The European Union Health Commission is out with a new set of rules proposing more regulations on e-cigarettes and tightening the absurd ban on snus which ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross is doing his best to counter in the popular press.
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Americans live shorter lives and are in generally worse health than citizens of other wealthy nations, according to an extensive report released Wednesday by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine.
As America s health care spending continues to grow, does it become the government s responsibility to use public health policy to campaign for and encourage practical actions officials believe we Americans should be taking to rein in healthcare costs? David B.
Pedestrians who text are four times less likely to look before crossing the street, cross at designated areas or obey traffic lights, according to a new study.
A lower dose and shorter course of adjuvant radiation for localized breast cancer cuts down on toxicity without raising recurrence risk, researchers reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Last year, chlorinated Tris a fire retardant chemical was added to California s ever-expanding list of carcinogens and reproductive toxins According to the state s Proposition 65, products containing a certain level of chemicals on this lengthy list must carry a warning label.
ACSH friend Jon Entine has written an incisive investigative piece featured in Slate.com exposing just how much politics can interfere with science. His chosen topic is the bizarre course towards eventual (we hope) governmental approval of the genetically-engineered AquaBounty salmon over the past two-plus years.
Yesterday, ACSH s Dr. Gilbert Ross presented ACSH s position on access to reduced-risk tobacco and nicotine products at the FDA s public meeting on nicotine replacement therapies and smoking-cessation products.
In his synopsis of the current sad state of affairs, Dr. Ross after discussing the counterproductive FDA approach to communicating risks called to account the public health authorities who have misled and continue to mislead smokers about the risks of various tobacco products. He states,
More may not always be better in the case of taking aspirin following a coronary artery intervention for acute heart attack. In fact, maintenance on low-dose aspirin may actually be the best approach. Following an intervention after a heart attack such as an angioplasty or a thrombectomy daily aspirin doses may range from 75 mg to 325 mg, but the optimal amount is still in question. (Such interventions are known as percutaneous coronary interventions, or PCI).
As we look back on 2012, we are reminded once again of the importance of getting vaccinated, be it against the flu, whooping cough or a multitude of other illnesses which can be prevented. According to preliminary government figures, 2012 was the worst year for pertussis (whooping cough) in six decades, with over 40,000 cases reported. According to Dr. Tom Clark of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is the possibility of reaching even higher numbers in the coming years.
The two dozen vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for kids before age 2 do not cause any significant increase in the risk of health problems, a government-advisory body stated yesterday.
There has not been a day that has passed in the last few weeks where we have not been bombarded with news stories pertaining to the current flu season and the apparent epidemic. And most of these stories urge individuals to go out and get the flu vaccine if one has not yet done so. However, pertussis (whooping cough) has taken a backseat amidst all this hype, even though in 2012, it struck the highest number of Americans since the days of President Eisenhower, writes ACSH s Dr.
Both New York City and Los Angeles have seen declines in childhood obesity rates, with New York leading the way, according to a new study. The prevalence of obesity peaked in New York around 2003-2004, while in Los Angeles this leveling off did not occur until 2008-2009, with rates beginning to decline in 2010-2011. This may be the result of New York government programs promoting healthy behaviors in low-income kids earlier than in LA.
You may not be able to trust the labels found on certain foods, according to a new scientific examination conducted by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention.
Women planning to become pregnant, or even possibly becoming pregnant without planning, have long been advised to take a daily folic acid supplement because folic acid reduces the risk of neural tube defects spina bifida, among other conditions in their newborns.
Those individuals with hearing loss may want to pay attention to this. Dr. Frank Lin, an otolaryngologist and epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has found a strong association between hearing loss and dementia. His first study, published in The Archives of Neurology in 2011, looked at 639 subjects, ages 36 to 90 who were followed for 18 years.
Breast-feeding is on the rise across America according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The proportion of mothers breast-feeding their infants jumped from 70.3 percent to 74.6 percent from 2000 to 2008 and the proportion of mothers who continued to breast-feed after 6 months jumped from 34.5 percent to 44.4 percent.
The U.S. birth rate has hit a historic low, the Centers for Disease Control says. There were 12.7 babies born per 1,000 people in 2011, down from 13.0 live births in 2011. Back in 1950, the rate was 24.1.
Overall there were 1 percent fewer children born in the U.S. in 2011 than in 2010.
Paul Howard and Josh Bloom, Medical Progress Today Spotlight Feature "Is Big Pharma Hiding Data?"
Josh Bloom, US News and World Report 2/4/13, "Mandate the Flu Vaccine for Healthcare Workers"
Deaths from lung cancer are set to surpass deaths from breast cancer in European women, and will become the leading cause of cancer deaths among women there, according to a recent study published in the journal Annals of Oncology.
In some countries, such as the U.K. and Poland, lung cancer has already become the main cause of cancer-related deaths in women. Lung cancer killed more women than breast cancer in the U.S. for decades.
Low-dose aspirin did not reduce overall incidence of stroke or improve outcomes following a stroke, an analysis of the Women s Health Study showed.
Researchers analyzed data from about 40,000 participants from the Women s Health Study, 460 of whom had been diagnosed with a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) in the preceding year. There was a mean follow-up of 10 years. Ultimately, researchers compared stroke patients against study participants who had not reported a stroke.
With countless practitioners and other public health officials endorsing mandatory flu vaccines for health care workers, it is hard to believe that there is so much resistance.
Dr. Evan S. Levine writes in the New York Post that Dr. Steven Safyer, the Montefiore Medical Center president and CEO, told his staff in a Jan. 13 letter that that fewer than 50 percent of our associates have been vaccinated. This means the majority of our associates are at risk for illness.
Too many workers are making the wrong choice, at risk to themselves and their patients, he writes.
Contrary to long-standing belief, a new study published in the British Medical Journal found that higher consumption of eggs up to one egg per day is not associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease or stroke. In fact, eggs are an inexpensive and low calorie source of other nutrients including minerals, proteins and unsaturated fatty acids, which could actually lower the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Before you pop that multivitamin, take a minute to read this new study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Being that multivitamins are the most commonly used supplements in the developed world, the goal of the study was to determine whether multivitamin-multimineral treatment was associated with increased risk of mortality in adults.
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