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12/7/15 ​Big grocery chains leave US "food deserts" parched

12/7/15 ​Big grocery chains leave US "food deserts" parched

CBS News

 

The Partnership for a Healthier America, which also promotes good nutrition and exercise in its anti-obesity mission, considers improving access to fresh food a ...

12/2/15 - Smog Linked to Heart Disease in Seniors

12/2/15 Smog Linked to Heart Disease in Seniors

HealthDay News

 

Older people living in cities with high levels of a particular type of air pollution are more likely to be hospitalized for ...

11/20/15 - States with the best and worst diets

11/20/15 States with the best and worst diets

USA TODAY

While exercise habits have remained roughly unchanged among Americans over the past several decades, obesity rates have skyrocketed. The eating habits of ...

11/17/15 - Smoking rates continue to decline among US adults

11/17/15 Smoking rates continue to decline among US adults

CNN

The new calculation is from the National Health Interview Survey, released ... For those who live, smoking-related illness costs an additional $300 billion dollars ...

11/17/15 - American Medical Association calls for ban on prescription drug ...

11/17/15 American Medical Association calls for ban on prescription drug ...

WABC-TV

Last month, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a report saying that a high cost of prescription drugs remains the public's top healthcare priority. In the past ...

11/13/15 - US Adult Obesity Rate Hits Almost 40%; Youth Rate Stays Stable

11/13/15 US Adult Obesity Rate Hits Almost 40%; Youth Rate Stays Stable

Medscape

The US obesity rate for adults has climbed to 37.7%, up from 32.2% 10 years ago, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control ...

10/28/15 - CDC Study: DC Leads Nation in Per Capita Cost of 'Excessive ...

10/28/15 CDC Study: DC Leads Nation in Per Capita Cost of 'Excessive ...

CNSNews.com

The calculated costs of excessive drinking includes health care, lost productivity, and other expenses relating to criminal justice, motor vehicle crashes, fire ...

9/30/15 - Experts Link Chemicals to Diabetes, Obesity

9/30/15 Experts Link Chemicals to Diabetes, Obesity

WebMD

People who are trying to lose weight or manage diabetes should try to change their lifestyle not only to exercise or cut calories, but also to avoid chemicals that may be contributing to their condition, experts say. “You may have a ...

 

9/25/15 - Oregon Schools Look To Find A Balance At Lunch

9/25/15 Oregon Schools Look To Find A Balance At Lunch

OPB News

“And time costs money.” As Dupuis and school officials across the country figure out ways to come up with tasty and healthy lunches, Congress will have to ...

9/14/15 - Report: Pesticide exposure linked to childhood cancer and lower IQ

9/14/15 Report: Pesticide exposure linked to childhood cancer and lower IQ

CNN

"Childhood cancers are increasing year by year in this country, (and) there is disagreement about what is contributing to that, but pesticides have always been ...

9/8/15 - Reference payment for colonoscopy saved California millions of ...

9/8/15 Reference payment for colonoscopy saved California millions of ...

Reuters

Two years after offering colonoscopy patients full coverage for ... Under the reference payment system, CalPERS would cover the full cost of a ...

9/3/15 - Food insecurity linked to adolescent obesity, metabolic syndrome

9/3/15 Food insecurity linked to adolescent obesity, metabolic syndrome

Medical Xpress

Children with very low to marginal food security were also 1.5 times more likely to meet the criteria for central obesity, defined as having excessive fat around the ...

8/26/15 Few Medicare ACOs earned bonuses in 2014

8/26/15 Few Medicare ACOs earned bonuses in 2014

ModernHealthcare.com

Three out of four Medicare accountable care organizations did not slow health spending enough to earn bonuses last year, a continuation of mixed results for an ...

8/12/15 - State again diverting anti-smoking funds

8/12/15 State again diverting anti-smoking funds

West Hartford News

“Connecticut incurs $1.63 billion in annual health care costs and another $1 billion in lost productivity directly caused by tobacco use each year — and we are ...

8/11/15 - Black, Hispanic Kids Targeted by Ads for Soda and High-Calorie ...

8/11/15 Black, Hispanic Kids Targeted by Ads for Soda and High-Calorie ...

NBCNews.com

Black and Hispanic kids are disproportionately targeted by ads for sugary sodas, snacks and calorie-laden restaurant foods, researchers ...

8/7/15 - Hepatitis increasingly goes hand in hand with heroin abuse

8/7/15 Hepatitis increasingly goes hand in hand with heroin abuse

WCVB Boston

MACHIAS, Maine —Public health agencies and drug treatment centers ... The costs of prevention and treatment often fall on public health agencies when many ...

7/24/15 - Asian Americans face increased hepatitis risk

7/24/15 Asian Americans face increased hepatitis risk

Sampan 

The event brought awareness to World Hepatitis Day on July 28 and included a panel with two doctors, a nurse practitioner, two students and a community health representative spoke about hepatitis in the Asian American community. According to Dr. Rong ...

7/7/15 - Heroin Use, Overdose Deaths Mount in U.S.

7/7/15 Heroin Use, Overdose Deaths Mount in U.S.

Discovery News 

The CDC report was based on an analysis of data from the 2002-2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, comparing trends among demographic and substance-using groups. Two key ... The drug costs five times less than prescription painkillers.

6/29/15 Residents' View of Neighborhood Affects Type 2 Diabetes Risk

6/29/15 Residents' View of Neighborhood Affects Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Medscape 

Increasing the availability of healthy food and outlets for physical activity in neighborhoods may help decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes over the long term, new research shows. The findings may be especially important in narrowing disparities ...

6/24/15 - Saying No to ACA Medicaid Expansion Costs States Money

6/24/15 Saying No to ACA Medicaid Expansion Costs States Money

HealthCanal.com

Hospitals may shift part of those costs onto everyone else by raising their prices, or if ... Founded in 1922, Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health ...