RAND study finds walking more likely in neighborhoods with more 4-way intersections
...survey information from residents in 10 major U.S. cities about their walking habits and compared the result...terviews of 42,033 households nationwide. The main cities were Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco a...Concentrations of certain toxins in breast milk are low, study finds
... are comparable to what has been reported in inner cities across the United States, the researchers say. "Therefore, it's also likely that the levels of VOCs in human milk that we found are typical for lactating women living in urban areas," Buckley said. VOCs are a fact of modern life nearly every hum...Passive smoke in workplace increases lung cancer risk
...tayner said, has important policy implications for cities and states that have not yet legislated smoking bans in bars and restaurants where there are high levels of environmental smoke. ...RAND study of Los Angeles County neighborhoods and their impact on children enters second phase
...helps schools decide how to engage parents, guides cities as they build and staff parks, and influences many...eing of kids and adults comes from studies done in cities on the East Coast and in the Midwest," Sastry said. "But Los Angeles represents how the nation has ...Human circadian clocks couple to local sun time
...ps corresponded to individuals living in towns and cities of larger sizes. The researchers found that within the first group--individuals in more lightly populated regions--chronotypes were tightly coupled to sun time, while within groups corresponding to more densely populated towns and cities, chronotyp...Trans fat ban: Watch saturated fats and calories too
...and obesity." Lichtenstein recommends that other cities monitor the successes and challenges of the trans fat ban in New York City before implementing their own regulations, and also advises that the focus on the new regulations shift to the mandate to display calorie labeling in food service establishmen...Physicians enlisted in efforts to keep demented drivers off the road
...en Missouri locations, including a number of rural cities with large elderly populations. The presentations were organized with assistance from local chapters of the Alzheimer's Association and other groups. "We found a significant change in the willingness of participants to ask their patients questions ...Travel ban could reduce spread of SARS or other infectious diseases
...ed in Stockholm and where travel between towns and cities was subsequently restricted. The results of the simulations show that restricting travel so that all trips further than 50 km are banned would reduce the number of infected individuals by 50% and the number of affected municipalities by over 80%. A...Hospital palliative care programs continue rapid growth
...(COTH) members have a program 46% of hospitals in cities with a population of 1-2.5 million have a program Larger hospitals, academic medical centers, not-for-profit hospitals (including those affiliated with the Catholic Church) and VA hospitals are significantly more likely to develop palliative care p...OPICAN study in seven Canadian cities reveals prescription opioid abuse more prevalent than heroin
...20, 2006) A new study conducted in seven Canadian cities reveals that prescription opioids, and not heroin,...er and Montreal. It was de facto absent in smaller cities like Edmonton, Quebec City or Fredericton. And, in all study sites, there was a significant decline ...Adolescent girls more active if neighborhoods have parks
...team tracked 1,556 girls in the sixth grade in six cities and counted the average number of public parks within a half-mile radius of the homes of girls in the cities. The girls were fitted with accelerometers - devices that measure physical activity - and were monitored for six days. The study sites inclu...Want fair and affordable health insurance for the uninsured? Ask the public to design it
...Massachusetts to Hawaii, many states, counties and cities are working on ways to provide new health insurance options to the 45 million Americans who lack health coverage. But the devil's in the details: Which treatments and preventive measures will the new plans cover? How much will they charge for docto...Global Environmental Change and Human Health: New project launched at GEC Conference in Beijing
...cling of elements and nutrients, and the spread of cities all pose risks to the wellbeing and health of human populations and need further study. ESSP's new Global Environmental Change and Human Health project aims to: Identify and quantify health risks posed by GEC, now and in the near future; Descr...Park your car and walk to store, school, work
...body of evidence that shows a link between how our cities are designed and built and how much activity we get. Many of the study's recommendations focused on wrestling us away from our cars, says Brennan Ramirez, who also directs Transtria, a public health research and consulting company. "The number o...In case of pandemic flu majority of Americans willing to make major changes in their lives
...s of interventions in the 1918 pandemic, comparing cities that intervened early and those that intervened late, to assess the difference in epidemic curves in these groups of cities. This is the first report to attempt to tap the public's intentions when faced with the specific circumstances of an outbr...Global warming and your health
...in our larger cities." Thirteen of the 20 largest cities on earth are located at sea level on coasts, Parker points out. "As sea level rises, there go our medical institutions, water treatment plants, emergency response units such as fire departments and ambulances. The bulk of the services designed to kee...Women worldwide more at risk of violence from an intimate partner than from other people
...t 12 months, was estimated to be between 4% in the cities in Japan and Serbia and more than 30% in the rural sites in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Peru. Severe acts of violence were more common in traditional rural settings compared with industrial settings. The analysis showed that women's education, age, and ...Italian public smoking ban leads to fall in hospital heart attack admissions in under 60s
...ban smoking in public areas and some US states and cities instituted smoking-free regulations before the European Union. Ireland was the first northern hemisphere country to ban smoking in enclosed places from March 2004 and has become the leading model for Europe. Norway, Sweden, Italy and Scotland have in...Reforms to gun dealer sales practices reduce supply of new guns to criminals
...w no change in gun trafficking in three comparison cities in the Midwest. Daniel Webster, ScD, MPH, lead author of the study and co-director of the Johns Hopkins's Center for Gun Policy and Research, said, "There is a long-standing and contentious debate about whether licensed gun dealers play a role in il...'Ticking time bomb': Prisons unprepared for flu pandemic, says new SLU research
...u pandemic is compelling hospitals, businesses and cities to develop preparedness plans, one of the most potentially dangerous breeding grounds of disease is woefully ill-prepared for a crisis, according to a new study being presented today by researchers at Saint Louis University. "There's a real failure...