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New cervical cancer screening guidelines released - 11/20/2009
"The new mammogram recommendations out earlier this week caused quite an uproar. Now comes another change in screening tests for women -- this one for cervical cancer..." More »
U.S. Panel Recommends Delaying Regular Mammograms Until Age 50 - 11/17/2009
"A U.S. government group recommends that women delay getting regular mammograms until age 50, instead of 40, the age at which the American Cancer Society..." More »
North American Diseases Go South of the Border - 11/17/2009
"Patricia Pizarro thought she was a good mother, so she was upset when the pediatrician told her she needed to change how she was raising her son Fernando..." More »
fiber could have a big impact in trimming belly fat among young people - 11/13/2009
"Jaimie Davis found that eating just a little more fiber could have a big impact in trimming belly fat among young people...." More »
WHO: AIDS Leading Cause of Death, Disease in Women - 11/10/2009
"In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44...." More »
Floods, mudslides kill scores in El Salvador - 11/9/2009
"At least 130 people have died and dozens are missing after heavy rains triggered flooding and mudslides..." More »
Task force hopes to deliver affordable cancer drugs to developing countries - 11/9/2009
"An international task force has been launched to expand the detection and treatment of cancer in less developed countries..." More »
Malaria’s deadly leap from chimps to humans - 11/9/2009
"One mosquito; one hot-blooded human target; one quick puncture of skin. Most likely, our distant ancestor reacted with no more than a scratch and a shrug..." More »
House Democrats Pass Health-Care Bill - 11/8/2009
""Hours after President Obama exhorted Democratic lawmakers to 'answer the call of history,' the House hit an unprecedented milestone on the path to health-care reform..." More »
Rise in obesity among children in England may be slowing - 11/6/2009
"The rate of increase in the number of children who are obese or overweight may be starting to slow, shows a new analysis of the latest data...." More »
Reducing the burden of malnutrition in Bangladesh - 11/6/2009
"Although the prevalence of childhood malnutrition in Bangladesh has fallen substantially from 68% in the late 1980s to 41% in 2007, the rate of decline is not sufficient to achieve the UN millennium development goal target ..." More »
Millions die because of high malaria drug prices - 11/2/2009
"Nearly a million people die from malaria each year because they cannot afford the most effective treatment and instead... " More »
Dr Michael Goran Awarded 2009 Excellence in Pediatric Obesity Research Award - 11/2/2009
"Dr Michael Goran, Professor of Preventive Medicine, Physiology & Biophysics and Pediatrics, was awarded the 2009... " More »
Samet Addresses International Health Concerns - 11/2/2009
"Jonathan Samet, holder of the Flora L. Thornton Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, reached an international audience with messages about global health during two sessions at USC’s 2009 Global Conference in Taiwan...." More »
Sweet Spot: How Sugary-Cereal Makers Target Kids - 10/30/2009
"Before food politics became a Wikipedia entry and the title of a book, before anyone cared about trans fat or realized we were in the midst of a pediatric-obesity epidemic, Lucky Charms were simply magically delicious..." More »
In China, too, a health-care system in disarray - 10/29/2009
"Despite recent reforms, 300 million lack insurance-and gaps in care quality grow. BEIJING-Shen Baohou, 72, who once worked for a hydropower station in Sichuan..." More »
Drinking their way to early death - 10/29/2009
"ALCOHOL is a factor in the deaths of one in seven young people, kills 3430 people a year and causes accidents and injury that put 80,000 Australians..." More »
Experts Want African Aid Funds Channelled Away from HIV - 10/29/2009
"Top scientists are demanding a controversial overhaul of health spending in Africa, arguing that the billions of pounds targeted at HIV during the past 20 years have led to a neglect..." More »
FACTBOX-World's leading global health risks - 10/27/2009
"Tackling five health factors could prevent millions of premature deaths and increase global life expectancy by almost 5 years, the United Nations World..." More »
U.S. aid saves lives but few know, Bill Gates says - 10/27/2009
"Foreign aid may provide the best value for money spent by the U.S. government, Bill and Melinda Gates said on Tuesday, but few seem to know it..." More »
Maternal mortality: why so many mothers die giving birth - 10/26/2009
"Health ministers from around the world have been meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to discuss ways to stop hundreds of thousands of women dying needlessly during pregnancy and childbirth every year..." More »
Nigeria: Help for Fighting Malaria - 10/23/2009
"In its largest single malaria undertaking, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced Friday that Nigeria would receive grants worth $285 million over two years to distribute 30 million antimalarial bed nets..." More »
Lack of innovative treatments for Chagas disease, Latin America's silent killer - 10/23/2009
"Better diagnosis and treatment are needed to combat Chagas, a little-known disease that affects up to 15 million people worldwide and kills an estimated 14,000 each year..." More »
Investigational drug may promote weight loss - 10/23/2009
"A medication that is under review by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes may also promote weight loss, according to a study published online..." More »
FDA warns: Swine flu scams lurk on the Internet - 10/22/2009
"Air "sterilizers." A photon machine. Supplement pills to boost the immune system. Protective shampoos and face masks. Even fake Tamiflu..." More »
'Jade Goody effect' boosts cervical cancer screening rates - 10/22/2009
"Jade Goody's high-profile battle with cervical cancer helped to dramatically reverse the downward trend in women going for screening, figures showed today..." More »
Ambulances to Charge Extra for Obese Patients - 10/22/2009
"The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle..." More »
H1N1: Swine Flu's Collateral Health Benefits in Bolivia - 10/22/2009
"If any good has come of the global H1N1 flu pandemic, it may have started with a child like Nayeli Quispe..." More »
Childhood vaccines at all-time high, but access not yet equitable - 10/21/2009
"Reversing a downward trend, immunization rates are now at their highest ever and vaccine development worldwide is booming..." More »
AIDS Vaccine Seen as Modest Help - 10/20/2009
Fresh results from the world's first successful test of an experimental AIDS vaccine confirm that it is only marginally effective and suggest that its protection against HIV infection may wane over time. More »
U.S., Mexico face shortage of H1N1 flu vaccine - 10/17/2009
"Production is running behind, the CDC says. In Mexico, response to the outbreak is more muted than in the spring..." More »
Players Kick Off World Cup Anti-Malaria Fight - 10/17/2009
"Footballers are teaming up with governments, companies and international health campaigners to push for action against malaria ahead of next year's World Cup finals in South Africa..." More »
ShakeOut Drill a Success at USC - 10/16/2009
"Approximately 300 volunteers participated in a USC earthquake drill held on the Health Sciences campus on Oct. 15..." More »
Israel: Blog Action Day for the Environment - 10/16/2009
"As bloggers around the world geared up for October 15 to write about climate change and the environment, the Israeli blogosphere focused on a different date..." More »
Global Health: Can Condoms Combat Climate Change? - 10/16/2009
"As scientists and policymakers search for high-tech ways to fight climate change, a proposed low-tech solution is creating controversy — contraception..." More »
GlobeMed at USC: Join the movement, be the change. - 10/15/2009
GlobeMed at USC is participating in the Imagine 2030 Facebook Giving Challenge that will take place from 10/13 to 11/6. Their goal is to get as many $10 donations in order to win $50,000 that will go straight to their health projects around world. Find out more... More »
USC Professors Join the Institute of Medicine - 10/15/2009
"USC professors Mark Humayun and Dana Goldman have been named to the Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine..." More »
Bans 'do not cut abortion rate' - 10/13/2009
"Restricting the availability of legal abortion does not appear to reduce the number of women trying to end unwanted pregnancies, a major report suggests..." More »
Behind the Rising Doubts About Hailed AIDS Vaccine - 10/13/2009
"It is an emotional cycle familiar to most AIDS-vaccine researchers: the high of finally making measurable headway against HIV..." More »
Poorer nations get swine flu jabs - 10/12/2009
"About 100 developing nations will begin receiving donations of the vaccine against swine flu as early as November, the World Health Organization says. Millions of doses..." More »
Take a deep breath -- more bad news on air pollution - 10/12/2009
"The consequences of breathing bad air is linked to appendicitis and ear infections, new studies indicate. It's easy to see how air pollution would affect respiratory disease: You breathe in smog-filled miasma all day and the ozone, other noxious gases..." More »
Millions will starve as rich nations cut food aid funding - 10/11/2009
"Tens of millions of the world's poor will have their food rations cut or cancelled in the next few weeks because rich countries have slashed aid funding..." More »
Seeking safe passage: Curing a public epidemic - 10/10/2009
"Every year, scores of Chicago children are shot, knifed and beaten on the city streets. Almost as frequently, new policing strategies are rolled out, anti-violence programs..." More »
Calorie Postings Don’t Change Habits, Study Finds - 10/10/2009
"A study of New York City’s pioneering law on posting calories in restaurant chains suggests that when it comes to deciding what to order, people’s stomachs are more powerful than their brains..." More »
Male, white-collar, in mid-30s - NHS gambling centre reveals typical addict - 10/10/2009
"The corrosive effect of “problem gambling” on the educated middle classes is revealed today in an audit from the country’s first NHS gambling centre..." More »
D’oh! Homer Simpson to teach us healthy living - 10/10/2009
"HOMER SIMPSON is known for munching doughnuts and swigging beer, but the Department of Health has decided that his family’s lifestyle is healthy enough to enlist them in an anti-obesity campaign..." More »
How to Stop the Counterfeit-Medicine Drugs Trade - 10/10/2009
"The next time you're tempted to buy Viagra, Lipitor or some other medication online, ponder this: there's a high likelihood that what you buy will be fake. The pill or vaccine may contain a much..." More »
Energy drinks well over limit - 10/10/2009
"Energy drink manufacturers are exploiting a legal loophole and selling over-the-counter products with unsafe levels of caffeine..." More »
India pregnancy deaths 'needless' - 10/9/2009
"Tens of thousands of women die in India during pregnancy or childbirth or soon after giving birth, a new report says..." More »
More rain sends Filipinos to the rooftops - 10/9/2009
"After one dam collapses, Philippines officials release a wall of water from the San Roque dam, part of Pangasinan province's major river system. New flooding has put 60% of the province underwater." More »
President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize - 10/9/2009
"The Nobel committee notes 'his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.'" More »
New rules, new smoke signals - 10/9/2009
"Color shift called trick to subvert word ban. The cigarettes in the royal blue package aren’t Pall Mall Lights anymore. Now, they’re called Pall Mall Blues. Salem Lights, once sheathed in a kelly green box, are now cloaked in pastels and white..." More »
Obesity and mental health linked - 10/9/2009
"People with mental health problems are likely to avoid gyms and physical exercise due to embarrassment and fear of being judged, a survey has found.The Scottish Association for Mental Health..." More »
Two million slum children die every year as India booms - 10/8/2009
"Save the Children says state-run health system is failing to give skilled care to poor. India's growing status as an economic superpower is masking a failure..." More »
In Guatemala, drought leaves hundreds suffering from malnutrition - 10/8/2009
"ALAPA, Guatemala -- Some children check in. Others don't get to. Those who make it to the Nicolasa Cruz hospital do so because a parent..." More »
Carter seeks to boost Caribbean malaria fight - 10/7/2009
"Former President Jimmy Carter traveled to Haiti and the Dominican Republic to meet political leaders, health workers and malaria victims Wednesday in hopes of jump-starting efforts to eradicate the disease..." More »
Vaccines for drug addiction show promise - 10/6/2009
"A cocaine vaccine reduced use in 38% of addicts, according to a new study. Nicotine, heroin and methamphetamine vaccines are in the works." More »
Three Americans Share Nobel Prize for Medicine - 10/5/2009
"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded this year to three American scientists who solved a problem of cell biology with deep relevance to cancer and aging. The three will..." More »
Indonesia Shifts From Rescue to Recovery - 10/5/2009
"LUBUK LAWEK, Indonesia — The arrival of heavy machinery in this tiny village on Monday allowed search teams to reach deeper into a region devastated by a series of landslides..." More »
HIV Vaccine Possibility After Scientists Rebuild Camouflage Mechanism - 10/5/2009
"A critical camouflage mechanism that allows HIV to hide from the body's defences and foil immunisations has been rebuilt..." More »
Overweight mothers linked to infant heart defects - 10/2/2009
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women who are overweight or obese when they get pregnant are more likely to give birth to children with congenital heart defects..." More »
Better Strategy Needed to Stop TB in Africa, Says Doctor - 10/1/2009
"In southern Africa, TB infection rates are rising rapidly. And it may be a result of conditions similar to those that existed many years ago in the West..." More »
CHAD: Acute malnutrition high in eastern town - 10/1/2009
"Aid workers are looking at how to boost children’s nutrition and overall health in eastern Chad’s main city, Abéché, after a survey revealed that 20.6 percent..." More »
Indonesia Quake Kills Hundreds and Traps Many More - 10/1/2009
"PADANG, Indonesia -- At least 777 people were dead and an unknown number of people remained buried under rubble a day..." More »