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Valid, robust, easy to construct, and easy to interpret measure that could be used by any state health department for any health outcome

Five years in the making and available at no charge, the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project Monograph gives officials and researchers for the first time a systematic way to monitor health disparities across a wide range of outcomes using basic socioeconomic information.

7 Jul 2004

The impact of rotavirus on the world’s children

With vaccines against the killer disease of rotavirus almost in hand, government representatives, scientists, public health professionals and vaccine industry representatives will be convened in Mexico City to review progress toward safe, effective rotavirus vaccines and address the question of how to make sure they get to the world’s poorest children

7 Jul 2004

New Zealand research to help reduce depression amongst stroke victims

Every year thousands of New Zealanders have a stroke and about a third of them experience “post-stroke depression”, something a researcher at The University of Auckland is hoping she can change.

6 Jul 2004

Teenage girls in the U.S. bombarded by more alcohol advertising than boys

In 2002, underage youth saw more alcohol advertising than adults in magazines, and girls were even more exposed to this advertising than boys, according to a study in the July issue of The Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

6 Jul 2004

Severe sepsis causes around one in ten cancer deaths each year in the USA

Severe sepsis, is a costly complication in hospitalized cancer patients causing around one in ten cancer deaths each year in the USA, according to an article published today in Critical Care.

5 Jul 2004

Guidelines for determining the best possible time to receive bone marrow transplants

Bone marrow transplant, the only cure for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), is a life-saving procedure but carries with it many risks and potential side effects.

2 Jul 2004

Exercise found to be equally effective as diuretics in preventing high blood pressure and an enlarged heart

Only recently was a type of diuretic known as thiazides been found to be superior to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and calcium antagonists (calcium channel blockers) in preventing one or more major types of cardiovascular disease.

30 Jun 2004

Four most common cancers accounted for over half of the 225,000 new cases of malignant cancer registered in England in 2001

The four most common cancers - breast, lung, colorectal and prostate - accounted for over half of the 225,000 new cases of malignant cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) registered in England in 2001.

30 Jun 2004

Male is often to blame for difficulties encountered when giving birth

A load of old bull or confirmation of what women have long assumed – the male is often to blame for difficulties encountered when giving birth.

28 Jun 2004

Molecular biologists find chink in the armor of Candida, the most common human fungal pathogen

Molecular biologists at Rice University have discovered a key defense mechanism that the yeast Candida albicans uses against attack by the human immune system.

26 Jun 2004

There are 9.8 million cancer survivors in the United States

A cancer survivor is defined as anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, from the time of diagnosis through the balance of his or her life. The findings are published in the June 25 issue of CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, "Cancer Survivorship - United States, 1971 - 2001."

24 Jun 2004

Only about one in twenty women consistently utilized annual mammography over ten years

Women across age, racial and socioeconomic spectrums underutilize the recommended annual breast cancer screening, effectively reducing the life-saving benefits of annual mammography.

24 Jun 2004

Fewer high school students are smoking these days

Just 22% of high school students smoked in 2003, the CDC reported in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Vol. 53, No. 23: 499-502). That compares to 36% who smoked in 1997, and 28.5% who did so in 2001.

24 Jun 2004

Pollution kills more than three milion children under the age of five every year

Around the world, polluted air and water and other environment-related hazards kill more than three milion children under the age of five every year.

24 Jun 2004

Thailand aims to reduce HIV prevalence among adults to 1 percent by 2006

Thailand has already met most of the development goals agreed at the U.N. Millennium Summit attended by world leaders four years ago.

24 Jun 2004

Law will create comprehensive care centers for those struggling with eating disorders

Legislation which will establish comprehensive care centers which will provide individualized, comprehensive and integrated plans of care for those suffering from Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and binge eating disorders.

21 Jun 2004

Promising new method for the assessment of ischemic heart disease

Despite recent decreases in mortality, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States.

21 Jun 2004

Pacific Island nations have among the highest traffic-related death tolls in the world

A collaborative study between The University of Auckland and the Fiji School of Medicine documenting the scale and nature of traffic injury in Pacific Island nations could help minimise death on the roads.

21 Jun 2004

Secrecy about HIV in Nigerian Navy could be fueling AIDS epidemic

They believe that secrecy about AIDS-related deaths, and multiple sex partnering in the Nigerian navy could be helping to fuel the HIV epidemic in Nigeria, Africa’s most populated country.

21 Jun 2004

Oxford researchers call for new malaria distribution maps

There is a pressing need to define accurate maps of global malaria risk if international initiatives to reduce the disease are to be fairly targeted.

20 Jun 2004

Mortality News and Research

Valid, robust, easy to construct, and easy to interpret measure that could be used by any state health department for any health outcome

The impact of rotavirus on the world’s children

New Zealand research to help reduce depression amongst stroke victims

Teenage girls in the U.S. bombarded by more alcohol advertising than boys

Severe sepsis causes around one in ten cancer deaths each year in the USA

Guidelines for determining the best possible time to receive bone marrow transplants

Exercise found to be equally effective as diuretics in preventing high blood pressure and an enlarged heart

Four most common cancers accounted for over half of the 225,000 new cases of malignant cancer registered in England in 2001

Male is often to blame for difficulties encountered when giving birth

Molecular biologists find chink in the armor of Candida, the most common human fungal pathogen

There are 9.8 million cancer survivors in the United States

Only about one in twenty women consistently utilized annual mammography over ten years

Fewer high school students are smoking these days

Pollution kills more than three milion children under the age of five every year

Thailand aims to reduce HIV prevalence among adults to 1 percent by 2006

Law will create comprehensive care centers for those struggling with eating disorders

Promising new method for the assessment of ischemic heart disease

Pacific Island nations have among the highest traffic-related death tolls in the world

Secrecy about HIV in Nigerian Navy could be fueling AIDS epidemic

Oxford researchers call for new malaria distribution maps

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