MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'healthy people'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:49 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4241722&cid=t_316645_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcreate-a-public-health-app-and-win-some-cash%2F2010.12.08 Healthy People 2020, a continuation of Healthy People 2010, was started by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. It’s a nationwide health promotion and disease prevention plan that sets public health goals — with the deadline being 2020 in the latest iteration of the program. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is now launching a challenge for developers and researchers to make wellness applications for the Healthy People 2020 campaign — they are providing rich research data sets for free, some that can be found here, giving developers and researchers ample data to write applications with. They are also providing a list of topics for potential apps from a variety of categories, ranging from apps related to cancer to substance abuse. (more…) ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4241722 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:00:52 +0100 4241722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4237843&cid=t_316645_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F07%2Fhealthy-people-2020-released-includes-lgbt-health%2F Healthy People is a kind of national health goal-setting process, in which objectives are defined for the next 10 years on things like reducing the rate of death from certain cancers, reducing the rate of hypertension, and so on. It’s a way of saying, “here’s what we think is important for the nation in terms of improving overall health, here’s where we are now, and here’s where we hope to be in 10 years.” It’s something to design and fund programs around, and outlines some clear goals for public health improvement. For example, one maternal health objective for Healthy People 2020 is to reduce the cesarean rate among low-risk women with a prior cesarean by 10%, from 90.8% (the 2007 baseline rate) to 81.7%. [The HP2010 objective had been to reduce... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4237843 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:57:38 +0100 4237843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3133552&cid=t_316645_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F30%2Freminder-public-commenting-on-healthy-people-2020-objectives-closes-tomorrow-dec-31-2009%2F As explained in this Our Bodies Our Blog post: Healthy People is a program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that sets health objectives for the nation for a ten-year period. The current set of objectives is referred to as Healthy People 2010, but as 2010 is fast approaching, the department is considering a new set of health priorities to target through 2020. Public comments on the proposed objectives are being accepted through tomorrow, December 31, 2009; go here to comment online (anonymously or with a registered profile). See the OBOS blog post for some areas for potential priorities that I thought would be of interest. Posted in Government, Health (Source: Women's Health News) Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3133552 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:17:52 +0100 3133552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075451&cid=t_316645_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F10%2Fat-our-bodies-our-blog-commenting-open-on-healthy-people-2020-objectives%2F At Our Bodies Our Blog, I explain a bit about what the national Healthy People 2020 Objectives are, list a few that I think will be of interest to readers here and there, and talk about how to submit your comment on them (public comments are being accepted through the end of the month). Posted in Government, Health (Source: Women's Health News) Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075451 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:58:10 +0100 3075451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751980&cid=t_316645_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FUQphnFTa97A%2F We’ve heard for years now that taking a daily dose of aspirin may help prevent heart attacks. Certainly, for those who have already had heart trouble, aspirin has proven to be a great benefit. But new research looked at healthy people who were taking aspirin as a precaution, and found that it may do more harm than good. Researchers have found that is a person is healthy, taking aspirin does not necessarily reduce the risk of having a future heart attack. More than that, however, daily aspirin use in healthy people may up the risk of internal bleeding at some point. This research clearly contradicts the advice to take an aspirin every day if you’re healthy. What should you do? Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor. Aspirin may still be a good choice for you, but only ... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751980 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:44:51 +0100 2751980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1726569&cid=t_316645_147_f&fid=35750&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthCareVox%2F%7E3%2F372023664%2Fon_healthy_people_2020_improvi.html Although it is not widely known, the US government is responsible for meeting specific public health goals over a ten-year period.  Because of an initiative called Healthy People, government agencies like Health and Human Services have committed to, among other things, eliminating health disparities between people of different racial and economic backgrounds by the year 2010.  Advocacy organizations, public officials and others take an avid interest in the development of new Healthy People ten-year objectives.  The process is about to start again as government formulates goals it must achieve by 2020.  The Internet has greatly expanded the government’s ability to reach out to a broad group of stakeholders for input on the Healthy People 2020 objectives.  R. C... HealthCareVox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1726569 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:54:31 +0100 1726569