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Public health's questionable endorsement of video games
Health: Have the public health watchdogs finally thrown in the towel when it comes to natural, vigorous exercise? A recent deal between the American Heart As
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Who gets to decide on end-of-life health care?
Health: In 2005 the nation watched while the Florida health care facility housing a young woman named Terri Schiavo endured a barrage of contradictory, whipl
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The schism between health care and informed consent
Health: The form hospitals typically use to garner "informed consent" from patients weighing major health care procedures seems almost as complicated as the
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New international health study measures global mortality
Health: A new international health study in The Lancet attempts to answer a seemingly simple question: What are the leading causes of death for children unde
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Asthma and obesity: Linked by high fat diet?
Health: Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases we face, and one whose prevalence is rising. Most of us know someone suffering from the condition,
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Is health care quality threatened by manufacturer-funded drug research?
Health: Health care researchers from the Drug Commission of the German Medical Association have concluded that published pharmaceutical research sponsored by
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Patients Need Frequent Flier Miles - Health Care Consumerism Part 2
Health: This four-part series examines the notion that patients are health care consumers. Today's column suggests a way that providers might shift towards a
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Health Care Consumers: "We get no respect" - Health Care Consumerism Part 1
Health: This four-part series examines the notion that patients are health care consumers. Today's post discusses a study showing the fallout that occurs whe
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Michelle Obama Unveils Public Health Childhood Obesity Plan
Health: Back in February, First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let's Move! program to tackle the public health epidemic of childhood obesity, which the "Mo
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New international health tools track disease online
Health: The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported on the use of a new online international health tool tracking disease outbreaks around the glob
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Slashing international health barriers with Skype
Health: Health research is often hampered in surprising ways. For example, international health data on mortality in most of Africa and Asia is based on educ
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Risk of asthma linked to neighborhood location
Health: Fellow blogger Alisa Ulfert recently wrote about The American Lung Association's new report on the state of the air we breath, or more specifically t
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Goals matter in the fight to improve international health
Health: Setting goals is a common undertaking for individuals, groups, companies, etc. to make inroads as to what can be accomplished in the future. But when
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Occupational and public health risks from Big Oil
Health: Justmeans has provided extensive coverage of BPs Deep Water Horizon oil-rig disaster currently unfolding off the coast of Louisiana, including its ro
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Public health officials must do more to fight environmental cancer
Health: Public health officials need to boost efforts to curb cases of environmental cancer, according to a new report from the Presidents Cancer Panel. Much
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Just in time for Mother's Day: a slew of mom-related health studies
Health: Researchers must have Mother's Day on the brain, because this week a seeming flood of new reports and studies relating to mothers and health has been
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Health care insurance status influences emergency medical care
Health: Does your insurance status really affect the quality of health care youre likely to receive in an American hospital? After all, hospitals that receiv
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A boost for epigenetics: The science of interaction and influence in human health
Health: The young health science of epigenetics is getting a boost, thanks in part to an $8.5 million grant that Oregon State Universitys Linus Pauling Insti
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Australia has an easier go of health reform
Health: He's the leader of a large industrial country who was swept into office after promising to reform the nation's health care system. And just recently,
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Where to Invest Public Health Dollars in Developing Countries?
Health: How should foreign governments, NGOs, and aid organizations invest public health dollars in developing countries? Should funding support progams focu
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