Cleaning fluids used in hospitals may pose a health risk to both staff and patients. A pilot study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Environmental Health has found that potentially hazardous chemicals are contained in a selection of agents used in several different hospitals.
The study was conducted at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Sustainable [...]

As the Obama administration begins the important task of reinventing the American health care system, this study points to another hole in current USA health care and the need for more regionalized emergency care options.
Although most Americans live close to some type of emergency room, as many as one in four Americans are more than [...]

The link between emotion and physical health was strongest in the poorest countries surveyed
Research from the University of Kansas (KU) has spearheaded a new investigation into the link between emotions and health. The research proves that positive emotions are critical for upkeep of physical health for people worldwide, above all for those who are deeply [...]

by Barbara Loe Fisher
National Vaccine Information Center
February 2009 turned out to be a month when vaccine science was put on trial in the
U.S. Court of Claims in Washington, D.C., in mainstream media and on the internet, in the British Medical Journal and in vaccine safety research initiatives by the U.S. Department of Health and Human [...]

New edition of the Tobacco Atlas catalogs worldwide tobacco toll.
Tobacco projected to kill 6 million and drain $500 billion from global economy each year, more than 80 percent of deaths in low- and middle-resource countries
Today World Lung Foundation and the American Cancer Society published The Tobacco Atlas, Third Edition and released an online version of [...]

by Barbara Loe Fisher
National Vaccine Information Center
February 2009 turned out to be a month when vaccine science was put on trial in the
U.S. Court of Claims in Washington, D.C., in mainstream media and on the internet, in the British Medical Journal and in vaccine safety research initiatives by the U.S. Department of Health and Human [...]

In another sign of change in Washington, The Environmental Protection Agency will soon begin $2.25 million program to test the air in and around schools for toxins.
The program will be the first time tests are specifically aimed at air contamination near schools.
“Questions have been raised about air quality around some U.S. schools, and those [...]

A new Swedish study finds that parents can help their teenagers not start smoking. The study is published in the journal BMC Public Health has found that adolescents respond positively to their parents’ attitudes towards smoking.
The research utilized statistics obtained from three national surveys conducted by The National Board for Health and Welfare and The [...]

According to a new University of Georgia (UGA) study health agencies investigating Salmonella illnesses should consider untreated surface water as a possible source of contamination.
The study appears in journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. For the study, researchers tested rivers and streams in a region of south Georgia over a one-year period, finding Salmonella in [...]

More than a year after developing a unique neurological disorder, after they were exposed to the pig brain mist, the affected pork processing plant workers have improved. However, all have some continuing symptoms and many have ongoing mild pain, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 61st Annual Meeting [...]