Nobel Honors Glimpse Into Universe's Design Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:28:00 -0400 Three physicists, one American and two Japanese, share the prize for their pioneering work in exploring the universe's lack of symmetry — something that made life possible. What Would You Ask The Presidential Candidates? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:48:00 -0400 Barack Obama and John McCain meet in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday evening for the second presidential debate of the 2008 election. Voters will ask the questions in this "townhall"-style debate. What would you like to hear the candidates discuss? Chicago Professor Shares Nobel Prize In Physics Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:44:00 -0400 A University of Chicago professor won a share of the Nobel Prize in physics Monday. Yoichiro Nambu, a Tokyo-born U.S. citizen, shares the prize with two Japanese scientists. Nambu gets half the prize for the discovery of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics. Nobel Panel Decides Against U.S. HIV Discovery Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:57:00 -0400 The 2008 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine went in part to two French researchers for discovering the virus that causes AIDS. The award was not shared by American Robert Gallo, who has also claimed a role in the discovery of HIV. Additionally, a German scientist got the prize for establishing the cause of most cervical cancers.
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One Joint Shoulders a Heavy Load Howard Schneider Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 I could blame the weightlifting -- the bench presses and overhead military lifts that put the shoulder under pressure. I could blame the arm-twisting I get three times a week from my aikido buddies (are you listening, Jean Luc?).
New System Could Help Us Compare Apples and Oranges Jennifer Huget Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Given a choice between a Pop-Tart and a pear, we all know which is the more nutritious, right? (Hint: It begins with p!)
Trauma Doctors to Be Consulted Before Some Patient Transports Jenna Johnson Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Maryland emergency medical workers will begin consulting with trauma center doctors before using helicopters to transport patients who do not have obvious severe injuries, authorities said yesterday.
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Don't use cold drugs in kids under 4: manufacturers Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:47:49 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oral cough and cold medicines sold over the counter should not be used in children younger than 4 years old because of the risk of rare complications linked to inappropriate use, manufacturers said on Tuesday.
No proof circumcision cuts gay male HIV risk: study Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:22:25 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is not enough evidence to say circumcision protects men from getting the AIDS virus during sex with other men even as studies show it protects them when having sex with women, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
Get 2 1/2 hours of exercise per week, U.S. says Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:17:18 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Adults should aim to get in 2 1/2 hours of exercise a week and children should run and play for at least an hour a day, according to new exercise guidelines issued by the U.S. government on Tuesday.
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Are creativity and mood disorders linked? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:14:04 -0400 There have been more than 20 studies that suggest an increased rate of bipolar and depressive illnesses in highly creative people. Writer David Foster Wallace, who committed suicide September 12, is but one example. Experts ponder the link between art and mood disorders.
Study: 8 in 10 Americans feel money stress Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:41:50 -0400 If you're lying awake at night, feeling angry or fatigued, because of stress, you're in the majority, according to a nationwide report released Tuesday.
Drug makers: No cough, cold meds for kids Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:21:08 -0400 Read full story for latest details.
'Safer' test developed for Down's Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:14:15 -0000 Scientists develop a blood test that could tell a pregnant women if her unborn baby has Down's syndrome. Obesity boom will cost tax payers Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:25:32 -0000 Soaring obesity levels look set to drain local health and public service budgets, which will mean higher taxes for all, experts warn. Meat 'ups prostate cancer risk' Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:16:53 -0000 Eating meat and dairy products may increase the risk of developing prostate cancer, research suggests.
Newsweek Health Headlines
Why Some Kids Grow Up To Be Bullied Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:48:16 -0000 Why some kids grow up to be targets.
Three New Studies Look at the Mystery of SIDS Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:43:51 -0000 Three new studies examine the mystery of SIDS—a condition that takes thousands of infant lives every year.
Vetting McCain’s Health Plan Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:55:25 -0000 Tax credits would move people out of group plans and into individual policies where the benefits aren't as good.
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Health takes a hit as economy creates more stress Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:21:21 -0000 Economic stress is taking its toll on the USA's emotional and physical health, new survey data show: More than half of Americans ...
NYC calorie-counting ads hit subway Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:23:20 -0000 Craving a burrito with sour cream and guacamole? What if you knew it had more than half the calories you should eat in a day?
New federal exercise guidelines include strength training for all Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:24:33 -0000 The government raised the bar for physical activity levels today and nobody's exempt, not even kids or older adults everybody ...
UPHS - Health and Wellness Newsletter
The Nation's Best Evidence of Advanced Medicine at Work
The Ruth and Raymond Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine is now open. In July, radiation oncology was the first practice to begin seeing patients and the SurgiCentre, gastrointestinal medicine and endoscopic medicine practices opened in September.
2008 Start! Heart Walk
The 10th Annual Heart Walk will take place on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Citizen's Bank Park - home to our own Philadelphia Phillies! We encourage you to join Penn's Heart Walk team today! Your participation will help support Penn Cardiac Care and the American Heart Association's efforts to develop programs and research dedicated to finding better treatments and cures for heart disease and stroke. These issues truly affect our business and touch our families, friends, associates, and the communities we serve.
Telemedicine Improves Patient Care at Penn
One of the most recent developments in medical technology is telemedicine. Telemedicine includes any action in which medical information is transferred between two people via an electronic medium including, but not limited to, the telephone and internet. Since 2004, the University of Pennsylvania Health System has been among the leaders in the area of telemedicine through the integration of the Penn E-lert eICU.
404Tobacco Explained: Marketing to Youth - Heavily documented from the tobacco industry's own internal documents, reports on how the tobacco industry promotes cigarettes and smoking to youth.
Meta Description: [ Tobacco Explained: 3. Marketing to children, ASH UK Paper ]
Tobacco ComplianceChecker - Searchable database shows which retailers did and didn't sell tobacco to kids.
Addicting Kids to Nicotine - Summary of the science on how people get addicted, what nicotine does in the brain.
ADVANCE for Nurses: Turning the Tide - Trends in teen smoking, campaigns that work, and the industry's counter-attack, from a magazine for nurses.
Meta Description: [ Advance for Nurses is a regional biweekly trade publication offering content
relevant to registered nurses, including jobs, career advice, clinical articles
and CE opportunities for RNs. ]
Anti-smoking group Tobaccofree.org, founded by advcate Patrick Reynolds (RJ Reynolds' anti-tobacco grandson) - Anti-smoking group offers youth a tobacco prevention message for grades 6-12, educational videos, quit smoking tips, anti-tobacco motivational speakers, and related resources. Founded by Patrick Reynolds.
Meta Description: [ Anti-smoking links guide -- quit smoking info, teen smoking prevention, educational videos, K-12 assembly programs, speakers, & anti-tobacco news. ]
Blowing Smoke - Blowing Smoke is an anti-tobacco curriculum designed by kids for kids to expose the exaggerated usage of tobacco in current movies.
Cigarette Smoking Among Philippine Teens is High - Reports on survey of 3000 students. Topics include peer influence, role of advertising, and lack of government support for an anti-smoking campaign.
Educational Support Materials on Cancer - Reports and slide presentations on tobacco industry youth prevention programs, kids and tobacco, and spit tobacco. In Word and PowerPoint format.
Health News: Teen Smokers - Consumer Health Interactive article examines the causes of teen smoking, such as tobacco advertising from Lorillard.
Meta Description: [ Principal Health News provides information on health and wellness, along with daily health news, full-text journal and magazine articles, personalized newsletters and e-mail reminders, shopping, and more. ]
Hooked on Tobacco: The Teen Epidemic - From Consumer Reports.
Meta Description: [ GASP of Colorado (Group to alleviate Smoking Pollution) is a statewide nonprofit organization that works to promote smoke-free policies and educate the public about the dangers of secondhand smoke. ]
MEDLINEplus: Smoking and Youth - Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Meta Description: [ Smoking and Youth ]
Monitoring the Future: Kids' favorite cigarettes - Just three cigarette brands account for nearly all teen smoking: Marlboro (Philip Morris), Newport (Lorillard), and Camel (RJ Reynolds). These are among the most heavily advertised and promoted cigarette brands, in particular Marlboro, and Marlboro alone accounts for nearly two thirds of teen smoking.
Parenting of Adolescents - What parents can do to prevent teenage smoking plus fact sheets, statistics and health effects.
Meta Description: [ Preventing Tobacco Use and Addiction Among Young People ]
Progression to Established Smoking Among US Youths - Study presents national estimates of the proportion of yotuhs in each of 7 stages of smoking, and evaluates the effects of pro-smoking and anti-smoking influences.
Slugfest in the Smoke Ring - Washington Post article describes the approaches of the four major tobacco companies -- Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds, Brown and Williamson, and Lorillard -- to get younger smokers, and explains why this is so important to the industry.
Smokefree Kids Fact Sheet - Facts on tobacco use among children, nicotine and nicotine addiction in children, tobacco-caused disease, questions to ask candidates for public office, children and tobacco advertising.
Smoking: Cutting Through the Hype - Article for teens on smoking and its promotion by the tobacco industry.
Meta Description: [ Almost everyone knows that smoking causes disease, that it can shorten a person's life, and that the habit can cost a smoker thousands of dollars a year. So how come people are still lighting up? ]
StepUpNC.com - A place for teens to come to learn more about tobacco and tobacco use prevention and control. Teens can come here to learn more about the perils of smoking, to find out how to quit, to become an activist, or just to see what other teens around North Carolina are doing about tobacco prevention and control.
Sweet as Candy, Deadly as Cigarettes - Time magazine article on bidis.
Meta Description: [ Teens are flocking to a hip form of smokes. There are hidden dangers ]
Teens Against Smoking in Kansas - Kansas youth speaking out about big tobacco companies. Join with other teens in Kansas and help create one strong voice working to expose Big Tobacco's lies.
The Young Person's Cyber-Library of Information on Tobacco and Tobacco-Caused Disease - Thoracic surgeon Fred Grannis MD provides young people and their families with information on cigarette smoking, cessation, lung cancer risk, diagnosis and treatment.
Meta Description: [ This web page written by thoracic surgeon Fred Grannis MD represents an attempt to provide young peopleand their families with information on cigarette smoking, cessation, lungcancer risk, diagnosis and treatment. ]
404Young People and Smoking - Factsheet from ASH-UK covers prevalence, influences, effects, addiction, and prevention.
404Young Smokers Risk Greater Genetic Damage - Tobacco products cause more lung cancer to smokers who start young, recent research finds; scientists think it may relate to the impact of smoking at an age when the lungs are still developing.
Youth and Tobacco Facts - Factsheet on youth and tobacco from Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights.
Meta Description: [ Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) works to pass legislation at all levels of government to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke and protect youth from tobacco addiction. The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation (ANRF), ANR's educational arm, promotes smoking prevention and education ab... ]
404Youth Smoking - A Burning issue - Report from a symposium held July 1999. Summary of findings, paper presentations, talks; recommendations.
Youth Tobacco Issues: A Roundtable Discussion - Session from health conference on smoking influences, smokefree programs and policies, and engaging youth in tobacco control activities.
