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Three Day Event Features Comedy All-Star Review August 2nd at Dodge Theater With Headliner Bill Engvall

Milken Institute on Twitter LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - July 17, 2009) - Harold Cole of Penn and Lee Ohanian of UCLA argue that FDR's New Deal, specifically the National Industrial Recovery Act,...

Heavy-drinking adolescents are more likely than their peers to have behavioral and attention problems and suffer from anxiety and depression. Investigators from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) reviewed a survey of nearly 9000 Norwegian teenagers aged 13-19 years. ... ...

Researchers say the data is by no means conclusive, and they urge patients to continue taking the medication.

Daily Monitor Reports On Success, Expansion Of Pilot Study Using Health Text Messages The Daily Monitor reviews the success of the recent 10-day 'Texting4Health' pilot study in Uganda that used cell phones to 'gauge the basic health knowledge' of subscribers to the MTN network.

In honor of the Obama administration FINALLY passing strong anti-tobacco legislation (which had been stalled in Congress since 1994), I decided to revisit Jason Reitman's excellent, hilarious black comedy about the tobacco industry, Thank You For Smoking. . . . Another magical thing about cigarettes is their truly awesome killing power. Cigarettes kill roughly 400,000 Americans a year (about 1,100 people a day) and snuff out between one third and one half of all smokers. As Chris Rock said, cigarettes are so deadly that they even kill people who don't smo . . . So will the Nick Naylors of the world soon become extinct? Not by a long shot. Howard Wolinsky and Alan Blum, writing for the Huffington Post, highlighted some of the many troubling loopholes in the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. Once again, Big Tobacco has worked its dark magic and is being treated as if it's some sort of responsible partner that deserves a seat on the FDA's tobacco advisory board. The f

The Royal College of Nursing and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health commented on a new report from the Care Quality Commission, Safeguarding children: a review of arrangements in the NHS for safeguarding children. The report found that some providers had excellent systems and staff were delivering good practice, however in others training and evaluating procedures were patchy and many health organisations need to improve as a matter of urgency.

Title: Blacks Have Highest Obesity Rates in U.S.Category: Health NewsCreated: 7/17/2009 7:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/17/2009

Title: New Insights Could Help Shield Babies From Diarrhea BugCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/17/2009 7:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/17/2009

Title: Endometrial AblationCategory: Procedures and TestsCreated: 7/17/2009Last Editorial Review: 7/17/2009