Tuesday, January 10, 2012
MPs on the Science and Technology Committee have called for greater efforts to help the public understand alcohol guidelines . It also calls for a further scientific review to build public confidence, although based on the evidence presented the guidelines should not be relaxed. See here for the report chapters or the full report here
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged business, committee, coronary-heart, government, guidelines, health, policy, public-health, responsibility, science, scientific, technology, the-evidence
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Individuals suffering from mood and anxiety disorders such as bipolar, panic disorder and major depressive disorder may be more likely to abuse opioids, according to a new study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
One in 13 teenage girls, aged 14 to 20, reported having a group-sex experience, with those young women more likely to have been exposed to pornography and childhood sexual abuse than their peers, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher…
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Also tagged boston, boston-university, busph, group-sex-experience, new-study, peers, public-health, reported-having, school, sexual health / stds, sexual-abuse, teenage-girls, young-women
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
December 2011 06:00 ENTREPRENEUR Dr David Xiu has his sights set on supplying the NHS with his creation, the electronic cigarette, which he says could save the public body £440m a year, prevent deaths and rapidly increase the size of his business. Dr Xiu is managing director and founder of Leeds-based Superdragon Group, which, as well as e-cigarettes, supplies acupuncture needles, herbal and healthcare products. The e-cigarette is a battery-powered device that provides inhaled doses of nicotine by way of a vaporised solution.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Females in middle age who drink alcohol moderately and consume large amounts of refined carbohydrates have a 30% lower chance of developing diabetes type 2, compared to women with similar dietary habits who don’t drink, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition…
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Also tagged clinical, developing-diabetes, from-the-harvard, harvard, harvard-school, large-amounts, lower-chance, middle-age, nutrition / diet, public-health, refined-carbohydrates, similar-dietary
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Drivers who test positive for marijuana or reported using marijuana and then driving have double the risk of being involved in a vehicle accidents, compared to drivers who are not under the influence, researchers from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, New York, reported in the journal Epidemiologic Reviews…
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Also tagged being-involved, columbia, double-the-risk, epidemiologic, influence, journal, public-health, risk, the-journal, the-risk, then-driving
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Despite the reductions in smoking that have been achieved, millions of adult Americans continue to smoke. For the foreseeable future, this will remain the case.
Filed in Harm Reduction, tobacco
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Also tagged being-advocated, foreseeable, harm-reduction, important-goal, practical, public-health, remain-the-case, responsibility, such-as-reduced, the-foreseeable, the-reductions, tobacco-harm
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
In considering any applications for modified risk tobacco products, the FDA should give serious consideration to the fact that the major tobacco companies are currently subject to an on-going federal court order under the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization Act for creating an illegal racketeering enterprise for the purpose of defrauding the public. The court also found that the pattern of past activities that led to this decision is continuing and likely to continue in the future
Filed in Harm Reduction, tobacco
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Also tagged central-element, connections, fraud, harm-reduction, industry, legacy, legacy-tobacco, marketing, presentation, racketeer, racketeering, tobacco
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The Centre for Public Health based at Liverpool John Moores University are currently conducting a survey on alcohol use, advertising and public health campaigns. The findings will be used to develop initiatives to support the general population in reducing excessive alcohol consumption and related harm