Cancer Protection Compound Abundant In Broccoli Sprouts
...large quantitiesof broccoli to get any significant promotion of Phase 2 enzymes," Talalay says. Clinical studies are currently under way to see if eating a few tablespoonsof the sproutsdaily can supply the same degree of chemoprotection as one to two pounds ofbroccoli eatenweekly. The sprouts look and ta...Forum Urges Medicare Reform To Emphasize Health Promotion
...care coverage for prevention programs and wellness promotion is a sound investment for the future of Medicare, so it may be included as part of the Commission's recommendations." Dr. Rowe , President of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, said that Medicare presentl......ntion programs, such as blood screening and condom promotion programs. The drug interventions become still more economical if it is possible toreduce the costs of counseling and testing pregnant women for HIV withoutcompromising the quality of these services. Study co-investigators are James G. Kahn, MD, ...UNC-CH Researchers Learning Ways To Help Black Women Cope With HIV
...with medications and which necessitatesgood health promotion and disease prevention to extend life and improve health,"she said. "We use mothers' concerns about staying healthy so they can take careof their children to motivate them." Information packets discuss diet and exercise; understanding, preven...Health Promotion: Can Scare Tactics Work?
Health promotion campaigns that play on fear may be promotingcounter-productive effects if they aren't designed correctly, warns a team ofresearchers who field tested one such campaign. Researchers at Michigan State University found that the key to ensuringsu...Wine Drinkers May Be At Lower Risk Of Certain Cancers Than Beer Or Spirits Drinkers
...s, which has been shown to inhibit the initiation, promotion and progression of cancer. Contact: Dr Morten Gronbaek, Senior Research Fellow, Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Studies, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark...PAHO Working With Affected Communities In Central America
...n control of mosquitoes and other disease vectors, promotion of safe food handling in shelters and affected areas, and mental health for people affected by the disaster. The Organization is working with Honduras in damage evaluation and reconstruction project design, and in the Relief Supplies Management Proje...Nurse Practitioners Reducing Costs, Expanding Care
...ged the focus of medicalpractice to that of health promotion and wellness," explains Sharon Wilkerson,assistant head for graduate studies at Purdue University's School of Nursing."That's where the advanced practice nurse can really make a difference as aprovider -- and the numbers we see indicate that the nati...Dental Researchers Retract Statement Indicating Hydrogen Peroxide May Be Cancer Promoter
...fluorescence cannot be interpreted as being due to promotion ofprecancerous lesions or of cancerous lesions by hydrogen peroxide in this study. "As stated in the original press release dated 3/12/99, this was onlypreliminary data, and as of now, no macroscopically visible cancers have beendetected, nor...For Breast Self-Examination, Once A Month Is Quite Enough
...examinedthemselves daily or weekly. Current health promotion efforts seek mostly to alert and motivate at-risk womenat the low end of the self-examination scale. For the high-end self-examiners,these programs need to be broadened to include the message that daily or weeklyexaminations may not improve cancer d...Rice, Medical Center Institutions Join Forces On Health Initiative
...d Medical Center in Boston and professor of health promotion andchairman of the Mind/Brain/Body Society and Health Initiative at HarvardUniversity. Formerly, Tarlov was president of the Henry J. Kaiser FamilyFoundation in California and chairman of the Department of Medicine at theUniversity of Chicago. ...British Adolescents Need Government Support To Help Clean Up Their Act
...riority for co-ordinated national and local health promotion among young people. Prof McKee suggests that the problem is wider than sexual health and cites teenage drug taking, smoking and drinking as other areas of concern, particularly when British teenagers' behaviour is compared with that of their western ...Testosterone Is Mixed Blessing To Men's Health
...sterone levels may beworthwhile in terms of health promotion and disease prevention efforts, say theresearchers. Regular monitoring of testosterone levels would make it easier tooptimize the sensitive balance between testosterone's positive and negativeeffects, especially if it is done as part of overall physi...Children CATCH on to heart-health messages
... CATCH was the largest school-based health promotion study ever done inthe U.S. The study, funded by th...ls. It sought to determine ifmulticomponent health promotion efforts targeting both children's behaviors andthe schoolenvironment, including classroom curricula,...Women in ethnic minorities may be missing benefits of HRT
...rosis. They conclude that opportunities for health promotion amongst women from ethnic minorities may be being missed and that further work to explore the reasons for the differences is needed. Contact: Professor Derek Cook, Department of Public Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, LondonEmail...Health plays a crucial role in California labor market, according to UCSF researchers
...addition, 40 percent of workers report receiving a promotion or getting a better job in the past year and 60 percent report an increase in earnings. The nature of employment in California, according to researchers, is changing. Californians switch jobs frequently and few (33 percent) have "traditional emplo...UCSF hosts educational symposium on menopause
...s,common herbs and dietary supplements, and health promotion strategies. The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, UCSF Women's Healthand UCSF Women's Health Resource Center are sponsoring the symposium inconjunction with the UCSF School of Pharmacy, and the UCSF School of Medicine....Indiana University Cancer Center receives National Cancer Institute designation
...ged with their cities andstates, especially in the promotion of health, wellness, longevity and qualityof life," said IUPUI Chancellor Gerald L. Bepko. The IU faculty members affiliated with the IU Cancer Center are recognized fortheir excellence in developing gene therapies for bone marrow diseases such asleu...USC receives $12.8 million to study teen smoking
...The institute, which has a strong record of health promotion efforts relating totobacco, also is linked to such important USC resources as the USC/NorrisComprehensive Cancer Center and the new USC Neurogenetics Institute. The centerwill be housed on or adjacent to the USC Health Sciences Campus....General hospitals are contributing to health promotion and disease prevention in their communities, yet t...e focused on acute medical care rather than health promotion and disease prevention," said lead researcher Peter C. Olden, PhD, director of the Graduate Health A...