News tagged with public education
Lead exposure negatively impacts MEAP scores of Detroit schoolchildren
(Medical Xpress)—Lead exposure in early childhood has been linked to lower performance on state achievement tests for many Detroit Public School students in several grades, researchers from the University ...
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Feb 26, 2013 |
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Study finds slip, slop, slap message is slipping
Australians are becoming less attracted to having a suntan and fewer are being sunburned, but there's been less improvement in wearing sunscreen in recent years, according to new research from the Cancer ...
Cancer
Feb 06, 2013 |
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Large Spanish protest against health privatization
(AP)—Thousands of Spanish medical workers marched through downtown Madrid on Monday to protest against budget cuts and plans to partly privatize their cherished national health service.
Health
Jan 07, 2013 |
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Team studies connection between child, mother mortality
The death of a child is a tragic event for a family, bringing with it feelings of numbness, anger, guilt and denial. And, unfortunately, for many families, the loss becomes too much to bear.
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Oct 19, 2012 |
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Yosemite officials say 1,700 visitors risk disease
(AP)—Yosemite officials told 1,700 past visitors on Tuesday they may have been exposed to a rodent-borne disease already blamed for the deaths of two people who stayed in cabins at the national park.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 28, 2012 |
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Experimental learning paying off
Through the use of the Online Health Program Planner, a tool created by Public Health Ontario, a soon-to-be-implemented peer nutrition education program by and for university students looks to help enhance critical thinking ...
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Aug 20, 2012 |
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What did we learn from the 2010 California whooping cough epidemic?
Because whooping cough (pertussis) is almost as contagious as measles (affecting ~12-17 individuals with each case), clinicians are required to report cases of this bacterial respiratory tract infection to the state's department ...
Pediatrics
Jul 19, 2012 |
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Health of Americans a mixed bag: CDC report
(HealthDay) -- There were both good and bad trends in the overall health of Americans in 2011, a new government report shows.
Health
Jun 19, 2012 |
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Racial discrimination lessens benefits of higher socio-economic status (w/ Video)
(Medical Xpress) -- Racial discrimination could lessen the mental-health benefits usually associated with better socio-economic position for African-American men, finds a new study by Darrell L. Hudson, PhD, assistant professor ...
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Jun 14, 2012 |
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Intervention results in increased use of evidence-based medications for patients with acute coronary syndrome
Among patients with acute coronary syndromes (such as heart attack or unstable angina) treated at public hospitals in Brazil, implementation of a multifaceted intervention that included educational materials, checklists and ...
Cardiology
Mar 25, 2012 |
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From virginity to Viagra
Americans will spend more than $17 billion on Valentine's Day, but far less on programs like sex education for adolescents. The editors of the new book, Sex for Life, From Virginity to Viagra, How Sexuality Changes Throughout ...
Health
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Improving health will take a village
Improving health is too multifaceted to be left solely in the hands of those working in the health sector alone, according to the latest Healthy People 2020 Objectives for the Nation. A recent shift in national health priorities ...
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Dec 07, 2011 |
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Abstinence-only education does not lead to abstinent behavior
States that prescribe abstinence-only sex education programs in public schools have significantly higher teenage pregnancy and birth rates than states with more comprehensive sex education programs, researchers from the University ...
Health
Nov 30, 2011 |
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No more free infant formula at RI hospitals
(AP) -- New mothers in Rhode Island will no longer leave the hospital with a free goody bag of infant formula.
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Nov 29, 2011 |
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Medical education needs more of a public health and prevention focus
If future physicians are to best serve the changing health needs of patients and their communities, medical education must put greater emphasis on public health and prevention, experts say in a supplement to October's American Jo ...
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Sep 28, 2011 |
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