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Latest Public Health News From Medical News Today.

• Forecasts Of Air Quality May Be Added To Weather Broadcasts
  Weather broadcasts have long been a staple for people planning their day. Now with the help of NASA satellites, researchers are working to broaden daily forecasts to include predictions of air quality, a feat that is becoming reality in some parts of the world.Some scientists predict that an operational system of routine, global forecasts of air pollution near the ground, where it affects human health, is only a few years away. [click link for full article]
• New Slang Words Hospital Doctors Are Using On The Wards
  Medical language and slang is constantly evolving and this week's Christmas issue of the BMJ takes a look at the new words hospital doctors are using on the wards. Dr Paul Keeley, a consultant in palliative medicine lists the following words, and others, as ones which doctors would do well to familiarise themselves with: Disco biscuits: otherwise known as the class A drug, ecstasy. [click link for full article]
• Airport Security Measures Not Backed By Solid Evidence
  There is no solid evidence that the huge amounts of money spent on airport security screening measures since September 11th are effective, argue researchers in this week's Christmas issue of the BMJ. Most screening programmes around the world are closely evaluated and heavily regulated before implementation. They rely on sound scientific and cost-benefit evidence before they are put into practice. [click link for full article]
• Australian Road Injury Research Honored By NHMRC
  Australian research into young drivers and road injury has tonight been recognised by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), as an Australian researcher received a major new gong for her significant contributions in the field. [click link for full article]
• Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent Federal Personnel News
  Summaries of recent news about nominations and appointments to government agencies appear below.Department of Homeland Security: The Senate by voice vote on Wednesday confirmed Jeffrey Runge as the first-ever assistant secretary for health affairs and chief medical officer at DHS, CQ HealthBeat reports. [click link for full article]
• Emergency Departments Have Problems Finding, Retaining On-Call Specialists
  Hospital emergency departments nationwide are "increasingly unable" to find and retain specialists to help treat seriously injured and ill patients at a time when EDs are "already struggling with overcrowding and growing patient loads," the Washington Post reports. A nationwide survey by the [click link for full article]
• Grant Provides Funds To Study Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities; Collaboration Works To Help American Indian Students Interested In Medicine
  African-American Collaborative Obesity Research Network: The network, based at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to conduct research on ways to reduce obesity among black children and adolescents. [click link for full article]
• Studies Examine Rising Demands On Community Health Centers, Pay-for-Performance Initiatives, Comparative Effectiveness Research
  "Community Health Centers Tackle Rising Demands and Expectations," Center for Studying Health System Change: The issue brief discusses the results of a 2007 study involving site visits to 12 nationally representative metropolitan communities to examine trends in the use of community-based health centers. [click link for full article]
• Omnibus Spending Bill Provision Would Require Public Disclosure Of NIH-Funded Biomedical Research Results
  A provision in the omnibus budget package approved by Congress this week would require NIH to make the results of all studies funded by the agency available to the public at no cost, the Washington Post reports. [click link for full article]
• Florida, Hawaii Offer Residents Prescription Drug Discount Cards
  Summaries of two articles about prescription drug discount cards in Florida and Hawaii appear below.Florida: Gov. Charlie Crist (R) on Thursday announced a statewide prescription drug discount program for residents younger than age 60 with incomes less than 300% of the federal poverty level, the St. Petersburg Times reports. [click link for full article]
• President Bush Criticizes Congress For 'Wasteful Spending' In Omnibus Budget Package
  President Bush on Thursday said Congress finished the year on a "high note" with the approval of a $555 billion omnibus budget package that meets the overall spending levels he requested, but he criticized Congress for "wasteful spending" and said he would seek to address the issue, USA Today reports (Wolf, USA Today, 12/21). [click link for full article]
• Safeway Ground Beef Salmonella Alert In US
  The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has warned about a possible salmonella contamination of ground beef sold at Safeway food stores. [click link for full article]
• MIT Study: Workplace, Community Engagement Key To Interracial Friendship
  People who are involved in community organizations and activities and who socialize with their co-workers are much more likely to have friends of another race than those who do not, according to a landmark study of interracial friendship in America. [click link for full article]
• The Beauty Of Nature And How Size Matters Could Impact On Sustainable Energy
  The beauty of nature is partly due to the uniformity of leaf and flower size in individual plants, and scientists have discovered how plants arrive at these aesthetic proportions.Researchers at the John Innes Centre in Norwich have discovered that cells at the margins of leaves and petals play a particularly important role in setting their size. [click link for full article]
• All I Want For The Holidays Is A Cure For The Workplace Blues!
  Are the holidays bumming you out? Ceridian LifeWorks, a leading provider of employee assistance programs (EAP) and [click link for full article]
• Economic Pain Also Likely With Skatepark Injuries
  Anyone heading out to the local skatepark with dreams of becoming the next Tony Hawk may want to take some precautions.Researchers from the Center for Trauma and Injury Prevention at the University of California, Irvine have found that the economic aches attached to a skatepark-related injury can be as great as the physical pains.Dr. Federico Vaca and colleagues tracked emergency room patients at UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, Calif. [click link for full article]
• Smaller Asteroids May Pose Greater Danger Than Previously Believed
  The stunning amount of forest devastation at Tunguska, a century ago in Siberia, may have been caused by an asteroid only a fraction as large as previously published estimates, Sandia supercomputer simulations suggest."The asteroid that caused the extensive damage was much smaller than we had thought," says Sandia principal investigator Mark Boslough of the impact that occurred June 30, 1908. [click link for full article]
• Wilderness Leaders Must Show Broad Understanding Of Medical Treatment
  Organizations that provide group wilderness and adventure experiences mountaineering, rock climbing, river running, sea kayaking, and canoeing are responsible for managing the risk of their courses. The leaders and medical providers of these trips must be prepared to anticipate and manage medical problems that might arise. [click link for full article]
• Immigrant Children Are At Increased Risk Of Lead Poisoning, Study Finds
  Immigrant children are five times as likely as U.S-born children to suffer from lead poisoning in New York City, according to a new Health Department study, and the risk is highest among the most recent immigrants. The new study of children tested for lead poisoning in 2002, published online in the American Journal of Public Health this month, found that children who had lived abroad within the previous six months were 11 times as likely as U.S.-born children to have lead poisoning. [click link for full article]
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