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Public health and hurricanes

In the first study ever to evaluate urban sediment after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, scientists from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science have published their findings in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pointing to the need for rapid environmental assessments.

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1. Hurricane Katrina evacuees had deep distrust of public health authorities
   05-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
   While investigating the impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans evacuees, a group of UCLA researchers stumbled across something they had not been looking for -- the deep level of distrust the largely minority victims felt toward public health authorities. In a study appearing in the May issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, the researchers write that this distrust likely played a role in residents' response to evacuation warnings and advice.
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2. Survey of hurricane preparedness finds one-third on high risk coast will refuse evacuation order
   07-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
   In new survey of people in high-risk hurricane areas conducted by Harvard School of Public Health one-third (31 percent) said if told by govt. to evacuate due to a major hurricane, they would not leave. This is an increase from 2006 when 23 percent said they would not evacuate. The survey was conducted in eight SE states in counties within 20 miles of the coast. and is meant for govt. emergency planning.
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3. Re-analysis of cigarettes confirms tobacco companies increased addictive nicotine 11 percent
   01-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A re-analysis of nicotine yield from major brand name cigarettes sold in Mass. from 1997 to 2005 has confirmed that manufacturers steadily increased the levels of this addictive agent. Increases in smoke nicotine yield per cigarette averaged 1.6 percent each year or about 11 percent over a seven-year period (1998-2005). Harvard School of Public Health researchers found manufacturers accomplished the increase not only by intensifying nicotine concentration but also by modifying design features to increase the number of puffs per cigarette.
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4. Absence of health insurance coverage costs $1.47B in Maryland
   02-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Expenditures for the uninsured in Maryland totaled $1.47 billion in FY2002, according to an analysis conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The sum equates to $2,371 per individual without health insurance -- paid for by state and federal funds, private insurance companies, physicians, charities and the uninsured themselves. The study is published in the February 2007 edition of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.
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5. A safe folic acid boost from flour
   03-21-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Public consumption of folic acid from fortified flour at current mandated US levels (100 microgram/day) and at double this amount is probably safe, at average intakes, according to an article published today in the open access journal BMC Public Health. The research has implications for the UK and Republic of Ireland, which plan to follow the US by adding folic acid to flour to help prevent neural tube defects in the near future.
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6. Higher trans fat levels in blood associated with elevated risk of heart disease
   03-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) provides the strongest association to date between trans fat and heart disease. It found that women in the U.S. with the highest levels of trans fat in their blood had three times the risk of CHD as those with the lowest levels.
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7. Expert's concerns about child mental health services
   04-11-2007 · University of Bath
   One of the UK's leading experts takes a critical look at child mental health services by examining the evidence, practice and future of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) at a public lecture (6.15pm Tuesday 18 April 2007).
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8. Hep. C negatively impacts HIV
   05-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) have found that persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), who also have alcohol problems, were negatively affected by co-infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). These findings appear in the June issue of Alcoholism: Clinical Experimental Research.
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9. Public health in developing countries to suffer most from climate change
   06-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Climate change is an emerging threat to global public health. It is also highly inequitable, as the greatest risks are to the poorest populations, who have contributed least to greenhouse gas emissions. Climate Change and Developing-Country Cities, one of the articles in the current supplement to Springer’s Journal of Urban Health focuses on the implications for environmental health and equity.
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10. Long heat waves boost hospital admissions
    08-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
    Summer heat waves significantly increase pressure on hospitals, according to research published in the online open access journal, BMC Public Health. The good news for hospital staff is that scorching weather must last four or more days before admissions rise significantly.
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