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Taking a Stand for Office Ergonomics
A closer look at the accumulating research on sitting reveals something more intriguing, and disturbing: the health hazards of sitting for long stretches are significant even for people who are quite active when they’re not sitting down. That point was reiterated recently in two studies, published in The British Journal of Sports Medicine and in Diabetologia, a journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - December 1, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Cold, Mold Loom as Hazards in Sandy Disaster Zones
City officials estimate at least 12,000 New Yorkers are trying to survive in unheated, flood-damaged homes, despite warnings that dropping temperatures could pose a health risk.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - December 1, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Could Food Stamps Be Part of 'Fiscal Cliff' Solution?
The five-year farm bill is not a done deal, but legislators from agricultural states have said in recent days they could get it passed if Congress and President Obama expanded their thinking about how to avoid the year-end cliff. Deficit negotiators are looking for $500 billion in cuts and/or revenue increases over 10 years to avoid draconian automatic cuts and tax increases on Jan. 1… But the five-year, $500-million agricultural law has its own controversial elements — including proposed cuts in food stamps.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - December 1, 2012 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news

Obama's re-election escalates health reform
Healthcare reform moves forward with the re-election of President Obama.
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - December 1, 2012 Category: Health Management Source Type: news

The Changing Face of Pediatric Toxicology: Streamlining Complexities Into Simplicities
The specialty of medical toxicology has matured rapidly in the last 20 years, in parallel with many other medical specialties such as critical care and ahead of other even newer specialties such as sleep medicine. These specialty disciplines have developed further subspecialties to address either single disease conditions or single cohorts of patients such as pediatric toxicology. One might justify this increasing “super specialization” by our desire and public demand to improve the quality of health care that we deliver to patients with multiple and complicated disease processes that we once could not diagnose, evalua...
Source: Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine - December 1, 2012 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Erica L. Liebelt Tags: Guest Editor's Preface Source Type: research

Young, Gay, Black—and at Risk for HIV
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study this week showing that one-quarter of all new HIV infections in 2010 were among adolescents and very young adults, with an estimated 1,000 new people between 13 and 24 years of age contracting the virus each month.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - December 1, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Richmond, B.C. Store (Cube Inc.) Selling Potentially Dangerous Weight Loss Products
Update - Health Canada is advising Canadians that three unauthorized products promoted for weight loss have been seized from “Cube Inc.”, a box-store store in Richmond, B.C.
Source: Government of Canada News - Health Canada - November 30, 2012 Category: American Health Tags: Health Products Source Type: news

Mindray A3 and A5 Anesthesia Delivery System: Class I Recall - Gasket Leak
Interruption of, or inadequate delivery of patient anesthesia and ventilation may result in temporary or permanent patient injury or death.
Source: FDA MedWatch - November 30, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Few states take up ACA basic health coverage option
The Basic Health Program, designed for patients at the edge of Medicaid eligibility, offers both financial risks and benefits to states, a new report concludes.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - November 30, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Irradiation in the production, processing and handling of food. Final rule.
Abstract The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of a 4.5 kilogray (kGy) maximum absorbed dose of ionizing radiation to treat unrefrigerated (as well as refrigerated) uncooked meat, meat byproducts, and certain meat food products to reduce levels of foodborne pathogens and extend shelf life. This action is in response to a petition filed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS). PMID: 23227568 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Fed Regist - November 30, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Food and Drug Administration, HHS Tags: Fed Regist Source Type: research

Mental Illness Affects 1 in 5 U.S. Adults, Survey Finds
One in five adults in the United States, or 45.6 million people, had a mental illness in the past year, according to a federal government report.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - November 30, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Editorial: Meriden: Let’s Move!
Meriden officials are to be commended for efforts which brought the city national recognition from first lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign. The first lady’s program seeks to tackle obesity problems in this country by backing healthy living habits. This puts the campaign in line with Meriden initiatives of recent years to stimulate greater amounts of physical activity and nutrition awareness among residents — especially children.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - November 30, 2012 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news

Major New U.S. AIDS Plan Disallows Funding for Family Planning
At perhaps a critical turning point in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, the U.S. government, the single largest funder in that fight, on Thursday unveiled a major new strategy for pushing towards achieving an “AIDS-free generation”, the stated U.S. goal. The far-reaching new blueprint for what’s known as the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is being widely lauded, yet little attention has been given to a document, published in October, that stipulates how new PEPFAR funding can be used. According to that guidance, “PEPFAR funds may not be used to purchase family planning commodities.” While...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 29, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Carey L. Biron Tags: Aid Gender Headlines Health North America Poverty & MDGs TerraViva United Nations Women's Health World Family Planning HIV/AIDS Source Type: news

Kidney Disease More Severe in Blacks Than Others
Screening would help improve their care, researchers say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: African-American Health, Chronic Kidney Disease, Health Screening
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 29, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

UCF, FIT, Sanford-Burnham projects headed to ISS
What: Orlando Solar Bears vs. Wheeling Nailers When: 7 Thursday night Where: Amway Center Records: Solar Bears, 15-20-2-2 (34 points); Nailers, 18-13-2-4 (42 points) The Buzz: The ECHL teams will meet again at 7 Saturday night and 3 p.m. Monday at...
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 29, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Sanford-Burnham to send two experiments to Space Station
What: Orlando Solar Bears vs. Wheeling Nailers When: 7 Thursday night Where: Amway Center Records: Solar Bears, 15-20-2-2 (34 points); Nailers, 18-13-2-4 (42 points) The Buzz: The ECHL teams will meet again at 7 Saturday night and 3 p.m. Monday at...
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 29, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

FDA approves Cometriq to treat rare type of thyroid cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Cometriq (cabozantinib) to treat medullary thyroid cancer that has spread to other parts of the body (metastasized).
Source: Food and Drug Administration - November 29, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Health Canada Encourages Holiday Shoppers to Consider Toy Safety
As the holiday shopping season approaches, the Government of Canada is joining the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Mexico's Consumer Protection Federal Agency (Profeco), to encourage consumers to put safety first when buying children's toys.
Source: Government of Canada News - Health Canada - November 29, 2012 Category: American Health Tags: Health Products Source Type: news

Sanford-Burnham to send two experiments to Space Station
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute is heading to space. Research teams at the institute in Lake Nona as well as its counterpart in LaJolla, Calif., both won an international competition to send experiments to the International Space Station, Space...
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 29, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

CMA focuses on health/economy link in Commons committee briefing
Source: cma.ca - November 29, 2012 Category: American Health Tags: cma.ca Healthcare News Source Type: news

Medicare Is Faulted on Shift to Electronic Records
The conversion to electronic medical records — a critical piece of the Obama administration’s plan for health care reform — is “vulnerable” to fraud and abuse because of the failure of Medicare officials to develop appropriate safeguards, according to a sharply critical report to be issued Thursday by federal investigators.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - November 29, 2012 Category: Health Management Source Type: news

EPA bans BP from new federal contracts
The Obama administration cites the oil giant's 'lack of business integrity' in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster.WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has temporarily banned the energy giant BP from new federal contracts, citing the company's "lack of business integrity as demonstrated" by the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - November 29, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Arizona declines to set up state-based health insurance exchange
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said on Wednesday she was rejecting a major provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law that calls for creating state-based health insurance markets where consumers can purchase private, federally subsidized coverage.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Infected and Unaware: HIV Hitting America's Youth
More than half of young people in the United States who are infected with HIV are not aware of it, according to a report by government health officials that zeroes in on one of the remaining hot spots of HIV infection in America.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - November 28, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news