December 2011
66 posts
Earlier bedtimes keep kids leaner, says study →
gingerskinner:
If you’re concerned about your child’s weight, setting an earlier bedtime might help. A study out today in the journal Sleep found that adolescents who get to bed early stay slimmer and more physically active than their night-owl peers, even when both groups get the same amount of sleep.
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Watchemilymullin:
CNN’s health correspondent Elizabeth Cohen explains issues surrounding the federal health reform law as President Barack Obama’s “individual mandate” section of the Affordable Care Act heads to the Supreme Court.
November 2011
119 posts
“Locked up in the bowels of the medical faculty building here and accessible to...”
– Yikes! It’ll be very interesting to see the media coverage on this….
Scientists Brace for Media Storm Around Controversial Flu Studies - ScienceInsider
WatchIndia Eye Care Center Finds Middle Way To Capitalism, from John Ydstie at NPR.
“Should it be illegal for businesses to discriminate against applicants who are...”
– Interesting debate among scientists, economists, lawyers and political scientists.
Should Legislation Protect Obese People? - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
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“More and more employers are demanding that workers who smoke, are overweight or...”
– Smokers Penalized With Health Insurance Premiums - NYTimes.com
“A judge on Tuesday sentenced Dr. Conrad Murray to four years behind bars —...”
– Angry judge gives Conrad Murray 4 years in Michael Jackson’s death - latimes.com also, check out William Heisel’s earlier coverage of where Murray went so wrong:
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Health care important in 2012 election
emilymullin:
According to PWC’s Top health Industry Issues of 2012 report, 52 percent of consumers ranked health care as one of the most important factors in the 2012 presidential election.
Dealing with Diabetes →
Compelling three-part radio documentary by RoH member and former fellow Pauline Bartolone.
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“An 8-year-old Cleveland Heights boy was taken from his family and placed in...”
– Check out the story of an obese boy who was taken from his family at in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, here.
“When the federal government approved a scorpion antivenom in August, it was...”
– Amazing: this “orphan drug” costs more than $12,000 per vial in U.S., but only $100 per vial in Mexico.
Scorpion antivenom has stinging cost
“It’s like a health insurance system that waits until someone has a full-blown...”
– Must read: In Kenya, Famine’s Lessons, in The New York Times by RoH member Samuel Loewenberg. Read more about covering famine.
“The most psychologically correct holiday of the year is upon us.”
– A Serving of Gratitude Brings Healthy Dividends by John Tierney in The New York Times
“The original Thanksgiving celebration was probably a 500-calorie meal that...”
– Some Americans rethink food-centered Thanksgiving by Emily Wax in the Washington Post
“You would have to eat the entire 20-pound turkey to get enough tryptophan to...”
– Debunking holiday myths and explaining the food coma: Thanksgiving Countdown: Your Health After a Big Meal - WSJ.com
Use of Retail Medical Clinics Rises 10-Fold Over... →
The RAND Corporation released a new study today.
“Taiwan’s postpartum-confinement business is the best-developed and most...”
– In East Asia, Some New Moms Splurge on Luxury Confinement - TIME (H/T RoH member Bernice Yeung)
Amid ill and dying inmates, a search for... →
A gripping story in the Los Angeles Times by Kurt Streeter starts this way:
The two men walked slowly through the steel-framed door, the older one leading the younger. The door slammed shut behind them.
“Don’t worry,” said the older man, John Paul Madrona. “It’s true people die here, but we help them.”
“What’s it going to be like?” Freddy...
Watch(via Selling Water, Health Care In The Developing World : NPR)
“In an increasingly transparent era in health care, such data as the incidence of...”
– Hospital mistakes kept secret in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Federal health officials block media from public... →
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon at Health Policy Solutions reports that HHS officials attempted to remove a reporter and then declare a meeting to gather public comment “off the record.”
“On the road for weeks on end, with the sorts of diets that make nutritionists...”
– A Hard Turn - Big-Rig Drivers Focus on Getting Healthy - NYTimes.com
knowsource:
The Obama administration said Friday it wouldn’t implement a long-term care insurance program that is part of the 2010 health overhaul, its first major reversal on its signature domestic achievement.
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UPDATE: Adult Day Health Care program is saved –... →
Read more about how Richard Kipling and the Center for Health Reporting worked with nine other outlets to report on the future of adult day health care.
“Employers without a paid sick leave benefit may want to reconsider that policy...”
– Millions of Flu Cases Linked With No Sick Pay « news@JAMA
Sen. Rand Paul claims asthma and air pollution... →
Seriously, Rand Paul?
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“A report released Wednesday from the British Medical Assn.’s Board of Science...”
– Should it be illegal to smoke in your own car?
Congress blocks new rules on school lunches →
pubhealth:
Congress Blocks New Rules on School Lunches
(From The New York Times)
WASHINGTON — A slice of pizza still counts as a vegetable.
In a victory for the makers of frozen pizzas, tomato paste and French fries, Congress on Monday blocked rules proposed by the Agriculture Department that would have overhauled the nation’s school lunch program.
Unbelievable!… How long do we have...
“Give people free prescription drugs and many of them still won’t bother to...”
– Unbelievable study undermines conventional wisdom that patients don’t take medicines in part because they can’t afford them.
Study finds many patients shun free heart drugs
“Aetna Inc. (AET), the third-largest health insurer in the U.S., will cut some...”
– About a study presented at the American Heart Association meeting in Orlando: Aetna to Cut Co-Pays for Heart Patients to Increase Drug Use - Bloomberg
Red tape hampers care for patients who are poor... →
Story about people who qualify for Medicare and Medicaid, by RoH member Anna Gorman in the Los Angeles Times.
Watch(via Food for 9 Billion: The Complexities of Famine | Marketplace from American Public Media)
“After driving for hours from Kigali on some pretty rough roads (and some really...”
– Mountain gorillas with journalists in the midst, by Humanosphere global health blogger Tom Paulson.
“I didn’t know my dad had a mental illness. I thought all dads were full of...”
– Said Carl, at the very interesting Colorado HealthStory project.
“While pondering the many choices I have to make when buying tomatoes—How...”
– interesting article!
Health Food: Is It Better for the Environment Than Junk Food? - Slate Magazine
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Living Large: Obesity In America
schoolmeetlife:
Part of NPR’s obesity series.
2/3 of America is overweight.
Many patients say their doctors don’t spend enough time, if any, talking with them about losing weight. But doctors often complain that when they do bring up the issue, nothing changes.
Follow this link to listen to several installments of this NPR special series.
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What it costs to fight acute childhood...
doctorswithoutborders:
• US$ 35 will buy 150 sachets of ready-to-use supplementary food used in nutritional programmes to prevent malnutrition.
• It’s estimated just over $6 billion a year will cover the costs of supplying enough therapeutic and supplemental ready-to-use foods to fight acute childhood malnutrition worldwide.
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Watchemilymullin:
CNN’s health correspondent Elizabeth Cohen explains issues surrounding the federal health reform law as President Barack Obama’s “individual mandate” section of the Affordable Care Act heads to the Supreme Court.
“Police said yesterday that they are investigating a package of marijuana that...”
– Ooops!
Worker finds marijuana in package - Metro - The Boston Globe
News Briefing from the USC Edward R. Roybal... →
If you’re interested in covering aging populations, The Roybal Institute’s news briefings, compiled by RoH member Vincent Lim, is a great resource.
