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• New Evidence Provides Clinicians with Better Tools To Help Smokers Quit - 07-MAY-2008    An updated clinical practice guideline released by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) has identified new counseling and medication treatments that are effective for helping people quit smoking. The 2008 PHS guideline update was developed by a panel of leading national tobacco treatment experts that reviewed more than 8,700 research articles published between 1975 and 2007. The review found that there are now seven medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration as smoking cessation treatments that dramatically increase the success of quitting. The 2008 PHS guideline update also found evidence that counseling by itself or especially in conjunction with medication can greatly increase a person's success in quitting.

• CDC Study Shows Falls a Leading Cause of Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits for Infants Each Year - 07-MAY-2008    Half of the estimated 328,500 infants 12 months of age or younger who were treated for injuries in hospital emergency departments each year from 2001 to 2004 were injured as a result of a fall, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

• Report Finds Food Safety System in Crisis - 07-MAY-2008    Trust for America's Health (TFAH) has released a new report that identifies major gaps in the nation's food safety system, including obsolete laws, misallocation of resources, and inconsistencies among major food safety agencies.

• CDC Launches Study to Uncover the Mysteries of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - 29-APR-2008    Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta recently launched the most comprehensive population-based clinical study to date of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The study includes about 90 patients from Atlanta who will participate in the three-day in-patient clinical trial. Researchers hope results from the study will help them better understand how the syndrome affects people and lead to more successful treatment.

• First Nationwide Survey of Public Health Departments Shows Lack of Resources, Health Challenge When Facing Climate Change - 24-APR-2008    Climate change is a concern to most local public health directors but few have resources to tackle the problem, according to a national survey conducted by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and George Mason University.

• AHRQ and Ad Council Encourage Men to Take Preventive Steps in Their Health Care - 24-APR-2008    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) joined with The Advertising Council to launch a national public service campaign designed to raise awareness among middle-aged men about the importance of preventive medical testing. The new campaign encourages men over 40 to learn which preventive screening tests they need to get and when they need to get them.

• FDA Strengthens Safeguards for Consumers of Beef - 24-APR-2008    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final regulation barring certain cattle materials from all animal feed, including pet food. The final rule further protects animals and consumers against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as "mad cow disease"). Materials that can no longer be used in animal feed are the brains and spinal cords from cattle 30 months of age and older.

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