Tag Archives: public-health
Breastfeeding up, but few persist
20 November 2012 Last updated at 06:46 ET By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online More new mums are opting to breastfeed but very few stick at it for long enough, latest UK figures 1 reveal. The 2010 Infant Feeding Survey results from a poll of more than 10,000 women show 81 in every 100 start breastfeeding, up from 76 in 2005. But after one week less than half of all new mothers are still exclusively breastfeeding.
Teenagers urged to exercise to ward off bone disease
ScienceDaily (Nov. 16, 2012) An international team, including an expert from the University of Exeter, has found evidence that adolescents who spend long periods engaged in certain sedentary activities are more likely to have low bone mineral content in parts of the body where it can be an indicator of the risk of developing osteoporosis. In newly published research, the team found that studying put girls at particular risk, while for boys leisure internet use posed the greatest threat
Innovative sobriety project reduces DUI and domestic violence arrests, study finds
ScienceDaily (Nov. 15, 2012) An innovative alcohol monitoring program imposed upon thousands of alcohol-involved offenders in South Dakota helps reduce repeat DUI arrests and domestic violence arrests, according to a new RAND Corporation study
Call for fake medicine crackdown
13 November 2012 Last updated at 20:03 ET By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online A global treaty to crack down on the deadly trade of fake medicines is urgently needed, say experts. Currently, there are more sanctions around the use of illegal tobacco than counterfeit drugs. Writing in the British Medical Journal 1 , experts urge the World Health Organization to set up a framework akin to its one tobacco control to safeguard the public.
Scientists question designation of some emerging diseases
ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2012) The Ebola, Marburg and Lassa viruses are commonly referred to as emerging diseases, but leading scientists say these life-threatening viruses have been around for centuries. In a perspective in the Nov.
Norovirus disinfection: How much is enough?
ScienceDaily (Nov. 8, 2012) A variety of institutions and governments have developed “commonsense-based” disinfection guidelines to control norovirus contamination, but now, for the first time, a Dutch team has come up with science-based guidelines. The research is published in the November 2012 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology .
Over-65s heart death inequality
4 November 2012 Last updated at 23:01 ET By Caroline Parkinson Health editor, BBC News website The gap in heart disease deaths for over-65s in the richest and poorest areas has widened since the 1980s, despite general improvements. An analysis by experts at Imperial College London 1 looked at rates for men and women aged 30-64 and over-65s. The research, in the International Journal of Epidemiology, is thought to be the first to burrow down to look at individual electoral wards.
New studies reinforce American Heart Association’s stand on limiting sodium
ScienceDaily (Nov. 2, 2012) New studies support limiting daily sodium consumption to less than 1,500 milligrams, according to a new American Heart Association presidential advisory
New studies reinforce American Heart Association’s stand on limiting sodium
ScienceDaily (Nov. 2, 2012) New studies support limiting daily sodium consumption to less than 1,500 milligrams, according to a new American Heart Association presidential advisory. The advisory, published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation , is based on a thorough review of recent laboratory, animal, observational and clinical studies that reaffirm the association’s 2011 advisory that limiting sodium (salt) to less than 1,500 mg per day is linked to a decreased risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, including stroke.
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