Health links

Preventing diabetes by changing the schools

• About: Curriculums, materials and details of  “The HEALTHY Study”
• Q&A: How to interpret the research findings  
• Videos: Raw footage of 8th-grade gym class at Philadelphia’s Grover Washington Jr. Middle School . . . vending machines with all snacks 200 calories or less . . . interviews with study chair Gary Foster of Temple University
• Previous article: Study finds childhood obesity may be declining

Nutrition labels on restaurant menus

• Philadelphia: Ordinance phased-in starting Feb. 1.
• New Jersey: State law takes effect January 2011.
• Video: Researcher discusses impact of menu-labeling and gives tips on ordering for kids.

New genes for the blind

• Video: Corey Haas, legally blind, walks a maze using one untreated eye (3:41) . . . and then using the other eye, with corrective genes (0:36)
• Graphics: How the treatment works . . . and measuring the results
• Special Report: 18 months ago, envisioning a cure: article, slideshow and related links

Falls among the elderly

• CDC: Information, research and prevention
• Study on walking aids: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (pdf)

Haemophilus influenzae type b

• CDC: Q&A for Parents about the Return to the Hib "Booster" Dose
• Related article: Hib disease deaths put focus on vaccine shortage

Oaths of Hippocrates

• Then and now: From Greek to Christian to all-inclusive

Mercury in dental amalgam fillings

• Board of Health: Text of information sheet approved by Philadelphia City Council (pdf)

Hand-transplant surgery

• Video: Scenes from the operation, and interviews with Joshua Maloney and his doctors

Plain-English guides

• HTML, PDF, MP3: "Premixed Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults"

Advisory panel recommends flu shots for all kids

• CDC podcast | Interview with an expert about the update
• CDC transcript | Of podcast
• CDC vaccine guidelines | Currently in effect 
  
  

Are state health departments ready?

• Pennsylvania (pdf)
• New Jersey (pdf)
• CDC | Overview, other states, and the full federal report
  Infants' deaths lead to new possibilities
• 3 Angels Memorial Fund for ACD Research

• Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia Association

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• Sustaining the 'blood diamond' amputees

• Slide show | Sarah Bones documents the healing in Sierra Leone
• Promotional videos | Dan Kelly discusses how the clinic came to be 
• Global Action Foundation | Carrying out the vision  
• Inquirer archive | Photographer's firsthand look at a faraway world
  

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• 21st-century CPR

• Slide show | Resuscitation Anne gives a lesson
• Learn CPR | Find a class near you or get an at-home kit

• Video | Lugging the machine  to Penn in the wee hours
• UPenn | Architectural drawings, Web cam, background
• Inquirer archive | Proton beams can irradiate a tumor precisely

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• Pennsylvania to stop reimbursing for hospital mistakes

• Inquirer archive | A financial ouch for hospitals
• State of Pa.: Bulletin on hospital reimbursement policy
• State of Pa.: "adultBasic" insurance program
• State of Pa.: Gov. Rendell's "Prescription for Pennsylvania"    

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• Mysterious series of brain cancers at Rohm & Haas

• NIOSH: U.S. response to company study (pdf)
• Rohm & Haas: Letters to employees, Q&A, updates
• Inquirer archive: Previous coverage of Spring House cancer question   

• Articles and resources | Proposals in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and nationwide
   

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• Long-term risks from E. coli infection

• Video report | How to lower your risk
  

• Designing a smarter crash-test dummy

• Videos & more | How to help keep children of different ages safe in a crash
• Child-restraint laws | Details by state
  

• Pa. backs off controversial change in milk labels

• Agriculture Department | Text of new rules
• Column | On the Side: Hormones in milk: Don't ask, don't tell? (1/17/08)
• Article | Hormone labeling of Pa milk to end (12/23/07) - plus links to scientific reports, a consumers' blog, more

• U.S. Surgeon General’s Family History Initiative | Advice and a tool on how to track it
  

• New study planned on vitamin C as cancer fighter

• Jefferson University | Announcement of research
• Archives | Vitamin C revisited . . . pros, cons and resources

• Pa. Dep't. of Agriculture | On the new labeling standards
• Monsanto | About Posilac (rBST)
• Consumers Union | Blog on the milk controversy
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration 
• Health Canada
• European Commission
  

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• Guide to Type 2 diabetes meds

• AHRQ | New diabetes guide
• AHRQ | Other informational guides

• Trust for America's Health | Full report
• NIH | BMI calculator
• American Diabetes Association

• Tips | How to avoid backpack pain 

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• Pain medication

• Video | First person: living with pain (8/20/07)
• Video | Use of drugs for pain doubles (8/20/07)
• Data | Sales statistics by state and within states  

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• ICD Sports Registry

• Information about the study
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest Coalition

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• Recalled toys and other products

• All recalls | Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Lead exposure | Centers for Disease Control
• Mattel recalls | Mattel Inc.

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• Carnal Knowledge

• Interactive | 4Play by LifeStyles 
• Book details | The Humble Little Condom: A History

• Video | The Army discusses the problem
• Summary | The military's announcement, and suicide-prevention

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• Lyme disease

• CDC | Main Lyme disease information site
• Multidisciplinary | International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society
• Patient advocacy | Time for Lyme
• Patient advocacy | Lyme Disease Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania
• Patient advocacy | Lyme Disease Network of New Jersey 

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• Breaking the surgical ceiling

• Slide show | Jo Buyske in the operating room and at home
• Article | "Women in Surgery: The Same, Yet Different," by Jo Buyske 

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• Stimulating the brain

• Animation | How it works
• Audio | A mother's hope is rewarded
• Related links | Nature's news article, commentary, blog, weekly Podcast

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• Accutane

• FDA | The drug isotretinoin and the iPledge program

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• Hormone therapy

• Study | Women’s Health Initiative
• Multiple links | North American Menopause Society
• Multiple links | National Women’s Health Network
• Article | Hormone therapy: What happened? (11/2003)
• Article | Breast cancer drop linked to hormone therapy decline (7/25/2007)

• Full proposal, previous articles, hospital-acquired infection links

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• Snapshot on children's well-being

• Report | America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007

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• Shana Reif, cystic fibrosis poster child, dies at 32

• Out of Breath | Series of articles 2003-2005 - plus updated funeral details  

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• Breast-feeding in public

• 50-state summary of breast-feeding laws
• Pennsylvania bill as amended and sent to the governor

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• FDA recalls products from China

• Seafood | 6/28/07 recall
• Toothpaste | comprehensive site
• Pet food | comprehensive site

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• Wrong-site surgery

• Patient Safety Tips: "What You Can Do to Prevent Wrong-Site Surgery (pdf)
• Full report from Pennsylvania's Patient Safety Authority (pdf)
• Audio slide show presentation

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• Ovarian cancer: A not-so-silent killer

• New findings on symptoms, and the story behind the mural

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• Hormone therapy

• Estrogen for young postmenopausal women
  

• Video game addiction proposal

• Report | From AMA's Council on Science and Public Health (.doc)  
• Support | On-Line Gamers Anonymous
• Game | World of Warcraft is perhaps the most popular online 

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• TB patient (news updates)

• Video | Patient testified by phone to Senate panel (6/6)
• Links | CDC findings, Q&A, transcripts
• Article | Drug-resistant TB strain cropping up (5/7)
   

• Transplant plane crashes

• Video | No Survivors on Lake Michigan (6/5) 

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• Dan Gottlieb
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• Letters to Sam

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• Heart bypass in N.J.

• Read the full report (pdf) 
   
   

• Dr. Atul Gawande

• Slide show | in the OR
• Article | "Doctors who Wield the Pen to Heal the Profession"
• Review | "Two books by doctors explore controversial, intriguing topics"
• Home page | Dr. Gawande's bio, writings, reviews, related links

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• Sisters in golf carts

• Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
• Twilight Wish Foundation
• Article | "A dancing queen's last twirl"

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• Dan Gottlieb

• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy: on infidelity
• Columnist Dan Gottlieb's home page

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• Deaths after childbirth

• Memorial | Melissa Farah
• Memorial | Valerie Scythes

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• OxyContin
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• Drug-resistant tuberculosis
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• The narcotic and the plea agreements

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• "Just a Nurse"

• Photo exhibit info

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• Pet food (recall updates)

• FDA | recalled brands, serial numbers, Q&A
• Freshpet | all-natural dog food
• Article | For pets, organic chow is the new hot thing (4/16/07)

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• Comparing Pennsylvania and New Jersey hospitals and surgeons on cardiac care

• Report | Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (2005 data released 6/14/07)
• Report | New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services pdf (2004 data released 5/30/07)
• Article | Bypass rates decline in N.J. hospitals (5/31/07)
  

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• Too many Cesarean section deliveries?

• New England Journal of Medicine | “Cesarean Delivery and the Risk-Benefit Calculus” (3/1/07)
• Audio | NEJM interview with obstetrician Jeffrey Ecker about contributors to the increase in C-sections
• Slide show | NEJM presentation on cesarean delivery
• Graphic | National C-section delivery rates
• Graphic | C-section rates, 1989-2005
• Consensus statement | NIH State-of-the-Science Conference: Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request
• Plus-Size Pregnancy Website | Educational non-profit run by childbirth educator, freelance writer and “plus-size mom”
• Childbirth Connection | Non-profit organization that has worked to improve maternity care since 1918
• International Cesarean Awareness Network | Education and support non-profit devoted to preventing unnecessary C-sections    

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• Gov. Rendell's "Prescription for Pennsylvania"
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• Soldier suicides
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• Packs that ache
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• Flu shots mandated for N.J. preschoolers

• Concensus recommendations | Childhood Immunization Schedule (pdf)
• CDC | Vaccine information, details and links
• State Health Department | Announcement of rules change
  

• Black women's breast cancer risk underestimated

• Study summary | Journal of the National Cancer Institute
• Online risk calculator | Not revised - update expected in 2008
  

• Obesity rates seem to be steadying

• Read the report | Obesity among adults in the U.S. (8-page pdf)
• Graphic | What's Your Percentage of Body Fat?
• Online calculator | Figure your BMI 

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• CT scans may increase cancer risk

• Table | Typical Organ Radiation Doses
• Tips | How to Avoid Radiation Risks
• FDA | 2001 public health notification

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• Chantix: A better way to quit?

• Animation | Pfizer shows how it works
• Smoking cessation programs | At Penn . . . and around the region 
• Pennsylvania Medical Society | Tips and related links
• Philadelphia College of Physicians | Local health services: smoking
• Smoke Free Philly | Quit-smoking programs in several languages
• Article | Anti-smoking vaccine shows promise

• CDC | StairWELL to better health

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• "Cancer vaccine" tested in dogs

• National Cancer Institute | Comparative Oncology Program
• Penn Veterinary Medicine | Oncology clinical trials
• Penn’s Bellwether magazine | Dogging Cancer (pdf)

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• Toys made in China are recalled

• Video | Ingested Aqua Dot beads can release "date rape" drug
• CPSC | Toy recall details from Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Related stories

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• A surgical success for girl with four arms and four legs

• Video | 2-year-old Lakshmi is lively after the operation
• Photos | Before surgery, she had to drag extra limbs with her  

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• Antibiotic-resistant bacteria

• CDC | Drug-resistant organisms
• Q&A | The facts about MRSA

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• "Carnal Knowledge"

• Faye Flam's blog | Sex, Science and Voice Mail
• Paper | "The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness"
• Abstract | "The Interpersonal Power of Feminism: Is Feminism Good for Romantic Relationships?"

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• White House edits CDC director's testimony on health impacts of global warming

• Document | Draft of Julie Gerberding's comments, with changes marked (pdf)

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• Antibiotic-resistant staph infections

• CDC | FAQ on MRSA
• IDSA | Attack strategies from Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Article | "I want people to know how sick it made my son" (10/16)
• Article | New law targets tough infections in N.J. hospitals (8/3)
• Article | Pa. aims at staph infections (7/20)

• Recall | List of brands voluntarily recalled (10/11/07) 
• Advisory | FDA notice on over-the-counter remedies (8/15/07)
• Podcast & transcript | CDC report on infant deaths associated with cough medications (3/9/07)
• Documents | Voluminous briefing papers submitted for FDA committee meeting 10/18-19

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• Twin surgeons overseas

• Slide show | Drs. Vince and Vance Moss in Afghanistan

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• Neurofeedback

• How to find a qualified practitioner, plus video demos and related links

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• Mercury and vaccine safety

• CDC | Federal agencies' views and links
• New study | New England Journal of Medicine (9/27)
• SafeMinds | Consumer group with opposing view
   

• Obesity epidemic
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• Got rBST milk? Who knows?
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• Family history and cancer
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• Premixed Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults (HTML, PDF, MP3)

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• Salmonella outbreak in peanut butter

• FDA: Investigation updates and a searchable list of recalled products
• Philly.com: Most recent articles about the outbreak

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• For women with cancer gene . . .

• Film: Screening of documentary "In the Family"
• About: FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered)
• Read the report: Journal of the National Cancer Institute

• About: Artificial Retina Project
• Video: How it works (MP4)
• Inquirer archive: Gene therapy researchers bring sight to the blind
  

Stimulating the brain

• Video: Neuronetics demo of transcranial magnetic stimulation
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Search for research studies by treatment, condition or location
• University of Pennsylvania: TMS Treatment Program

Surviving AIDS in Philadelphia

• Video: Trailer from the movie (3:00)
• Archive: Interview with Sue Kehler on the set
• Update: High rate of HIV is "wake-up" call
• Fundraiser: AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania 

• “The Anxious Child”: American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Temple University Child & Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic
• Independent review: Coping Cat program
• Animation for kids: Coping Cat demo on how to deal with fear
  

Teens in transition: transgender resources

• Attic Youth Center: 255 S. 16th St., Philadelphia; 215-545-4331
• William Way LGBT Community Center: 1315 Spruce St., Philadelphia; 215-732-2220 
• TransYouth Family Allies: Holland, Mich.; 1-866-462-8932
• PFLAG Philadelphia: 215-572-1833
• TransFamily Cleveland
• TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation
• Rainbow Services: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto
  

2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine