurs, not medical professionals. “Peer review—by definition almost—excludes... More »

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Bill Gates • public health • medical research • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • grants • peer reviews

12 Ways Climate Change Could Kill You

Warmer temperatures may cause spread of dangerous pathogens

Oct 14, 08 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - A dozen deadly diseases may become even deadlier as a result of climate change, Scientific American reports. Cholera, tuberculosis, yellow fever, and other ailments are spreading to new areas as temperatures rise, a Wildlife Conservation Society study says. The society suggests monitoring wildlife to prevent a human outbreak of “... More »

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climate change • disease • public health • pathogens • disease control • pandemic

 India Readies Smoking Ban; 
 Unruly Public Shrugs 

Prohibition carries $5 penalty in country with average income of $1K

Sep 30, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - India is about to institute a ban on smoking in public places, including bars, restaurants, hotels and hospitals, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ban, which begins Thursday, is being greeted warmly by health officials, with skepticism by smokers on the ground. “Such rules are made and broken every... More »

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India • tobacco • public health • criminal • smoking ban • fine

College Kids Take Global Outlook to Class

Interest in public health leads to skyrocketing course enrollment

Sep 19, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - In less than a generation, college students' international perspective has transformed many colleges' public health-related programs and courses. The AIDS epidemic served as a catalyst by opening young people’s eyes to the global character of disease, and the ease of worldwide travel and communication is spurring involvement abroad. The... More »

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public health • college • UCLA • epidemiology • SARS • AIDS epidemic • undergraduate program • internationalist

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