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WHO report finds dramatic increase in life-saving tobacco control policies in last decade

4.7 billion people – 63% of world’s population – are covered by polices such as strong graphic warnings, smoke-free public places, and other measures

The latest WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic finds that more countries have implemented tobacco control policies, ranging from graphic pack warnings and advertising bans to no smoking areas. About 4.7 billion people – 63% of the world’s population – are covered by at least one comprehensive tobacco control measure, which has quadrupled since 2007 when only 1 billion people and 15% of the world’s population were covered. Strategies to implement such policies have saved millions of people from early death.

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Self-Proclaimed Slackers May Be Sabotaging Own Health

Feeling less active than your peers is associated with an earlier death, study says

People who think they’re less active than others their age have a greater chance of dying younger than people who perceive themselves as more active, even if their actual activity levels are the same, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

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NIH-funded mouse study sheds light on neural risks associated with prenatal alcohol exposure

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Cells damaged by alcohol are detected with red fluorescence in fetal mouse brain.

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Social interaction affects cancer patients’ response to treatment

Biological basis is unknown but may be related to stress response, NIH researchers say.

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This image depicts a chemotherapy ward co-presence network. Circles are patients with color based on when they began chemotherapy (white corresponds to January, 2000, and red corresponds to December, 2008). Patients are connected when they were both in the chemotherapy ward at the same time more than expected by chance.

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Ten Years of Saving Lives: Controlling Cancer in Zambia

Louise Potterton, IAEA Office of Public Information and Communication

The wards may be full and the waiting times long, but at least the patients at the Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH) in Lusaka, Zambia have a chance of surviving their illness.

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CDC reminds travelers to Europe: Protect against measles

With the peak summer travel season under way, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reminding travelers to Europe and other global destinations to take steps to protect themselves against measles amid outbreaks of the disease.

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CDC awards $12 million to help states fight opioid overdose epidemic

Support will strengthen state efforts to prevent and track opioid overdoses

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be awarding this week more than $12 million to 23 states and the District of Columbia to support their responses to the opioid overdose epidemic. The funds will be used to strengthen prevention efforts and better track of opioid-related overdoses. CDC expects to announce additional funding awards for state opioid overdose prevention programs later in the summer.

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Earthjustice: Smoggy Skies Act A Handout To Big Polluters At Expense Of Public Heath

Bill would permanently weaken the Clean Air Act and delay important anti-smog protections that took more than a decade to achieve

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A child receives treatment for asthma.

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New CDC report: More than 100 million Americans have diabetes or prediabetes

Diabetes growth rate steady, adding to health care burden

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Number of children getting enough physical activity drops by 40%

Change4Life together with Disney and Sport England launches '10 Minute Shake Up' campaign to help get children more active.

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