Jan 12 Read the Surgeon General’s 1964 report on smoking and health By Kayla Ruble The U.S. Surgeon General's first Smoking and Health report marked its 50-year anniversary Saturday. Led by then Surgeon General Luther Terry with the help of an advisory committee, the 1964 landmark report linked smoking cigarettes with dangerous health effects, including… Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch What’s the state of smoking in America? We take American smoking rates 50 years after the landmark Surgeon General's report. Continue watching
Jan 09 First H5N1 bird flu death confirmed by Canada By Justin Scuiletti Canada's health minister Rona Ambrose confirmed Wednesday the first North American death from avian flu. Continue reading
Jan 08 First H5N1 bird flu death confirmed by Canada H5N1 viruses, also known as avian flu. Image: CDC/ Courtesy of Cynthia Goldsmith; Jacqueline Katz; Sherif R. Zaki Canada's health minister Rona Ambrose confirmed Wednesday the first North American death from avian flu. A woman from the province… Continue reading
Jan 07 7 tips for successful aging By Mary Jo Brooks Eva Allegria works out at an AltaMed PACE Center, which helps elderly individuals stay healthy, active and happy for longer into old age. Photo by Dan Caston/ PBS NewsHour Eighty-six year old Eva Allegria has been living independently in… Continue reading
Jan 07 SNAP programs at farmers markets improve fruit and vegetable consumption, study finds A new study finds SNAP programs at farmers markets help local economies. Photo by Abhijit Tembhekar When farmers markets incentivize the use of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, the consumption of fruits and vegetables raises,… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch Alzheimer’s researchers seek better prevention with early detection Alzheimer's researchers seek better prevention with early detection… Continue watching
Jan 06 Keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes will cost billions and take decades By News Desk [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_D-qHOB2tY] The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a study Monday on how best to keep the invasive species Asian carp from overwhelming the Great Lakes and threatening the area's multi-billion dollar fishing industry. Ash-har Quraishi of WTTW Chicago… Continue reading
Jan 06 Could malpractice reform save the U.S. health care system? By Sarah Corapi A new essay in the journal Health Affairs proposes that tackling tort reform on the federal level could convince doctors to agree to bigger changes in the U.S. health care system. Photo illustration by DNY59. It's a scenario most people… Continue reading
Jan 03 As Hispanic population explodes in U.S., so too will their need for long-term care By Elizabeth Shell By 2060, nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Hispanic. That population is expected to more than double from the current 53 million to nearly 129 million. And as a group, Hispanics are projected to make up more… Continue reading