Taubman Health Sciences Library Blog- Blog Retired
- Global Innovation – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 20, 2014)
- Local Innovation & #MCubed – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 13, 2014)
- Open Access Journal on Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
- National Medical Librarians Month 2014
- Suicide Prevention & Trauma on Social Media – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 6, 2014)
- Radiation Oncology Journal Club (#RadOnc) – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 29, 2014)
- From the National Library of Medicine: Roosevelt at NIH
- Patients on the Right TEDMED Questions – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 22, 2014)
- TEDMED on Patient Engagement – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 15, 2014)
Tag Archives: health policy
First-ever quantitative data about the toll of BPA exposure
From Health Affairs: The risks of exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) have been well-known for some time. While exposure to BPA in the United States affects an estimated 92.6 percent of Americans over the age of five, there are gaps … Continue reading
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Tagged environmental health, health policy, obesity, research, risk
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E-cigarette poisonings & more in the new edition of Public Health Law News
From the CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local, & Territorial Support: The new edition of Public Health Law News reprints an article from USA Today on the rise in reports of poisonings in children by e-cigarettes. Other stories include reports … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, environmental health, health disparities, health policy, tobacco
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Making New York the healthiest state
From the Health Affairs Blog: In early December, the New York State Health Foundation and the New York State Department of Health cosponsored a summit focused on improving population health, with the title, “Making New York the Healthiest State: Achieving the Triple Aim.” We … Continue reading
Posted in Law & public policy
Tagged health care reform, health disparities, health policy, utilization
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Sugar-sweetened beverages playbook
One of the 4 legal tools discussed in the current issue of the CDC’s Public Health Law News, is a Sugar-sweetened beverages playbook from ChangeLab. The playbook offers a sequence of ten strategies—from public education campaigns to restrictions on the … Continue reading
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Tagged consumer health, food & nutrition, health behavior, health communication, health policy, obesity
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Project Tycho – Data for health
Project Tycho, from the University of Pittsburgh (with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & the National Institutes of Health), is a database created to advance the availability & use of public health data for science & policy. … Continue reading
Posted in Statistics
Tagged health policy, infectious diseases, research, statistics
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“Access to HIV care: Real results” & live stream of White House observation of World AIDS Day
From the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): On December 1, 2013, the Health Resources and Services Administration celebrated World AIDS Day to show our support and commitment to those who are living with the disease and to remember those … Continue reading
Better care at lower cost: Is it possible?
From the Commonwealth Fund: Evidence continues to pour in that America’s sky-high health care spending is not only unsustainable, it isn’t making us any healthier either—especially compared with other advanced countries. But what are we to do about it? In Better … Continue reading
Posted in Law & public policy
Tagged health care reform, health disparities, health policy
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New health policy brief: Specialty pharmaceuticals
From Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Specialty pharmaceuticals–drugs and biologics used to treat chronic, serious, or life-threatening diseases–are complex to manufacture and distribute, often difficult to administer, and may require special patient monitoring. They are a rapidly … Continue reading
Unpacking the FDA’s new Trans fat ban
Ten University of Michigan School of Public Health graduate students are once again blogging at Mind the Science Gap. Here’s a recent post on a ruling by the Food & Drug Adminstration on trans fats. Enjoy–& comment!
Sports-Related Concussions in Youth
New from the National Academies Press: In the past decade, few subjects at the intersection of medicine and sports have generated as much public interest as sports-related concussions – especially among youth. Despite growing awareness of sports-related concussions and campaigns … Continue reading
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Tagged environmental health, health behavior, health policy, risk science
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