Science news articles about 'health initiative'

... by gun and knife crime are costing the National Health Service in excess of £3million a year, new ... £3.2 million annually. "Public health initiatives that aim to reduce the incidence and severity of ...

... this research raise questions about the microbes living on and within people. A National Institutes of Health initiative is looking at helpful bacteria found on the skin, in the esophagus and in the ...

... high quality, useful information. Target public health initiatives on prevention and efforts to improve outcomes ... fundamental change. Windows of opportunity for real health reform do not stay open long ...

... in some countries. Dr Neovius and his colleagues therefore conclude that "overweight, obesity and smoking among adolescents remain important targets for intensified public health initiatives."

... key strategic documents published by major global health initiatives and agencies (the authors use the term "global ... actors do address weak health systems, they often do so in a way that selectively ...

... New research argues that the health of the population and the success or failure of many public health initiatives hinge as much on cultural and social factors as they do on doctors, facilities, or ...

... . at the mHealth Summit, a public-private partnership of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. Initial studies of the interactive diabetes self-management system, called the Chinese ...

... Prevention, Control and Cure Act (S. 626/H.R. 1283) proposes to strengthen arthritis public health initiatives, which would ensure that more people are diagnosed early and avoid pain and ...

... replacement therapy (HRT) use declined after the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study results were published ... woman should discuss her general health, and risk factors such as a family history, smoking ...

... confirm findings of two U.S. and U.K. studies (Women’s Health Initiative Study and Million Women Study) that caused a stir in 2002 and 2003,” says Professor Dr. Wilhelm Braendle of ...

... , Farida Sohrabji, PhD, of Texas A & M Health Science Center. In their study in rats, Amutha ... the menopausal stage in women." Since the Women's Health Initiative study found that long-term therapy ...

... said Wednesday they had reached a tentative agreement on a key obstacle to one of the most ambitious federal health initiatives ever, a $50 billion act to combat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in ...

... than six hours. So the overall public health impact of short sleep is probably larger than ... this analysis of data from the multi-ethnic Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. The study's 93, ...

... Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and her colleagues studied approximately 10,000 ... average age 63) taking part in the Women's Health Initiative, a study conducted in 40 clinical ...

... a third article, Lesley F. Tinker, Ph.D., of the Women's Health Initiative, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, Seattle, and colleagues studied the effects of eating a low-fat ...