Alleviate Cancer Survivor Distress: Screening and Psychosocial Care

ORIGINAL ARTICLE from Medscape.com HERE Hello. I’m Dr Natasha Buchanan, a behavioral scientist with the Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch in CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. Over the next few minutes I will share information about cancer survivorship in the United States, the prevalence of psychosocial distress among survivors, and what medical professionals […]

Joint Jurisdiction Courts: A Manual for Developing Tribal, Local, State & Federal Justice Collaborations

The Bureau Justice Assistance (BJA) is pleased to share with you the Joint Jurisdictional Courts:  A Manual for Developing Tribal, Local, State & Federal Justice Collaborations.  Please Share with your Indian Country contacts. Joint Jurisdiction Courts: A Manual for Developing Tribal, Local, State & Federal Justice Collaborations BJA, through the Center for Evidence-based Policy of […]

DDW Poster on 80% by 2018

NCCRT Evaluation and Measurement Subgroup co-chair Ann G. Zauber, PhD, presented a poster describing 80% by 2018 progress to date at the 2016 Digestive Disease Week Conference in San Diego last month.  The poster illustrates the progress of the 80% by 2018 initiative by comparing the number needed to screen to reach 80% by 2018 […]

Well-timed exercise might improve learning

ORIGINAL ARTICLE from Fox News HERE Aerobic exercise four hours after a memorization task, but not exercise right afterwards, was linked to improved recall in a series of Dutch experiments. Newly-learned information turns into long-term knowledge through a process of stabilization and integration of memories, the study team writes in Current Biology. This requires certain […]

Real Men Wear Gowns: New screening process for colon cancer

ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE from KREM by Mark Hanrahan SPOKANE, Wash. – There is a good chance you or someone you know has visited a CHAS clinic in Spokane. However, you may not know about the organization’s recent push to screen more patients for colon cancer. “We went from 8.5% screening rate up to 33% last […]

MSU to be a tobacco-free campus this fall

FOR ORIGINAL ARTICLE from The State News by Sasha Zidar CLICK HERE In August 2016, Michigan State University will officially be a tobacco-free campus. The MSU Board of Trustees approved for a tobacco-free campus in 2015 to help ensure that the Spartan community enjoys a healthy lifestyle on campus. In April 2013, the Office of […]

Wichita Falls Smoking Ban Grace Period Ends; All Bars and Restaurants Now Smoke-Free

ORIGINAL ARTICLE from NewsTalk 1290 HERE Friday, June 17 marks the end of the two-year grace period of the Wichita Falls smoking ban and all bars and restaurants in the city are now smoke-free. City councilors voted the approval of the smoking ban in 2014 with the amendment that would allow patrons of bars and […]

June National Native Network Newsletter

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD JUNE NATIONAL NATIVE NETWORK NEWSLETTER Featured in this issue: Traditional Foods Toolkit American Indian Commercial Tobacco Program Information Chris Cooper Blog Tammi Meissner Blog Infographics

15 Minutes of Daily Exercise May be Reasonable Target in Older Adults

ORIGINAL ARTICLE from Science Codex HERE Sophia Antipolis – June 14, 2016: Fifteen minutes of daily exercise is associated with a 22% lower risk of death and may be a reasonable target for older adults, reveals research presented today at the EuroPRevent 2016 meeting by Dr David Hupin, a physician in the Department of Clinical […]
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