Community Health Digest

The latest news in community health research, policy, and practice.

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7/13/09 - Walking, Biking To Work Linked To Wellness

7/13/09 Walking, Biking To Work Linked To Wellness
WBZ
The new study is based on tests and questionnaires from 2364 workers who were part of a larger federally funded study on heart disease risk. ...

7/13/09 - Asthma awareness

7/13/09 Asthma awareness
Examiner.com
Asthma is a chronic condition that currently affects over 7 percent of the population in the United States, or roughly 20 million people, both adults and ...

7/13/09 - New Weight-Loss Hope For People With Diabetes

7/13/09 New Weight-Loss Hope For People With Diabetes
North American Press Syndicate
Nearly 24 million Americans have diabetes and 57 million more are at risk for developing the disease. According to a recent Gallup survey, about 80 percent ...

7/13/09 - Childhood Obesity Not Genetic Says Study

7/13/09 Childhood Obesity Not Genetic Says Study
eMaxHealth - Kathleen Blanchard
The research showing that childhood obesity is not genetic, but is influenced by parents of the same sex comes from the EarlyBird Diabetes Study. ...

7/13/09 More than half of all americans would drop employer-sponsored dental plans if taxed

7/13/09 More Than Half of All Americans Would Drop Employer-Sponsored ......

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Increases in taxpayer supported public dental programs such as Medicaid and the Childrens' Health Insurance Program (CHIP) would likely follow since 44 ...

7/12/09 - Federal stimulus funding helps community health centers nationwide deal with influx of newly uninsured

7/12/09 - Federal stimulus funding helps community health centers nationwide deal with influx of newly uninsured

The Wall Street Journal, wsj.com

Federal stimulus funding is helping community health centers nationwide deal with an influx of newly uninsured patients.

The centers, which offer primary care and other coverage free or at reduced prices based on patient incomes, will be able to serve 2.8 million new patients this year, thanks to funding distributed in March from the stimulus package that Congress passed earlier this year, according to the Department of Health and Human Services ...

7/12/09 The 'Real' Uninsured

7/12/09 The 'Real' Uninsured

Docuticker

+ The Census Bureau estimates that 45.7 million lacked health insurance at any given time in 2007. But fewer lacked coverage for the full year, ...

7/12/09 Large health plans work together on medical home pilots

7/12/09 Large health plans work together on medical home pilots

American Medical News - Emily Berry

Multiple health plans have agreed to cooperate on patient-centered medical home pilot projects across several states. The pilots not only will reward ...

7/12/09 Fight 'diabesity' with healthy food choices, exercise

7/12/09 Fight 'diabesity' with healthy food choices, exercise

Maryville Daily Times

The Women's Health column is provided by the staff and associates of Blount Memorial Hospital. It appears every Sunday in Women's Times. ...

7/12/09 Pregnant women encouraged to eat some varieties of fish

7/12/09 Pregnant women encouraged to eat some varieties of fish

Gainesville Times - Brandee A. Thomas

“It's safe to eat shrimp, you just want to make sure it's cooked thoroughly,” said Dr. Caro “Cricket” Garlich of the Center for Women's Health at Longstreet ...

7/11/09 Elevated insulin may increase breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women

7/11/09 Elevated insulin may increase breast cancer risk in postmenopausal ...

HealthJockey.com

For the purpose of this study, Dr. Kabat and his colleagues seem to have examined information on nearly 5450 women, who were enrolled in the Women's Health ...

7/11/09 Red meat and dairy may be good for us

7/11/09 Red meat and dairy may be good for us

Times Online

In one of the largest government-funded research programmes in America, the Women's Health Initiative study, carried out at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer ...

7/11/09 Workplace workouts

7/11/09 Workplace workouts

Buffalo News - Jane Kwiatkowski

“It's part of an overall employee wellness program we have for our 1000 employees,” said Gord Cumming, vice president of human resources at Independent ...

7/10/09 - Number of US preterm, low birth weight babies down

7/10/09 Number of US preterm, low birth weight babies down
Reuters - Megan Rauscher
The encouraging news: After several decades of steady increases, the percentages of infants born preterm and ...

7/10/09 - Vitamin D getting new attention from doctors

7/10/09 Vitamin D getting new attention from doctors
Examiner.com
... evidence pointing to the importance of vitamin D in the prevention of cancer, infection, cognitive decline, diabetes and several autoimmune diseases. ...

7/10/09 - Biden: Health-Care Costs Too High for Small Business

7/10/09 Biden: Health-Care Costs Too High for Small Business
Wall Street Journal - Judith Burns
She said the bulk of health-care spending is devoted to treating chronic diseases such as diabetes, outlays that she predicted could be reduced through ...

7/10/09 - Caloric restriction leads to longer and healthier life

7/10/09 Caloric restriction leads to longer and healthier life
Food Consumer - David Liu, Ben Wasserman
The new study shows a nutritious but reduced-calorie diet blunts aging and significantly delays the onset of diseases like cancer, diabetes, ...

7/10/09 Blacks more likely to die of ovarian, breast cancer when receiving same treatment as whites

7/10/09 Blacks More Likely To Die Of Ovarian, Breast Cancer When Receiving ...

Medical News Today (press release)

You can view the entire Daily Women's Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery here. The Daily Women's Health Policy Report ...

7/10/09 More mammograms may mean more 'harmless' cancers

7/10/09 More Mammograms May Mean More 'Harmless' Cancers

U.S. News & World Report - Amanda Gardner

... women don't have to remove their breast," Brooks said. "There is a trade-off." The US National Women's Health Information Center has more on mammography.

7/10/09 Breast cancer linked to higher insulin levels

7/10/09 Breast Cancer Linked to Higher Insulin Levels

eMaxHealth - Kathleen Blanchard

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University looked at women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative to determine that higher ...

7/10/09 High insulin level linked to breast cancer

7/10/09 High insulin level linked to breast cancer

United Press International

Kabat's team analyzed data on 5450 women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative, a study investigating the influence of a number of factors on women's ...

7/9/09 - For many Americans, health coverage is a key reason for holding particular jobs

7/9/09 - For many Americans, health coverage is a key reason for holding particular jobs

Reuters.com

Real estate agent Lisa DeWaal serves coffee at a Starbucks outlet for four hours every morning before she goes to the office to start her "day job."

The reason has little to do with the state of the housing market and everything to do with the one big perk that 20 hours a week at the coffee counter provides: affordable health insurance for her and her three children ...

7/9/09 Obesity Rates for American Adults Still Going Up CDC survey finds ...

7/9/09 Obesity Rates for American Adults Still Going Up CDC survey finds ...
Modern Medicine
THURSDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- At least 25 percent of the adult population in 32 states is now obese, and national prevalence of obesity has risen ...

7/9/09 - Parent Pointers: Tips For Parents of Kids With Asthma

7/9/09 Parent Pointers: Tips For Parents of Kids With Asthma
About - News & Issues
Teenagers, especially, need to learn to make responsible decisions about their asthma. Consider these tips to help your teen with asthma. ...

7/9/09 - Too Many Medicare Patients Dying, Returning to Hospitals Within 30 ...

7/9/09 Too Many Medicare Patients Dying, Returning to Hospitals Within 30 ...
SeniorJournal.com
Hospital Compare also includes 10 measures that capture patient satisfaction with hospital care, 25 process of care measures, and two children's asthma care ...

7/9/09 - New Study Finds Workplace Health Care Significantly Increases ...

7/9/09 New Study Finds Workplace Health Care Significantly Increases ...
Business Wire (press release)
 “This study truly demonstrates the value of the workplace health care model in addressing medication adherence – one of the most challenging and costly ...

7/9/09 Study: Hospitalizations related to Childhood Obesity Nearly Double...

7/9/09 Study: Hospitalizations related to childhood obesity nearly double

USA Today - Nanci Hellmich

The number of hospitalizations of kids and teens, ages 2 to 19, with a primary or secondary diagnosis of obesity nearly doubled ...

7/9/09 Kaiser Permanente Project Proves Electronic Health Information and ...

7/9/09 Kaiser Permanente Project Proves Electronic Health Information and ...

PR Newswire (press release)

... technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, state-of-the art care delivery and world-class chronic disease management. ...

7/9/09 Military Children's Mental Health Problems on the Rise

7/9/09 Military Children's Mental Health Problems on the Rise

AllGov

Among the most overlooked victims of the nation's dual wars have been the children of military personnel, who it turns out are more than ever in need of ...

7/9/09 Synthetic hormones may be linkied to lung cancer deaths

7/9/09 Synthetic Hormones May Be Linked to Lung Cancer Deaths

Natural News.com - Margaret Priddy

In light of the negative press about synthetic hormones as reported in the study conducted by the Women's Health Initiative, more traditional doctors are ...

7/9/09 Women can ward off osteoporosis by tending to bone health early

7/9/09 Women can ward off osteoporosis by tending to bone health early

Indianapolis Star - Shari Rudavsky

One easy way to watch for osteoporosis, suggests Julie Schnieders, a women's health nurse practitioner at the St. Vincent Center for Women's Health, ...

7/9/09 Nonprofit Compensation & Benefits Report Released by Rollins...

7/9/09 Nonprofit Compensation & Benefits Report Released by Rollins ...

Business Wire (press release)

(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Rollins Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership Center today announced the findings of its 2009 Nonprofit Compensation and Benefits Report. ...

7/9/09 Game Helps Teens Learn About Safe Sex

7/9/09 Game helps teens learn about safe sex

abc13.com - Christi Myers

They did it by creating a series of online games to help prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. It's called, "It's your game -- keep it ...

7/8/09 - Low birth weight 'ups long-term respiratory problems risk'

7/8/09 Low birth weight 'ups long-term respiratory problems risk'
Smash Hits
 Those who had a history of very low birth weight had twice the risk of being hospitalized for asthma or respiratory infection and 2.6 times the risk of ...

7/8/09 - Second-hand smoke is dangerous carcinogen

7/8/09 Second-hand smoke is dangerous carcinogen
Bonner County Daily Bee
‎Second-hand smoke increases the nonsmoker's risk for heart disease and makes worse the symptoms of adults already suffering from asthma, allergies, ...

7/8/09 - Diabetes can cause skin problems

7/8/09 Diabetes can cause skin problems
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Stephen Ponder
And like every other organ it can be affected by diabetes. One in three diabetics will have a problem with their skin because of some aspect of their ...

7/8/09 - In Retooled Health-Care System, Who Will Say No?

7/8/09 In Retooled Health-Care System, Who Will Say No?
Washington Post - Alec MacGillis
They raise the specter of the British agency, which goes by the acronym NICE, that decides whether that country's nationalized health-care system will pay ...

7/8/09 Study: Smoking cessation harder for women

7/8/09 Study: Smoking cessation harder for women

Newsday - Kathleen Megan

Women appear to have a tougher time quitting smoking than men, according to researchers at Women's Health Research ...

7/8/09 Forcing workers into healthy habits

7/8/09 Forcing Workers Into Healthy Habits

Wall Street Journal - Anna Wilde Mathews

Already, well over half of big companies have launched initiatives to improve employee health. AmeriGas, based in Valley Forge, Pa., is one of just a ...

7/8/09 Survey shows business owners can't afford employee health insurance

7/8/09 Survey shows business owners can't afford employee health insurance

KWMU - Catherine Wolf

Members of Small Business Majority, an advocacy group for small businesses, said many of Missouri's small business owners would offer employees health ...

7/8/09 Experts urge increased education about diabetes during pregnancy

7/8/09 Experts Urge Increased Education About Diabetes During Pregnancy

Medical News Today (press release)

You can view the entire Daily Women's Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery here. The Daily Women's Health Policy Report ...

7/8/09 Employees with greater health risks more likely than healthier colleagues to sign up for health coaching programs

7/8/09 Employees with Greater Health Risks More Likely than Healthier ...

Chiropractic Economics

Employers™ conventional wisdom is often that healthier employees are more likely to self-select into employee health and wellness programs, but our research ...

7/7/09 - PHYSICIANS CORNER: Diabetes and Heart Disease

7/7/09 PHYSICIANS CORNER: Diabetes and Heart Disease
Times Bulletin - Chris Ulrich
There is a clear cut relationship between diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Studies indicate that there is a two to three ...

7/7/09 - CDC Launches Online Health Tracking Network

7/7/09 CDC Launches Online Health Tracking Network
MedPage Today - Cole Petrochko 
The online tool presents information about air and water pollutants and environmental health issues such as asthma, cancer, and heart disease in a single ...

7/7/09 - Workplace bullies: from the schoolyard to the office

7/7/09 Workplace bullies: from the schoolyard to the office
Examiner.com ‎
On a serious note, victims of workplace bullies can suffer major health problems such as high blood pressure, heart disease and post traumatic stress ...

7/7/09 - Worries about paying bills can cause people to pack on pounds

7/7/09 Worries about paying bills can cause people to pack on pounds
EurekAlert (press release)
Stress reduction may be an important part of weight-loss programs in the workplace and in clinical and public health programs, the study recommended. ...

7/7/09 A 'good sense' alternative for employee health coverage

7/7/09 A 'good sense' alternative for employee health coverage

NJBIZ - Martin C. Daks

In the nine years that Melba Bonelli has run Dental Choice PC, the Marlton dentist has been frustrated by health care costs. ...

7/7/09 Poor working conditions put physicians at risk of burnout

7/7/09 Poor Working Conditions Put Physicians at Risk of Burnout Despite ...

Modern Medicine

"Current practice redesign projects, such as those focusing on the patient-centered medical home, could be an opportunity to create healthier work ...

7/7/09 Can you get your vitamins and minerals through diet alone?

7/7/09 Can You Get Your Vitamins and Minerals Through Diet Alone?

U.S. News & World Report

Harvard Women's Health Watch consulted two nutrition experts to find out if a supplement-free, nutrient-rich, low-calorie diet is possible to achieve. ...

7/7/09 Smoking cessation harder for women than men

7/7/09 Smoking Cessation Harder For Women Than Men

Hartford Courant - Kathleen Megan

Women appear to have a tougher time quitting smoking than men, according to researchers at Women's Health Research at ...