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Public Health

It's not personal: From Patient Zero to prevention campaigns, health is increasingly migrating into the realm of the collective

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December 2007
- Bush Vetoes Kids' Health Bill Again
  
  New York Times | Dec 12, 07 6:49 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - President Bush today vetoed for the second time expansion of a federal program that provides health insurance to poor and middle-class children, the New York Times reports. Bush called the proposed overhaul fiscally irresponsible, because it would cover too many undeserving recipients and raise taxes. Democrats will now try to push through a one-year extension of the bill at its current funding. More »
- Smoking Linked to Diabetes Risk
  
  BBC | Dec 12, 07 1:13 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The list of ways smoking can kill you got a bit longer today, reports the BBC. Smokers have a 44% higher chance of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study shows, and that risk rises yet higher for heavy smokers, up to 61%. “The relevant question should no longer be whether this association exists,” the researchers said, “but whether [it] is causal.” More »
- Isotope Shortage Delays Medical Tests
  
  Associated Press | Dec 8, 07 10:21 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Shortages of a radioactive substance are endangering thousands of medical tests in hospitals across the US and Canada, the AP reports. The development is the result of a longer-than-anticipated shutdown of a nuclear reactor in Canada, the main supplier in North America. Technetium-99 is injected into patients to check for a variety of serious conditions, including cancer and heart disease. More »
- Son May Have Passed Bird Flu to Father
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Dec 8, 07 9:55 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A man in China was diagnosed with the deadly bird flu virus a day after his 24-year-old son died from the disease, raising fears of a strain that can pass from person to person, the Telegraph reports. Health officials don't know for sure if the father caught the virus from his son but said they can't rule out the possibility. A human-to-human strain raises the risk of a global pandemic. More »
- On YouTube Anti-Vaccine Vids Trump Science
  
  Canadian Press | Dec 6, 07 5:21 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A new JAMA study reports that when it comes to at least one important public health subject on YouTube, theories rejected in the medical community have trumped official information in viewership. Controversial anti-vaccination videos are getting more hits and higher ratings than those touting the accepted science. The findings appear in the latest issue of the medical journal. More »
- Antibiotics Don't Help Suffering Sinuses
  
  Los Angeles Times | Dec 5, 07 8:46 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Antibiotics don't cure sinus infections and may actually do more harm than good, researchers have found, the Los Angeles Times reports. While more than 80% of US doctors prescribe antibiotics for sinus infections, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found the difference in recovery times between people on placebos and antibiotics so small it was insignificant. More »
- US AIDS Numbers Adjusted Up
  
  Washington Post | Dec 1, 07 6:22 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - AIDS is spreading faster among Americans than had been thought, the Washington Post reports. A new method of testing that distinguishes recent infections from older ones shows that the number of people becoming infected each year in the US is 50% higher than previously estimated, for an average of 60,000 rather than 40,000 new cases. More »
November 2007
- Twentysomething Virgins Risk Later Sex Problems
  
  ABC News | Nov 30, 07 4:04 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - People who wait to have sex until their 20s or beyond are more likely to suffer from sexual dysfunction later in life, scientists say. In particular, men who lose their virginity in their 20s tend to experience later sex-related troubles, ABC News reports. The delay doesn't necessarily cause the difficulty, according to a new study: "Men with sexual problems may avoid sexual interactions and consequently start later." More »
- Salt May Get an FDA Shakedown
  
  Los Angeles Times | Nov 29, 07 12:05 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - As the White House readies a national campaign against obesity, the FDA today will consider whether to reclassify one of the biggest dietary concerns of all: salt. The American Medical Association says that for Americans, who each day consume around 2,000 milligrams more than recommended, cutting salt intake by 50% could save 150,000 lives annually, reports the Los Angeles Times. More »
- Starchy Foods Increase Diabetes Risk
  
  Reuters | Nov 27, 07 3:05 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - African-American and Chinese women whose diets are high in starchy foods like white rice are at bigger risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, researchers have discovered. The good news is that eating whole-grain foods can help reduce the risk, according to two studies in the Archives of Internal Medicine . As an added bonus, those foods contain magnesium, which can help reduce blood pressure. More »
- Kids Will Eat Healthier School Lunches
  
  Associated Press | Nov 26, 07 8:32 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Low-fat turkey hot dogs, fruits, and veggies aren't the lunchtime turn-off many assume, a study of Minnesota school districts finds. Sure, students prefer fattier lunches, but demand doesn't drop and cost doesn't rise when they're dished up healthier meals. Although labor expenses typically increase, the savings from abandoning processed foods compensates. More »
- Indonesia Still Won't Send WHO Bird Flu Samples
  
  Associated Press | Nov 25, 07 4:14 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Indonesia won't send avian flu specimens to the World Heath Organization, it said today, continuing a months-long stalemate over assurances that resulting vaccines will be cheap enough for the developing world. The country’s health minister had been in Geneva to rebuild WHO’s virus-sharing system, the AP reports. More »
- FCC Gives Boost to 'Telehealth'
  
  Washington Post | Nov 21, 07 12:04 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - High-speed Internet access funded by $417 million in FCC grants will change how healthcare is provided in rural or heard-to-reach areas across the US, bringing top-end clinical and diagnostic resourced to underserved patients and doctors, the Washington Post reports. Some 6,000 clinics, hospitals, research facilities and universities will be part of the three-year pilot “telehealth” network. More »
- UK Farmers Facing Tax for Cattle Outbreaks
  
  Guardian (UK) | Nov 18, 07 6:14 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - UK farmers face an $82 million tax bill to pay for curbing cattle infections. Farmers are likely to gripe, the Guardian reports, because diseases have already slammed profits—and the government is to blame for leaking foot and mouth disease from a lab last summer. But the environment ministry is cutting $615 million and must balance the books after recent outbreaks. More »
- $25K Sundae Comes With Mice, Roaches
  
  CBS | Nov 15, 07 8:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - An upscale dessert shop on New York's Upper East Side that serves $25,000 ice cream sundaes has been shut down for egregious health-code violations, including a dysfunctional sewage system, mounds of mouse droppings, and a thriving cockroach population, CBS reports. The shop, Serendipity 3, introduced the extravagant sundae, which comes with a golden spoon, just last week. More »
- Lethal Strain of Cold Virus Spreads in US
  
  Reuters | Nov 15, 07 6:59 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A virulent strain of adenovirus, a prevalent cause of the common cold and other respiratory infections, has been identified in parts of the US, including New York, Oregon, Washington state, and Texas, Reuters reports. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the new strain—adenovirus 14—has killed 10 people, including two infants, and left dozens hospitalized since May 2006. More »