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Health Care Accounts for Eight Percent of US Carbon Footprint, Calculation Finds
The American health-care
sector accounts for 8
percent of the country's
carbon dioxide emissions,
according to a
... > full story
Experts Offer Strategies For Working With Immigrant Victims Of Violence
Last year, the United States
provided asylum and
resettlement assistance for
nearly 80,700 people from
other countries, an increase
... > full story
World Trade Center Responders Plagued With Asthma; 9/11 Responders Twice As Likely To Have Asthma
First responders who were
exposed to caustic dust and
toxic pollutants following
the 2001 World Trade Center
terrorist attacks suffer
... > full story
Effort Launched To Find And Control Diseases That Move Between Wildlife And People
In hopes of preventing the
next global pandemic and a
possible death toll into the
millions, researchers have
launched an unprecedented
... > full story
- Health Care Accounts for Eight Percent of US Carbon Footprint, Calculation Finds
- Experts Offer Strategies For Working With Immigrant Victims Of Violence
- World Trade Center Responders Plagued With Asthma; 9/11 Responders Twice As Likely To Have Asthma
- Effort Launched To Find And Control Diseases That Move Between Wildlife And People
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Study Raises Concerns About Outdoor Second-Hand Smoke
November 19, 2009 — Indoor smoking bans have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios, but a new study suggests that these outdoor smoking areas might be creating a new health ... > full story -
Avoiding Panic in Pandemics
November 19, 2009 — Public health officials walking a tightrope between massive demand for vaccines and intense public scrutiny of side effects now have a new standard for evaluating the safety of their vaccination ... > full story -
Adverse Symptom Reporting by Patients Vs. Clinicians
November 19, 2009 — Clinician's and patient's adverse symptom reports may be discrepant from each other, but provide complementary, clinically meaningful information, according to a new ... > full story -
Highlighting Racial Disparities Increases Coverage and Effectiveness of Health News
November 19, 2009 — As media researchers search for better methods to reach audiences, a new study has found that highlighting racial disparities in news releases increases coverage of health stories in black ... > full story -
Drug Approvals Taking as Long as Ever, Despite New Information Technology at FDA
November 19, 2009 — Drug approvals are taking just as long as they ever did despite increased expenditure on new information technology at the Food and drug Administration. So says a statistical analysis of approval ... > full story -
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Uninsured More Likely to Die After Trauma
November 18, 2009 — Americans without health insurance appear more likely to die following admission to the hospital for trauma than those with health care coverage, according to a ... > full story -
Immediate, Aggressive Spending on HIV/AIDS Could End Epidemic
November 18, 2009 — Money available to treat HIV/AIDS is sufficient to end the epidemic globally, but only if we act immediately to control the spread of the disease, according to new research. This approach defies ... > full story -
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Could Widely Used Rapid Influenza Tests Pose a Dangerous Public Health Risk?
November 18, 2009 — Rapid influenza diagnostic tests used in doctors' offices, hospitals and medical laboratories to detect H1N1 are virtually useless and could pose a significant danger to public health, according to a ... > full story -
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Stronger Graduated Driver's Licensing Program Would Save Lives, Prevent Injuries
November 18, 2009 — A new study shows that three-stage graduated driver's licensing (GDL) policies save lives and prevents injuries throughout the Midwest. The research also shows how states could save more teen lives ... > full story -
Hospital Report Cards Do Not Appear to Result in Significant Improvements
November 18, 2009 — An analysis of quality of cardiac care following the public release of data on measures of care at hospitals in Ontario, Canada, did not result in significant system-wide improvement in hospitals' ... > full story
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