Donate rice by learning language

by admin on May 11, 2012

  Do you like to play games? Who doesn’t? Everybody enjoys playing games. What about playing a game to advance your language skills? You can advance your knowledge in English, Italian, Spanish, French and Korean by FreeRice.com website. And guess what? for each correct answer, the program donate 10 grains of rice to people in [...]

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GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL TO CLOSE OPERATIONS

by admin on April 20, 2012

As a member of the Global Health Council, I was shocked when I saw the following announcement today.  It’s so sad to see a powerful player of the International health is going to end its operation after 4 decades of hard work and success.       GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL TO CLOSE OPERATIONS; Board Thanks [...]

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NIH launches online resource on behavioral and social science research methods

March 29, 2012

  A Web-based interactive anthology will provide psychologists, economists, anthropologists, sociologists and other scientists with the latest research methods and tools to address emerging challenges in public health, such as the obesity epidemic and the rise of chronic diseases such as heart disease. The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) at the National [...]

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Global Human Development Forum adopts ‘Istanbul Declaration’

March 23, 2012

Istanbul, March 23—Delegates to the first Global Human Development Forum today unanimously adopted an “Istanbul Declaration” calling on the world community to take bold action against global social inequities and environmental deterioration at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio this June. “It is time to reset the global development agenda,” the Istanbul Declaration [...]

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Community-engaged scholarship theme issue of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement

March 14, 2012

The just-published March 2012 issue of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement (JHEOE) is a thematic issue dedicated to: *Seven articles about Faculty for the Engaged Campus, a national initiative of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) in partnership with the University of Minnesota and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. *Three [...]

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Occupational Health: Risk Assessment and Management

March 13, 2012

This book provides the theory and the practice of risk assessment and management in the context of hazardous substances in the workplace based on a rational conceptual framework. Exposure to chemicals in industry and commerce is particularly important given the volume of chemicals used, the different forms in which they may exist and their range [...]

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An Environmentally Friendly Candel,

February 28, 2012

Traditional candles are made with paraffin wax which is a by-product of the petroleum industry and should be considered a non-renewable energy source. When burned they release carcinogenic toxins such as benzene, toluene, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein and soot into the air. The emissions from paraffin candles contain many of the same toxins produced by burning [...]

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Facebook statuses can predict signs of depression

February 24, 2012

  An interesting post wrote by Natt Garun on Digital Trends explains the likelihood of predicting signs of depression through Facebook status. There’s always that one friend on Facebook who keeps posting confessional statuses, emo pictures, or links of alarming mental states. We might see them as attention seeking or even get annoyed enough to [...]

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Why Contraception Is Not Being Discussed As A Women’s Health Issue

February 20, 2012

Media Matters reviewed all daytime, afternoon, and evening programming on MSNBC, CNN, and FOX between February 6, 2012, and February 10, 2012, for media reports that focused on the contraception debate controversy. Given that Rep. Ron Paul, Sen. John Barrasso, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius all currently hold a primary occupation as [...]

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The Effect of Community Engagement in Research on Mental Health

February 16, 2012

This community and academic partner co-authored article appears in the current (Nov 2011) issue of the journal Society and Mental Health: http://bit.ly/wBVbz4 An Exploration of the Effect of Community Engagement in Research on Perceived Outcomes of Partnered Mental Health Services Projects Dmitry Khodyakov, Susan Stockdale, Felica Jones, Elizabeth Ohito, Andrea Jones, Elizabeth Lizaola and Joseph [...]

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Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series

February 14, 2012

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has re-issued its Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series funding announcement.  The new announcement number is PAR-12-102. NICHD encourages Research Conference Grant (R13) applications to conduct health disparities-related meetings, workshops, and symposia. The purpose of the Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series is to bring together [...]

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More Salt In US Diet Comes From Bread And Rolls, Not Salty Snacks

February 12, 2012

Contained in the February edition of CDC Vital Signs, the report is timed to coincide with American Heart Month. Too much sodium in the diet increases the risk of high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Experts say most of the salt in the diet of Americans does not come [...]

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A leader in using SBIRT for health care settings

February 5, 2012

Since 1993, the BNI-ART Institute has been at the forefront of training health care providers in SBIRT, and disseminating SBIRT best practices based on lessons learned from research. SBIRT—Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment—is a practical, evidence-based method that health care providers can use to help patients overcome barriers to changing harmful behaviors.  These [...]

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iPad and Neckpain

January 29, 2012

Recently a new study was conducted by a group of researchers of Harvard School of Public Health and Microsoft corporation. The study aimed to determine how head and neck postures vary when using two media tablet (slate) computers in four common user configurations. Fifteen experienced media tablet users completed a set of simulated tasks with [...]

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Kidney transplantation and Facebook

January 2, 2012

Today the CBS news published an interesting story about using the Facebook for solving health problems including finding kidney’s donors. Damon Brown, 38, found a kidney on Facebook after telling his story on a page the Seattle dad created under the name, “Damon Kidney.” His friends and family forwarded the link to everyone they knew [...]

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6,000 nurses strike in California

December 24, 2011

CNN reported from California that  About 6,000 California nurses staged a one-day strike at several hospitals Thursday, protesting what they called an “erosion of quality of care and cuts to patient protections,” National Nurses United said. The Long Beach registered nurses are in a dispute with management over RN-to-patient staffing levels and safe patient lift [...]

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Work makes mothers happier and healthier

December 13, 2011

Source : The Los Angeles Times In the study, published in the December issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, 1,364 mothers were interviewed and observed beginning right after the birth of their child through fifth grade about such subjects as depression, health status, juggling work and family life, and parenting. Families were from 10 locations [...]

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Night shift work linked to diabetes

December 12, 2011

A story wrote by Deborah Kotz  ,was published at the Boston Globe today, discusses the association between night shifts and diabetes. Deborah wrote: Night shift work has long been associated with a string of health problems such as sleep disorders and an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. In a new study, Harvard [...]

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Abortions do not increase chances of mental illness

December 10, 2011

According to a story published by the Guardian two days ago, having an abortion does not increase a woman’s chance of developing mental health problems, according to a large study that challenges anti-abortion groups’ claims that termination causes trauma and depression. The research, commissioned by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and funded by the [...]

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Two-day diet could reduce breast cancer risk

December 9, 2011

In a post published today at the Telegraph, it is indicated that the two-day diet could reduce breast cancer risk. Researchers at the University Hospital in South Manchester are claiming that observing a strict two-day diet, rather than trying to constantly cut calories, is a more effective way to loose weight. The study, lead by [...]

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