The APHA.org (American Public Health Association) just released this stunning little infographic highlighting ways to keep our kids and communities healthy, strong and safe. A couple notable sections include prevention programs in your community as well as how public health saves … Read More
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PH207x Intro Video – Fall 2012 Over 100,000 students have registered for the first free online courses ever offered by Harvard University. The courses start this week, and are being offered by the educational joint venture edX. One of the … Read More
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Drink a Soda or Smoke A Cigarette? There’s No Difference A leading cancer lobbying and health group in the US is demanding that US health officials perform a new study to show how consumers are negatively affected by beverages laden … Read More
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A decade ago, the United Nations established Millennium Development Goals (MDGd), the purpose of which was to achieve critical public health goals by 2015-20. According to the report released recently for 2012, many goals are being met. Poverty For example, … Read More
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Everyone knows that smoking cigarettes is bad for our health. Because of this, some people are sensitive about smoking being portrayed in our television shows and films. Smoking has long been a part of the big and small screen; for … Read More
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Why Care About Prop 37? It’s known that genetically modified foods have been linked to toxic and allergic reactions, sick, sterile, and dead livestock, and damage to virtually every organ studied in lab animals. The effects on humans of consuming … Read More
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There have been great advances in food preparation in the last century. These days, well over half of the foods that we can buy in a typical supermarket are pre packaged or prepared. They need either no or minimal preparation … Read More
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This time of year, public health officials usually encourage citizens to get their flu shots. Generally, the CDC recommends that everyone who is 6 months or older should have a flu vaccine as soon as the most current shots are … Read More
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A rare type of spinal meningitis that has been tied to a contamination problem with an injected steroid has now infected 119 people, with 11 deaths, according to recent reports. Federal health officials are reporting that the contaminated drugs were … Read More
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The 3rd annual Social Good Summit began at the end of September 2012, and a surprise address came from the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton stated that leaders arrived in New York at this event to try to … Read More
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