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Flu Outbreak Prompts Boston to Declare Health Emergency
Busted: 8 myths about flu season; Plus, can social media help you lose weight?
Source: U.S. News - Health - January 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

UNFPA Works to Ensure Women’s Health and Protection after Philippines Typhoon - 10 December 2012
MANILA — In the aftermath of super typhoon Bopha, which devastated a southern Philippines region last week, UNFPA is mobilizing its partners to conduct medical missions and provide health information sessions in the two hardest-hit provinces. The Fund estimates that close to $682,000 will be needed to provide continuous access to reproductive health services, including prevention of gender-based violence, for more than half a million survivors.
Source: UNFPA News - January 10, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Potential To Dramatically Reduce The Number Of Patients Needed And Time Required To Test Drugs For Lung Cancer Prevention
Testing medicines to prevent lung cancer requires treating many thousands of high-risk individuals and then waiting 5, 10 or 15 years to discover which of them develop cancer and which, if any, experience survival benefit from the treatment. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research proposes a possible waypoint on the way to benefit, which if validated, could dramatically reduce the number of patients needed and time required to test drugs for lung cancer prevention...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lung Cancer Source Type: news

Cutting in and weaving irritate drivers the most, new CAMH study on road rage shows
(Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) Cutting in and weaving, speeding, and hostile displays are among the top online complaints posted by drivers, according to a new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health recently published in an online issue of Accident Analysis and Prevention.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 10, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Predischarge education improves adherence to a healthy lifestyle among Jordanian patients with acute coronary syndrome
In conclusion, predischarge education helps motivate acute coronary syndrome patients to adhere to a healthy lifestyle postdischarge. Therefore, nurses must be educated and prepared to be qualified health educators, and health education should continue as one of the most important daily nursing practices, thus it is invested in the preparation of acute coronary patients' discharge plan.
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - January 10, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Nidal F. Eshah Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Flu Widespread, Leading a Range of Winter’s Ills
Public health officials say the flu season is off to an early start with an unusually aggressive virus.
Source: NYT Health - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. and KATHARINE Q. SEELYE Tags: Google Inc GOOG NASDAQ Whooping Cough Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Norovirus Influenza Boston (Mass) Winter (Season) Vaccination and Immunization Source Type: news

Mumps Outbreak on a University CampusMumps Outbreak on a University Campus
How did a 2011 outbreak of mumps start on a California campus, and how did the disease present in those patients affected? This new report takes a close look. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news

Cholera Outbreak Hit Hard in Haiti (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Over its first 2 years, the cholera outbreak in Haiti sickened more than 600,000 people and killed nearly 7,500, researchers reported.
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Boston declares health emergency amid U.S. flu outbreak
BOSTON (Reuters) - With flu cases in this city up tenfold from last year, the mayor of Boston declared a public health emergency on Wednesday as authorities around the United States scrambled to cope with a rising number of patients.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

National flu outbreak widens
This year's vaccine not protecting against at least one strain of the virus; Mass., Mont., S.D., and Ariz. report widespread flu
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A verocytotoxin-producing E. coli outbreak with a surprisingly high risk of haemolytic uraemic syndrome, Denmark, September-October 2012
Source: Eurosurveillance latest news - January 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing outbreak in a school in Marseille, France, 2012
Source: Eurosurveillance latest news - January 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Letter to the editor: Ongoing outbreak of dengue type 1 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal
Source: Eurosurveillance latest news - January 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Much work remains to improve access to healthcare
Three years after the 2010 earthquake, the Haitian healthcare system remains devastated. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to manage four hospitals built to replace the temporary structures that it set up immediately after Jan. 12, 2010. Thanks to these facilities, tens of thousands of Haitians benefit from free, high-quality care. However, Haitian authorities are unlikely to take over MSF’s activities in the foreseeable future. “The transition process is much too slow,” says Joan Arnan, MSF head of mission in Haiti. “That’s because Haitian institutions are weak, donors have not kept their promises, and...
Source: MSF News - January 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Haiti Frontpage NEWS Source Type: news

Boston declares health emergency as flu outbreak worsens
BOSTON (Reuters) - Faced with a surge in flu cases, the mayor of Boston declared a public health emergency on Wednesday as authorities around the United States scrambled to cope with a rising number of patients.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Will Apixaban Change Practice in Atrial Fibrillation?Will Apixaban Change Practice in Atrial Fibrillation?
The oral anticoagulant apixaban was recently approved in Europe for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in adults with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. What role will this agent play? Medscape Neurology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Commentary Source Type: news

U.S. Flu Outbreak Overwhelms Hospitals Across the CountryU.S. Flu Outbreak Overwhelms Hospitals Across the Country
With flu cases in Boston up tenfold from last year, the mayor declared a public health emergency on Wednesday as authorities around the United States scrambled to cope with a rising number of patients. Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

Fisher-Price Recalls Sleepers Due to Mold RiskFisher-Price Recalls Sleepers Due to Mold Risk
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price are voluntary recalling about 800,000 Newborn Rock 'n Play Sleepers because of concerns about mold. WebMD Health News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention News Source Type: news

Updated Funding Opportunity Announcement: PS13-1302 National HIV Surveillance System (NHSS)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a 5-year funding opportunity, PS13-1302, for health departments in states and territories to collect and report HIV case surveillance data to the National HIV Surveillance System (NHSS) in May of 2012.
Source: CDC HIV/AIDS Prevention - January 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

South Africa: Babies Can Be Born Free of Mom?s HIV
[Health-e]Many challenges prevent pregnant women from accessing Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services despite a strong HIV management programme in the area.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - January 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Weight-loss regimen a preferred choice for countering diabetes
More doctors are prescribing the Diabetes Prevention Program, a 12-week regimen, to ward off Type 2 diabetes. It may be a crucial test of the Affordable Care Act's focus on preventive health.After all those well-intentioned New Year's resolutions have yielded to the force of habit, many of the nation's 79 million obese adults will have a day of reckoning with their primary care physicians.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

UNFPA Works to Ensure Women’s Health and Protection after Philippines Typhoon - 10 December 2012
MANILA — In the aftermath of super typhoon Bopha, which devastated a southern Philippines region last week, UNFPA is mobilizing its partners to conduct medical missions and provide health information sessions in the two hardest-hit provinces. The Fund estimates that close to $682,000 will be needed to provide continuous access to reproductive health services, including prevention of gender-based violence, for more than half a million survivors.
Source: UNFPA News - January 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Fire fighting and prevention strategies and the stakeholders' safety and well-being in four districts of Cagayan de Oro City - Balaga ERB, Bonglay MG, Caperal JS, Sayson AM.
The study, which was conducted at Barangay Carmen, Barangay Cogon, Barangay Macabalan which has fire substations and Gaisano Mall with its Fire Brigade in Cagayan de Oro, would delve into an analysis of the level of the effectiveness of the fire prevention...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Knowledge, prevention strategies, and intervention tactics: traumas and motor vehicle accidents - Syed Hassan ST, Jamaludin H, Abdul Raman R, Latiff LA, Mohd Riji H.
[Abstract unavailable] Language: En...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Commentary Source Type: news

Citizens' awareness on crime prevention techniques and personal security of residents in the river side Barangays of Cagayan de Oro City - Oraño AL, Tantao FM, Onipa JS, Tolentino MD, Gracia PSD.
This study was conducted in Barangays Macabalan, Carmen and consolacion, Cagayan de Oro City. The descriptive method of research was used in the study. The descriptive method of research is a fact-finding study with adequate and accurate interpretation of ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: news

Pitt Vaccine Triggers Immunity To Prevent Colon Cancer
A first-of-its-kind vaccine developed by University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) researchers successfully prompted the immune system to respond to early indications of colon cancer in people at high risk for the disease. The results of the first human clinical trials of the preventive colon cancer vaccine are reported in the January issue of the journal Cancer Prevention Research and available online. The research was funded in part by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institutes of Health(NIH)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Colorectal Cancer Source Type: news

Binge Drinking Common, Yet Unrecognized In Females
Binge drinking is a dangerous activity which often goes unrecognized, especially among women and girls, with nearly 14 million American females engaging in this behavior about 3 times a month and consuming about 6 drinks per binge. The finding came from a Vital Signs report which was released today from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). This type of behavior can severely affect anyone's health. However, the report emphasizes the ways in which women's health is put in danger from binge drinking...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Binge Drinking Among American Girls And Young Women Common, But Unrecognized In The USA
Binge drinking is a dangerous activity which often goes unrecognized, especially among women and girls, with nearly 14 million American females engaging in this behavior about 3 times a month and consuming about 6 drinks per binge. The finding came from a Vital Signs report which was released today from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). This type of behavior can severely affect anyone's health. However, the report emphasizes the ways in which women's health is put in danger from binge drinking...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

A risk factor analysis of healthcare-associated fungal infections in an intensive care unit: a retrospective cohort study
Conclusions: There was a secular trend of an increasing number of fungal HAIs in our ICU over the past decade. Patients with ICU fungal HAIs had a significantly higher mortality rate than did patients without ICU HAIs. Total parenteral nutrition was a significant risk factor for all types of ICU fungal HAIs, and its use should be monitored closely.
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Su-Pen YangYin-Yin ChenHan-Shui HsuFu-Der WangLiang-yu ChenChang-Phone Fung Source Type: research

Flooding preparedness needs to include infection prevention and control strategies
(Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America) In the February issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, clinical investigators report key findings and recommendations related to the closure and re-opening of hospitals impacted by black-water floods. The guidance builds on lessons learned from Thailand and the United States. The findings come as many flood-damaged healthcare facilities in New York and New Jersey look to reopen in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Effectiveness of home visiting programs on child outcomes: a systematic review
Conclusions: Home visitation by paraprofessionals is an intervention that holds promise for socially high-risk families with young children. Initiating the intervention prenatally and increasing the number of visits improves development and health outcomes for particular groups of children. Future studies should consider what dose of the intervention is most beneficial and address retention issues.
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shelley PeacockStephanie KonradErin WatsonDarren NickelNazeem Muhajarine Source Type: research

High fiber diet prevents prostate cancer progression
(University of Colorado Denver) The rate of prostate cancer occurrence in Asian cultures is similar to the rate in Western cultures, but in the West, prostate cancer tends to progress, whereas in Asian cultures it does not. Why? A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the January 2013 issue of the journal Cancer Prevention Research shows that the answer may be a high-fiber diet.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Horizon scanning: FDA grants Fast Track designation to enobosarm (OstarineT) for muscle wasting in non-small cell lung cancer
Source: BioSpace Area: News The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has assigned fast track status to enobosarm (GTx-024; OstarineT) for the prevention and treatment of muscle wasting in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Enobosarm is an oral selective androgen receptor modulator that is being evaluated in eight clinical trials involving approximately 600 subjects including three efficacy studies.
Source: NeLM - News - January 9, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Economic analysis of soft-heel casting for diabetic foot ulcer: prevention and treatment
Journal of Wound Care, Vol. 22, Iss. 1, 09 Jan 2013, pp 44 - 48
Source: Contents for Journal of Wound Care, Volume 18 Issue 4 (26 March 2009) - January 8, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: J. Craig, R. Shenton, A. Smith Source Type: research

Risks of binge drinking often overlooked for women: U.S. CDC
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Binge drinking contributes to the deaths of about 12,000 women and girls annually in the United States and is a problem that gets overlooked despite causing a long list of health risks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

New boss of meningitis-linked firm is poor choice: U.S. official
BOSTON (Reuters) - The person hired to run the bankrupt pharmacy linked to a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak is "hopelessly conflicted" and should be removed from the job, a U.S. Justice Department official said on Tuesday.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

New Funding Opportunity Announcement: PS13-1310 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevention Projects for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces the availability of fiscal year 2013 funds for a cooperative agreement program for community-based organizations (CBOs) to develop and implement HIV Prevention Programs in the following two categories: Category A: HIV Prevention Programs for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Category B: HIV Prevention Programs for the United States Virgin Islands.
Source: CDC HIV/AIDS Prevention - January 8, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Chlorine Gas Release and Employee Language BarrierChlorine Gas Release and Employee Language Barrier
How dangerous is chlorine gas when it is released, and do workers in occupational settings understand the potential health hazards? Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news

Healthy Diet May Help Prevent Recurrent Heart Attacks, Strokes
Source: American Heart Association Related MedlinePlus Pages: Heart Diseases--Prevention, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

UNFPA Works to Ensure Women’s Health and Protection after Philippines Typhoon - 10 December 2012
MANILA — In the aftermath of super typhoon Bopha, which devastated a southern Philippines region last week, UNFPA is mobilizing its partners to conduct medical missions and provide health information sessions in the two hardest-hit provinces. The Fund estimates that close to $682,000 will be needed to provide continuous access to reproductive health services, including prevention of gender-based violence, for more than half a million survivors.
Source: UNFPA News - January 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Cholera outbreak in a village in south India – Timely action saved lives
This study was designed to assess the magnitude of and factors responsible for an outbreak in a South Indian village and to implement measures for containing and preventing the recurrence of such outbreaks. Data was obtained by surveying households in the village to identify cases and assess factors responsible for the outbreak. A sanitary survey of the water supply system was performed to identify the cause of the outbreak. Preventive measures were implemented by setting up a rapid response team to manage cases and provide safe drinking water and health education regarding the prevention of such outbreaks. A total of 73 c...
Source: Journal of Infection and Public Health - January 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: R. Deepthi, S.R. Sandeep, M. Rajini, H. Rajeshwari, Achal Shetty Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Mass. Eye and Ear ophthalmologist receives Senior Scientific Investigator Award
(Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary) Reza Dana of Mass. Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School was awarded the Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator Award in the amount of $150,000 to support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

New marker of drug response may speed pace of lung cancer prevention trials
(University of Colorado Denver) Testing medicines to prevent lung cancer requires treating many thousands of high-risk individuals and then waiting five, 10 or 15 years to discover which of them develop cancer and which, if any, experience survival benefit from the treatment. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research proposes a possible point on the way to benefit, which if validated, could dramatically reduce the number of patients needed and time required to test drugs for lung cancer prevention.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

'Tricorder' invention could put medical diagnosis and terrorism prevention in the palm of the hand
(University of Missouri-Columbia) The hand-held scanners, or tricorders, of the Star Trek movies and television series are one step closer to reality now that a University of Missouri engineering team has invented a compact source of X-rays and other forms of radiation. The radiation source, which is the size of a stick of gum, could be used to create inexpensive and portable X-ray scanners for use by doctors, as well as to fight terrorism and aid exploration on this planet and others.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Understanding contextual barriers, supports, and opportunities for physical activity among Mexican-origin children in Texas border colonias: A descriptive study
Conclusions: This study suggests that PA environmental resources, barriers, and opportunities for colonias children are similar to previous studies and distinctively unique. As expected, built resources in these communities are limited and barriers exist; however, knowledge of PA opportunities and available PA resources within colonias households and neighborhoods offers insight to help guide future research, policy, and PA initiatives.
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: M MeyerJoseph SharkeyMegan PattersonWesley Dean Source Type: research

Unhealthy Behvaiors Could Slow Progress in Reducing Heart Disease, Stroke
Source: American Heart Association Related MedlinePlus Pages: Heart Diseases--Prevention, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Incident hypertension in older women and men with or at risk for HIV infection
ConclusionsHIV infection was not associated with incident HTN in older men or women. This study provides additional evidence supporting a causal relationship between immune function and incident HTN, which warrants further study.
Source: HIV Medicine - January 7, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: SH Factor, Y Lo, E Schoenbaum, RS Klein Tags: Original Research Source Type: research

A Brief Intervention to Help Patients Quit SmokingA Brief Intervention to Help Patients Quit Smoking
These 3 simple steps take practically no time and can put patients on the road to success. CDC Expert Commentary
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Commentary Source Type: news

Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Awards granted for pioneering ideas in cancer research
(Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation) The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation announced that seven scientists with novel approaches to fighting cancer have been named 2013 recipients of the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award. The grant of $450,000 over three years is awarded each year to early career scientists whose projects have the potential to significantly impact the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 7, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news