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		Coalition of 18 Health Organizations Releases Recommendations for Improved Disaster Response 07/18/2007 Today a coalition of 18 health organizations* led by the American Medical Association (AMA) and American Public Health Association (APHA) released a consensus report with 53 strategic recommendations for legislators, government officials and organizational leaders to more effectively prepare for and ... Read More

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		With Age Comes Resilience, Storm's Aftermath Proves 09/15/2005 WINSBORO, La. -- As captured by searing images on television, Hurricane Katrina seemed to single out the elderly for particular punishment -- people such as 86-year-old Pearline Chambers. She spent two days alone in her one-story house in the submerged Ninth Ward of New Orleans, with hurricane ... Read More

		Global Health Chief to Leave Gates Foundation 09/15/2005 Richard D. Klausner, global health director for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and former chief of the National Cancer Institute, said yesterday that he will leave the Seattle foundation Dec. 31 to start a new venture. Klausner said his decision to resign has "absolutely" nothing to ... Read More

		At Risk Before the Storm Struck 09/15/2005 After Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast two weeks ago, doctors at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta saw a diabetic evacuee who had gone without medication for several days, his blood sugar level alarmingly high. They saw a breast cancer patient who didn't know what her medication was called, only ... Read More

		45 Bodies Found In La. Hospital 09/15/2005 NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 12 -- The bodies of 45 patients left in a hasty evacuation were recovered from a New Orleans hospital, officials said Monday, as the city braced for the scenes left by the receding waters. The news of the grim recovery at the Memorial Medical Center, the largest such discovery ... Read More

		Next Threat: Illness 09/15/2005 Loss, hunger and mass displacement aren't the only predictable elements of a natural disaster. There's also disease. With tens of thousands of hurricane survivors crowded into shelters around the country and others refusing or unable to leave spots contaminated by floodwaters, public health officials ... Read More

		Many Body-Conscious Teens Use Supplements to Improve Physique 08/01/2005 Newswise — A nationwide survey of more than 10,000 adolescents, published in the August issue of Pediatrics, reports a high rate of concern about body image in both boys and girls, and finds that adolescents with such concerns are much more likely to use hormones and dietary supplements to enhance their ... Read More

		Older Americans With New-Onset Diabetes Have High Risk of Pancreatic Cancer 08/01/2005 Newswise — In a groundbreaking population-based study, researchers in Mayo Clinic Cancer Center found that new onset of hyperglycemic diabetes in adults age 50 or older may be a signal of underlying pancreatic cancer. The risk of developing the cancer within three years after a new diagnosis of diabetes ... Read More

		Gene Silencing Technique Offers New Strategy for Treating, Curing Disease 08/01/2005 Newswise — A new technique aimed at directly controlling the expression of genes by turning them on or off at the DNA level could lead to drugs for the treatment or cure of many diseases, say researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. “Virtually every disease starts at the level of malfunctioning ... Read More