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Childhood Obesity Task Force Report

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:18-07:00May 17th, 2010|General, Prevention|

The President signed a Memorandum in February establishing the Task Force on Childhood Obesity and charged them with developing an interagency action plan to solve the problem of obesity in the US. The Task Force included the Secretaries of the Health, Agriculture, Interior, Education, Office of Management and Budget, Assistant to the President and Chief of [...]

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Proposition 100

By Will Humble|2010-05-14T09:22:07-07:00May 14th, 2010|General, Licensing, Preparedness, Prevention|

Next Tuesday is the Special Election for Proposition 100. It’s a 3-year, 1 cent sales tax that would benefit education, public safety and health services. According to Section 149 of the budget bill that was passed last session, “If proposition 100 is not approved by the voters at the May 18, 2010 special election, notwithstanding any [...]

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Arizona Stroke Research

By Will Humble|2010-05-10T08:55:18-07:00May 10th, 2010|Preparedness, Prevention|

Dr. Ben Bobrow, our EMS Medical Director is at it again, with yet another publication that positively measured the value and effectiveness of another public health intervention. Ben and his team published this month in Stroke and demonstrated that telemedicine is incredibly valuable for saving lives in rural and remote communities, by giving rural and [...]

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Colorectal Cancer

By Will Humble|2010-05-06T17:07:31-07:00May 6th, 2010|Prevention|

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer in Arizona, with 2,213 cases in 2006 (according to our Cancer Data Query System) But only about half the folks in Arizona take advantage of a simple screening test that can save their life. Last week, The Lancet published the first clinical trial that clearly demonstrates [...]

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How to Live 12 Years Longer

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:19-07:00April 30th, 2010|General, Prevention|

This week the Archives of Internal Medicine published the results of a 20-year lifestyle study on 4886 people in the UK between 1985 and 2005. The study compared mortality rates among the group and analyzed longevity’s relationship to behavior. The study compared people that had various bad behaviors- allocating 1 point for: 1) smoking; 2) [...]

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Clostridium difficile

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:19-07:00April 28th, 2010|Licensing, Preparedness, Prevention|

The Maricopa County Department of Public Health has discovered a pretty significant outbreak of a bacteria called Clostridium difficile this week. This organism can cause severe diarrheal illness, and is commonly associated with antibiotic use and healthcare facilities. Most people who come into contact with Clostridium difficile do not develop disease. Being on long-term antibiotics [...]

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New Strategies to Reduce NaCl Intake

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:20-07:00April 26th, 2010|Prevention|

Last Wednesday, April 21, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a new report on high blood pressure entitled Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States. The report was sponsored by the CDC, FDA, and NIH. High blood pressure is one of the nation’s leading causes of death, responsible for roughly one in six [...]

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Interesting Support for Overhauling Breakfast & Lunch Programs

By Will Humble|2010-04-23T15:49:11-07:00April 23rd, 2010|General, Prevention|

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that the US Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, passed legislation out of their Committee to reauthorize WIC and the other Child Nutrition Programs last week. It’s called the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The bill includes the reauthorization of the free and reduced lunch and breakfast [...]

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Interesting Support for Overhauling Breakfast & Lunch Programs

By Will Humble|2010-04-23T15:49:11-07:00April 23rd, 2010|General, Prevention|

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that the US Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, passed legislation out of their Committee to reauthorize WIC and the other Child Nutrition Programs last week. It’s called the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The bill includes the reauthorization of the free and reduced lunch and breakfast [...]

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Congratulations

By Will Humble|2010-04-15T14:11:48-07:00April 15th, 2010|Prevention|

Go out to our own Carol Hensell (from the Bureau of Women’s and Children’s Health). Carol won the 2010 Cherish the Children Award in the Individual category. This Award is given each April as part of Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month by the Greater Phoenix Child Abuse Prevention Council, a volunteer organization that works to [...]

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