Binge Drinking Leads to Neurocognitive Deficits Among College Students
... alcohol abuse, and further attention to treatment programs designed for adolescents is warranted."...Adults Who Are Overweight and Obese Experience a Lowered Response to Resistance Training
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...o child -- even when mothers take part in prenatal programs to prevent the spread of HIV. Now, new research ... new rapid syphilis test into prenatal HIV testing programs in Haiti can prevent more than 2,000 cases of stillbirth, neonatal death or congenital syphilis. '...New Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment Program in African Workplace
...anies must establish and expand HIV/AIDS workplace programs for all of their employees and their families.' ...glish, the tool shows how prevention and treatment programs in the workplace make an important contribution to fighting the HIV/AIDS pandemic, while also being ...June is National Scleroderma Awareness Month
...a campaigns, government proclamations, educational programs and special events. For more information about scleroderma, log on to the Scleroderma Foundation Web site, http: www.scleroderma.org....World No Tobacco Day Focuses on Secondhand Smoke
...cated in Washington, D.C., the foundation develops programs that address the health effects of tobacco use, es...grassroots marketing campaigns. The foundation's programs include truth(R), a national youth smoking prevention campaign that has been cited as contributing t...Bush Seeks Doubling of AIDS-fighting Funds
...ty leaders and visit with participants in HIV/AIDS programs during her trip to Zambia, Senegal, Mali, and Mozambique. And she's going to come back with her findings," the president said. Bush urged the US Congress to renew and double his President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has 15 b...Cot Death on Rise in Australia
...keswoman Angela Doyle said. Doyle said education programs about safe sleeping practices for babies had reduced cot deaths from more than 500 in 1988 and some parents now felt that SIDS was no longer a risk. "It is of grave concern that 20 years on, the statistics seem to reveal there could be a growing le...Activists Urge Greater Medical Support for Gulf War Veterans Exposed to Sarin Gas
...aken the DoD's credibility regarding controversial programs today. For example, the anthrax vaccine is mandatory for military personnel and civilians deploying to "high-threat" areas across the globe, including Iraq and Afghanistan, despite being linked to serious illnesses and even death among US service mem...G8 Members To Announce Plans To Increase HIV/AIDS Spending at Summit
...ersal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care programs by 2010, the Kyodo News reports. The draft document also says that member countries will work with donors and "contribute to ensure that multiyear funding based on ambitious but realistic targets is made available" to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,...New Strategy To Tackle Rheumatic Heart Disease
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...t 1-888-234-4YCC. This is the second year of radio programs produced by Yale Cancer Center. As a resource, archived programs are available in both audio and written versions on the Yale Cancer Center website at www.yalecancer...Toolkit to Assess Reproductive Health Needs of Displaced Women
...ganizations in selecting, promoting, and enhancing programs and services to improve the health of women and their families. Organizations that can benefit from the toolkit include CARE International, the American Refugee Committee, the International Rescue Committee, the African Medical Research Foundation,...Astrazeneca's Investigational Cancer Therapies Revealed at ASCO
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... nationally recognized diabetes disease management programs and diabetes centers of excellence for hospitals. ...will help PPOs develop the best and most effective programs to improve the health of people with diabetes and, as a result, reduce associated health-care costs"...Iowa to Receive Grant Funding for Youth Suicide Prevention, Early Intervention
...mmunity partners will provide early identification programs to high school youth and make appropriate referrals for services. The project also includes a public awareness campaign to promote project participation. SAMHSA is a public agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is re...Strict Exercise and Diet Regimens Might Lead to Osteoporosis in Women
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...d the United States started massive drug discovery programs based on the toll the parasite was having on soldiers -- more U.S. soldiers died from malaria in the Pacific than from all enemy fire, Roepe said. The Germans first invented chloroquine (CQ), a synthetic version of quinine, which quickly became th...Hunger Awareness Day to Shed Light on Surprising Face of Hunger June 5
...ill and the critically important federal nutrition programs it supports, America's Second Harvest released The Almanac of Hunger and Poverty in America 2007, a comprehensive guide to national and state facts on hunger and poverty in the United States. Designed as a campaign to link celebrities with the food...