Cancer Disparity Among Black Women Unresolved
Why are African-American women so much more likely to die of cancer than white women? Former cancer surgeon Dr. Harold P. Freeman took on the issue for the New York Times. He shares his observations. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - April 3, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
Join RWJF on Friday, April 4 for a Google+ Hangout on the 2014 County Health Rankings
Last week the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released its 2014 County Health Rankings, an annual assessment of how where we live, learn, work and play impacts our health. This coming Friday, April 4 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET, RWJF will be hostin... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - April 2, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
Smokers May Show Heart Disease Much Younger Than Nonsmokers
A smoker's coronary artery disease is likely to be as advanced as that of a non-smoker who is 10 years older when both show up at the hospital with a heart attack, according to a new study. Researchers looked at nearly 14,000 patients hospitalized wi... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 31, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
Flu Vaccine Cuts Hospitalization Risk for Kids, CDC Says
The flu vaccine reduced children's risk of developing a life-threatening influenza infection by three quarters during the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 flu seasons in the United States, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 28, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
Autism Rates Now 1 in 68 U.S. Children: CDC
One in 68 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a 30% increase from 1 in 88 two years ago, according to a new report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 28, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
US Cases of Invasive Cancer Drop Slightly
Rates of new cancer cases in the United States have fallen slightly in recent years, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between 2009 and 2010, the rate of invasive cancer in the country dropped from 459 new... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 27, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
Study: Mental Health Care Lacking in Some Counties
Some of the nation's counties have only one mental health provider per 55,989 people, a study released Wednesday shows. The shortage complicates efforts to fight stigma and get help for those most segregated by mental health issues. In other counties... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 26, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
1 in 25 Patients Gets Infection in Hospital
About 1 in every 25 patients seeking treatment at hospitals acquired an infection there in 2011, according to a new study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Patients acquired some 721,800 infections at hospitals that year, ac... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 26, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
How Your Housing Affects Your Health
Traditional factors still account for less robust health in some places, but there are others that you might not think of. Housing, for example, isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when we consider how to stay healthy. But the new County Health ... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 26, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
Tomorrow: Find Out Where Your County Ranks!
The fifth edition of the County Health Rankings will be released tomorrow, March 26, 2014 and at12:30 p.m. EDT, researchers and leadership from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute will host a... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 25, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
WHO: Air Pollution Caused One in Eight Deaths
An estimated 7 million people died due to air pollution globally in 2012, with more than half of the deaths linked to indoor smoke from cook stoves, according to a report by the World Health Organization. Air pollution is now the "single largest envi... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 25, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
Smoking Proves Hard to Shake Among the Poor
A new study shows that affluent counties have experienced the biggest declines in smoking rates, while progress in the poorest ones has stagnated. Smoking, the leading cause of preventable death in the country, is now increasingly a habit of the poor... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 24, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
Alcohol’s Role in Traffic Deaths Vastly Underreported, Study Shows
While much progress has been made in the fight against drunk driving, a new study from U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism indicates that alcohol-related traffic deaths are still vastly underreported on death certificates. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 24, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
Study: Powerful Painkillers Increasingly Prescribed In ERs
Emergency departments in America are increasingly prescribing strong painkilling drugs like Oxycontin and Vicodin amid rising use of the medications nationally. Prescriptions for narcotic painkillers, or opiates, in emergency departments rose 49 perc... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 22, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
Black-white Disparities Widening in U.S. Breast Cancer Deaths
In the largest cities in the U.S., death rates from breast cancer have dropped across the board over 20 years, but far less so for black women than whites, according to a new analysis. The widening survival gap is likely due to differences in the qua... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 21, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
