Preventive Medicine News

Senior medical officials who successfully slowed the spread of H1N1 flu virus at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., published what they learned in an October article featured in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Editor's note: New America Media senior editor Paul Kleyman recently met popular columnist Aurora Cudal, of The Filipino Press, in San Diego, when both attended an educational workshop of the Association of Health Care Journalists.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $15 million grant to the chief of preventive medicine at the Memphis Veterans Administration Medical Center.

A world first study by Monash University researchers into the health of families who drink rainwater has found that it is safe to drink.

As the nation tries to deal with its annual $2.2 trillion health care pricetag, there's a way you can help save as much as $1 trillion: Take better care of yourself.

About 6 percent of all childhood asthma cases in Riverside and 9 percent in Long Beach can be attributed to proximity to heavy traffic corridors, according to a USC study released today.

Did you know that in 2006, the Centers for Disease Control reported that more people in the United States died from pneumonia than the flu? Some people may be at increased risk for pneumonia and don't understand the seriousness of the disease.

An analysis of more than 1,000 California patients hospitalized with H1N1 flu during the first four months of the pandemic found that infants were most likely to be admitted, and patients 50 and older were most likely to die once admitted.

First responders who were exposed to caustic dust and toxic pollutants following the 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attacks suffer from asthma at more than twice the rate of the general U.S. population, according to data presented today by Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers at CHEST 2009, the 75th annual international scientific assembly ...

Though hot tubs, whirlpools and spas are widely used for relaxation and fun, they can pose serious risk for injury.

Protection of the nationa s health requires that physicians on the public health team be competent practitioners of both medicine and public health.

MADURAI: The Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, S.Elango, on Saturday urged school teachers to be aware of health issues, seasonal diseases and current trends in public health so that they can provide right information to the children.

Main Category: Stroke Also Included In: Preventive Medicine ; Heart Disease ; Hypertension Article Date: 26 Oct 2009 - 3:00 PDT The theme of this year's World Stroke Day on 29th October is "What can I do?". As the World Stroke Organization says, everyone can do something: learn to recognise symptoms and take action, learn to recognise the risk ...

Last week, I wrote that my daughter had what appeared to be swine flu . Determined as I was not to catch it, I still came down with similar symptoms.

October 28, 2009 -- A new report from an American Cancer Society scientific advisory subcommittee on cancer and the environment says exposure to carcinogens should be minimized or eliminated whenever feasible, and calls for new strategies to more effectively and efficiently screen the large number of chemicals to which the public is exposed.

Women who get migraine headaches with aura should stop smoking and using birth control pills because they may increase their risk of stroke, researchers say.

From the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health , Kwandong University College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea; the Department of Preventive Medicine , College of Medicine, and Institute for Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; the Department of Public Health , Graduate School of Yonsei ...

Most medical experts agree the best way to avoid catching or transmitting the H1N1 flu virus is to get the vaccine.

E-mail: sadollah.abedini@gmail.com 9 These authors contributed equally to this work Received 10 May 2009; Revised 12 July 2009; Accepted 11 August 2009; Published online 21 October 2009.

In a small basement room on Vanderbilt University's campus, Dr. William Schaffner gets prepped to teach his students.