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Courtesy: Young et al 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 [...] Courtesy of Children’s Organ Transplant Association 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 [...] Courtesy of CNN 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 [...] 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 [...] Today a report published by New York Times almost three years ago came to my attention. A campaign to reduce the obesity in Japan. Of course in a meticulous and serious Japanese way. Under a national law that came into effect three years ago, companies and local governments must now measure the waistlines of Japanese people [...] In a new study, functional MRIs show that meditators may be able to switch off areas of the brain linked to autism and schizophrenia. I’m sharing an article that was created by Hans Villarica based on the study at the Atlantic today. I thought you might be interested to read it here. PROBLEM: Meditation is powerful. [...] By Amber Dance, Special to the Los Angeles Times October 24, 2011 Two drug companies are testing formulations of universal flu vaccine in hopes of bringing a successful version to market in the coming years. Such a shot may work for several years, possibly replacing the annual flu shot. Increasingly, CBPR partnerships are looking for practical tools for evaluating policy and environmental change initiatives. The Northwest Health Foundation’s recently released Community Changes Guidebook is intended to help fill the gap! The guidebook was originally produced to improve program evaluation for the six grantees participating in the Foundation’s Alliance for the [...] The Community-Based Public Health Caucus invites abstracts related to the science and practice of community-based public health for the 139th American Public Health Association Meeting and Exposition to be held from October 29- November 2, in Washington, DC. The theme of the 2011 meeting is Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds & Bodies, [...] The National Congress of American Indians’ Policy Research Center has developed a Research Regulation Toolkit, an online collection of easy-to-use tools and resources to support tribal leaders and their communities in regulating research. The toolkit’s strategies, considerations, checklists and promising practices are intended to support tribal communities in maximizing the possible [...] |
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