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Posted 3/11/2008
Tobacco's toll deadlier than all U.S. wars
By Rowland Nethaway
Waco Tribune-Herald
Feb. 11, 2008
The United States should work with the United Nations to pass tobacco nonproliferation treaties. The World Health Organization estimates tobacco use will kill 1 billion people in the 21st century unless governments aggressively curb the spread and use of tobacco.
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Posted 1/11/2008
Finding Alzheimer’s before a mind fails
By Denise Grady
New York Times
Dec. 26, 2007
Five million people in the United States have Alzheimer’s, most of them over 65. By 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, 11 million to 16 million Americans will have the disease.
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Posted 10/5/2007
San Francisco to offer care for every uninsured adult
By Kevin Sack
New York Times
September 14, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO - Since contracting polio at age 2, Yan Ling Ho has lived with pain for most of her 52 years. After she immigrated here from Hong Kong last year, the soreness in her back and joints proved too debilitating for her to work.
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Posted 7/24/2007
Surgeon General sees 4-year term as compromised
By Gardiner Harris
New York Times
July 11, 20007
Former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona told a Congressional panel Tuesday that top Bush administration officials repeatedly tried to weaken or suppress important public health reports because of political considerations.
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Caution: Some soft drinks may seriously harm your health
By Martin Hickman
The Independent
May 27, 2007
A new health scare erupted over soft drinks last night amid evidence they may cause serious cell damage. Research from a British university suggests a common preservative found in drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi Max has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA.
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Posted 3/12/2007
State must fund PeachCare gap
Editorial by Mike King
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
February 11, 2007
In Georgia, 273,000 children -- virtually all in families earning less than $48,000 a year -- depend on PeachCare for their health insurance. But they are now at risk of losing their health care because of the political brinkmanship between Congress and lawmakers under the Gold Dome.
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Posted 12/6/2006
Cost of health benefits soaring
By Andy Miller
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
November 20, 2006
Employers based in Atlanta and across the South saw their health benefits cost in 2006 rise at a faster rate than the rest of the United States, according to a survey of employer health plans released today.
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Posted 9/1/2006
The fat of the land is in the South:
Georgia weighs in at No. 12 in U.S.
By Bob Dart
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
August 30, 2006
Eight of the 10 states with the most obese populations are in the South - nine if you count West Virginia as Southern, as the report does. Georgia ranked 12th, with 25.5 percent of the adult population classified as obese for the three-year period of 2003 to 2005, according to the report by Trust for America's Health.
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Posted 3/13/2006
Health costs projected to reach one-fifth of GDP
Public Agenda Alert
Feb. 23, 2006
A new federal report projects that by 2015, the United States will be spending one in every five dollars on health care. While health care spending isn't rising as fast as a few years ago, costs are still outstripping the overall growth in the economy.
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Better living through video games
By Carolyn Abraham
Globe and Mail
Feb. 9, 2006
A new study of 100 university undergraduates in Toronto has found that video gamers consistently outperform their non-playing peers in a series of tricky mental tests. If they also happened to be bilingual, they were unbeatable.
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Posted 2/13/2006
How safe is that restaurant?
New system spells it out
By Elizabeth Lee
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jan. 27, 2006
Knowing how clean a restaurant is will soon be as easy as reading your ABC's — and U's…. Customers won't even have to walk inside a restaurant to know how it scored. New state rules require posting the grades on drive-through windows and front doors, with a few exceptions.
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Posted 12/20/2005
Health Coverage of Young Widens
With States' Aid
By John M. Broder
New York Times
Dec. 4, 2005
The number of American children without health care coverage has been slowly but steadily declining over the past several years even as health care costs continue to rise and fewer employers provide insurance, creating a breach that states have stepped in to fill with new programs and fresh money.
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Posted 10/06/2005
Medical Research Spending Doubles
Public Agenda Alert
Sep. 22, 2005
Total U.S. spending on medical research has doubled in the past decade to nearly $95 billion a year, according to a report published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The analysis found that private industry sponsors the majority of medical research and the National Institutes of Health pays for 28 percent, a proportion that has remained unchanged over the past decade. But the study authors also questioned whether society is getting its money's worth.
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Posted 7/18/2005
“Underinsured" Going without
Needed Health Care
Public Agenda Alert
June 16, 2005
A new study published in the journal Health Affairs found millions of Americans are "underinsured" and going without needed medical services. The report found that the 16 million adult Americans who are "underinsured" are nearly as likely as the 45 million Americans with no health insurance to skip needed medical care.
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Posted 6/20/05
> Infant Mortality on Decline in State, U.S.
By M.A.J. McKenna
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
June 10, 2005
The rate at which babies die before their first birthday is improving in Georgia and nationally, but African-American children are still twice as likely to die in infancy as children in any other racial group, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
> Unappetizing Facts: No Matter How the Statistics May Be Interpreted, Being Obese or Overweight is a Threat to Health
Editorial
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
June 8, 2005
Is your blood pressure up since your last checkup? Knees hurt more than they used to? Has snoring become a problem? Chances are you've put on a few pounds over the years that have contributed to some or all of these symptoms. Your body is trying to tell you something. Pay attention to it. Posted 3/17/05
> Partnership for Prescription Assistance
Millions of people across the country and in our state have difficulty affording health care, including prescription medicines. They lack health insurance and simply do not have the money to pay for the medicines they need. But there is good news. The Partnership for Prescription Assistance can help low-income, uninsured patients access the free or nearly free, brand-name medicines they need.
Posted 12/15/04
> This Is Your Country on Drugs
By Carl Elliott
(New York Times, Dec. 14, 2004)
Minneapolis ‹ Jacques Barzun famously said that to understand America, one must first understand baseball. Never has his remark been more accurate.
Professional baseball players may be the most vilified Americans using performance-enhancing drugs, but they are by no means alone.
Performance-enhancing drugs have become a part of ordinary American life.
Posted 12/5/2004
> AIDS Toll on Georgia Blacks Severe
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dec. 1, 2004)
AIDS continues to infect and kill black Georgians at an alarming rate, a new state report shows. The virus is the leading cause of death of African-American men ages 35-44 and of black women ages 25-34. In comparison, white men and white women in those same age groups die most often from unintentional injuries, according to the state health disparity report on HIV/AIDS.
Posted 12/5/2004
> Special: AIDS Takes Disproportionate Toll on African-American Women
(NAACP for Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dec. 1, 2004)
African-American women are 23 times as likely as white women to be diagnosed with AIDS. Tragically, HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death for women in our community ages 24 to 35. More than 70 percent of all new female diagnoses of HIV/AIDS in the United States occur among African-American women.
Posted 12/5/2004
> Editorial: Devise New AIDS Plan
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dec. 1, 2004)
The global face of AIDS is changing dramatically, and efforts to control the epidemic will need to change with it. On the 17th anniversary of World AIDS Day, it's important to remember that despite AIDS rarely being mentioned during the U.S. presidential campaign this year, the epidemic remains one of the world's most dangerous health problems, with 39.4 million people living with the virus.
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> Anti-Smoking Messages Take Hold
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 4, 2004)
Opinion: For the first time since the 1970s, lung cancer rates among women have declined; and lung cancer deaths among women -- which have been flat in recent years -- are expected to drop in the coming years. These hopeful trends are no mere coincidence, but the consequence of a public health campaign that has resulted in fewer women smoking.
Posted 6/3/2004
> Experts Fear Spike in Number of Teen Smokers
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 15, 2004)
The percentage of Minnesota teens who indicated in a survey that they might smoke in the next year spiked 22 percent six months after the state stopped funding a youth anti-tobacco campaign, a new study says.
> Untimely Death for Smoking Ban
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 13, 2004)
Editorial: Most critical issues in the Legislature failed this year because of a lack of consensus. The notable exception was the statewide smoking ban, which met its demise because there seemingly was consensus.
Posted 6/2/2004
> Hostility, Anger May Be Bad for Male Heart
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 24, 2004)
Strong emotions like anger and hostility may put men at risk of a heart condition called atrial fibrillation, a recent study suggests.
> Survey Finds Teens Play It Safer, Mostly
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 20, 2004)
High school students surveyed last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention smoked less, drank less and used seat belts and bike helmets more frequently than their counterparts 12 years earlier, according to an analysis released Thursday.
Posted 5/13/2004
> Depression Exacts Toll on Men
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 26, 2004)
Mike Wallace had been at the top of his profession for so long that he didn't know what was happening when depression tripped him and threw him into a mental black hole. He could handle success. He could handle pressure. But he couldn't handle depression.
> Depression Exacts Toll on Men
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 26, 2004)
Mike Wallace had been at the top of his profession for so long that he didn't know what was happening when depression tripped him and threw him into a mental black hole. He could handle success. He could handle pressure. But he couldn't handle depression.
Posted 2/19/2004
> Steroid Probe Touches High-Profile Athletes
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 12, 2004)
A couple of nutritionists, a veteran track coach and a personal trainer were indicted on federal drug charges Thursday, an unassuming beginning to a case that may wind up putting the character of American sport on trial.
Posted 2/6/2004
> 12,500 Women May Lose Prenatal Care
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 3, 2004)
Under a proposed state budget cut, 12,500 Georgia women may lose Medicaid coverage for prenatal care -- and for the delivery of their babies.
Posted 12/1/2003
> Lax Septic Tank Oversight Brews Health Hazards
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 28, 2003)
For more than two decades, septic tanks have allowed metro Atlanta to sustain record growth. While cities here tend to rely on sewer systems, cheaper septic systems dominate the vast expanses of developable land outside city limits.
Posted 10/8/2003
> Interfaith Disabilities Network Will Air PSAs and Town Hall Meetings on AIB Cable Channels
(Interfaith Disabilities Network, October 2, 2003)
The Interfaith Disabilities Network (IDN) has produced television programming to raise faith communities' awareness of people with disabilities. The programming includes three public service announcements and a 60-minute town hall meeting. The PSAs are appearing on Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters (AIB) cable network channels August through October.
Posted 8/18/2003
> Preventive Medicine
(New York Times, August 18, 2003)
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Editorial: The National Academy of Sciences has advocated a reorganization of vaccine financing, arguing that it would make a dramatic difference in Americans' health.
Posted 7/24/2003
> Why Hospitals Overcharge the Uninsured
(AlterNet, July 23, 2003)
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The 41.2 million Americans without health insurance are often forced to pay up to 70 percent more than insurance companies do for healthcare bills.
Posted 7/21/2003
> Emory Hospital 7th in Nation's Best-Rating
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 18, 2003)
Emory University Hospital earned top marks in the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of America's best hospitals, released Thursday.
Posted 2/10/2003
> Health News Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
(AlterNet, February 6, 2003)
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The U.S. ranks fifty-first in the world in environmental health and is steadly declining, but health news in mainstream outlets is either scare stories or false reassurances of safety.
Posted 1/28/2003
> McDonald's Obesity Suit Tossed
(CNN.com, January 22, 2003)
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U.S. judge says complaint fails to prove chain is responsible for kids' weight gain. A lawsuit alleging food from McDonald's restaurants is responsible for making people obese got thrown out by a federal judge Wednesday.
> The "Mexican Paradox"
(AlterNet, January 24, 2003)
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Despite poverty and other barriers to health care, Latinas have the healthiest babies -- but the advantage goes away the longer they live in the U.S.
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