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June 2009 Blog Posts (18)
MOVE OVER HARVARD: CDC launches obesity cost calculator for business--LEAN Works!
The Partnership for Prevention's blog-Prevention Matters-provides details. LEAN stands for Leading Employees to… Continue
Added by Marisel Brown on June 30, 2009 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments
Obama Signs Tobacco Regulation Bill into Law
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090622/pl_mcclatchy/3257729
"President Barack Obama , who still struggles with his own addiction to cigarettes, on Monday signed into law the most sweeping federal anti-tobacco legislation to pass Congress in decades.
The law gives the Food and Drug Administration broad authority to… Continue
Added by Dialogue4Health on June 30, 2009 at 4:50pm — No Comments
VIEWPOINT: Why Design Matters
Added by Marisel Brown on June 23, 2009 at 7:09pm — No Comments
ARGH - Dr. David Kessler, former head of FDA falls short of calling for real change from food industry
We do it for the buzz. Like drug addicts. How do
we stop the constant craving?
By Katharine Mieszkowski
http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/18/overeating/
Dr. David Kessler, 58, says that when he looks at a
huge plate of French fries, he knows that if he starts
eating them, he won't stop until he's wolfed them all
down. Yes, even the… Continue
Added by Carol Chao on June 23, 2009 at 9:35am — No Comments
TIME MAGAZINE'S HEALTH ISSUE: It's All About Prevention
Articles in the health issue can be accessed by clicking on this link:…
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Added by Marisel Brown on June 22, 2009 at 4:01pm — No Comments
Community-based land use planning: MacArthur Foundation funds virtual reality project to strengthen community engagement
Added by Marisel Brown on June 19, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments
New Website! Neglected Tropical Diseases
"PHI AROUND THE WORLD: Learn more about neglected tropical diseases
Angela Weaver, a fellow with PHI’s Global Health Fellows Program and a disease technical advisor with USAID, helped develop a new Web site, www.neglecteddiseases.gov. The site provides an overview of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Initiative and highlights the Obama… Continue
Added by Star Tiffany on June 19, 2009 at 10:16am — No Comments
WSJ.com - How Safeway Is Cutting Health-Care Costs - Market-based solutions can reduce the national health-care bill by 40%.
Very Controversial. Enjoy! Fred
By STEVEN A. BURD
Effective health-care reform must meet two objectives: 1) It must secure coverage for all Americans, and 2) it must dramatically lower the cost of health care. Health-care spending has outpaced the rise in all other consumer spending by nearly a factor of three since 1980, increasing to 18% of GDP in 2009 from 9% of GDP. This disturbing trend will not… Continue
Added by Frederic Matignon on June 16, 2009 at 10:17pm — 2 Comments
Harvard Medical School - prototype "return on investment calculator" that can measure the value of prevention services.
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Added by Carol Chao on June 16, 2009 at 4:42pm — No Comments
HEALTH: Its economic value in a city's park system
In 2003, The Trust for Public Land's (TPL's) Center for City Park Excellence gathered two dozen park experts and economists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a colloquium to analyze how park systems economically benefit cities. Based on this conversation and subsequent consultation with other leading… Continue
Added by Marisel Brown on June 16, 2009 at 2:22pm — No Comments
BREAKING NEW GROUND: HUD & DOT form a sustainable communities partnership
http://www.usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/03_23_09/pg13_HUD_DOT.asp
to read a response to the partnership from the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
FROM SMART GROWTH ONLINE http://www.smartgrowth.org/default.asp
HUD, DOT Create… Continue
Added by Marisel Brown on June 16, 2009 at 1:56pm — No Comments
Creating safe places for play: The launch of jointuse.org
In partnership with BMSG, PI proudly announces the launch of a new interactive website dedicated to helping create safe places for children in all communities to play and be active. By showcasing successes as well as the problem, Jointuse.org… Continue
Added by Star Tiffany on June 11, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments
"Explaining India's Deficit of Girls," PRB Discuss Online, June 11, 2009
When: June 11, 2009, 1-2 p.m. (EDT)
Who: Leela Visaria, researcher and president of the Asian Population Association
India, along with China and several other countries, has a history of neglect for girls and women that produced lower female survival rates and an imbalanced ratio of males to females.
In recent years, male-to-female sex ratios at birth and… Continue
Added by Star Tiffany on June 10, 2009 at 3:45pm — No Comments
Global Warming Affects Oceans and our Economy
This news story is really disturbing. Global warming's effect on the oceans will have a huge impact on our nation's economy: "the economic toll eventually could be enormous for fishing and other ocean-related industries and for the nation's coastal communities. Taken together, the ocean and coastal economies, including the Great Lakes , provide… Continue
Added by Carol Chao on June 10, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments
VOTERS SUPPORT PREVENTION: Survey indicates 76% of American voters want more funds for prevention
A summary from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research is available at:
http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/health-reform-poll-memo.pdf
PRESS RELEASE: Trust for America's Health June… Continue
Added by Marisel Brown on June 9, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments
10 people you can't trust for diet advice - great blog post from summertomato.com
http://summertomato.com/10-people-you-cant-trust-for-diet-advice/
Added by Carol Chao on June 8, 2009 at 4:38pm — No Comments
LATEST AMA POSITIONS/STATEMENTS: AMA healthcare system reform testimony & correspondence
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Added by Marisel Brown on June 8, 2009 at 10:21am — No Comments
ARTICLE: Can Obama Solve America's Health Care Crisis by Paul Farmer, MD (Founder of Partners In Health)
Universal coverage is just the beginning—we need safer hospitals, electronic medical records, and dozens more improvements to our antiquated system.
Like millions, I recently watched a late-night televised appearance by Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. They were speaking in Kissimmee, Florida, of… Continue
Added by Marisel Brown on June 1, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments
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