nnn CCC Resource: Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Social Media Toolkit
We are pleased to provide the attached resource – Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Social media Toolkit. This is a very useful resource used to promote the awareness of the link between hepatitis and liver cancer. May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and National Hepatitis Testing Day is on May 19, 2017. Please use this resource […]
Youth Young adult smokers – a hidden demographic
ORIGINAL FROM MEDICALXPRESS HERE In their many efforts since the 1990s to prevent Canadians from taking up smoking, governments have had a big blind spot: young adults. That’s the finding of new research published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health by Thierry Gagné, a doctoral student at Université de Montréal’s School of Public Health. […]
national-native-network Rates of Colorectal Cancer Screening Lower for Adults with Disabilities
Article from OncologyNurse Advisor: Rates of Colorectal Cancer Screening Lower for Adults with Disabilities
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Article from MedlinePlus: More Asian-American Women Getting Breast Cancer
national-native-network Cigarette Smoking and Survival in Pancreatic Cancer
Article from ASCO Post: Cigarette Smoking and Survival in Pancreatic Cancer
Spirt of Eagles Conference Spirit of Eagles Second Call for Abstracts Due May 15
Greetings from Spirit of EAGLES! We got great responses to the first Call for Abstracts and reviews are underway. The first deadline was early, but it was required for us to start the process of making continuing education credits available for the conference. There are additional presentation opportunities available, so we have decided to issue […]
TIPS Kris Rhodes of AICAF meets with Michael Patterson of CDC TIPS Campaign at ATCA Summit
Michael Patterson, Alaska Native, Tlingit, from Juneau, Alaska, formerly featured in one of the CDC TIPS from Former Smokers campaign presented a personal gift to Kris Rhodes, MPH, CEO of American Indian Cancer Foundation. The gift was an Alaska Native made necklace at the Alaska Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) Summit in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, […]
nnn Task Force recommends Interventions to Support Healthier Foods and Beverages in Schools
What is being announced? The Community Preventive Services Task Force<http://www.thecommunityguide.org/about/task-force-members.html> (Task Force) issued separate findings for four types of interventions to increase the availability of healthier meals, snacks, and beverages in schools. 1. The Task Force recommends meal interventions and fruit and vegetable snack interventions<https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/obesity-meal-fruit-vegetable-snack-interventions-increase-healthier-foods-beverages-schools> to increase the availability of healthier foods and beverages […]
nnn FDA Initiates Consultation with Tribes on Proposed Rule
For full details, see the FDA letter below.
Obamacare Map Shows Impact of Affordable Care Act on Rates of Insured
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau present the most detailed picture yet of the dramatic rise in the number of people covered by health insurance since the Affordable Care Act went into effect. Overall, the nationwide uninsured rate dropped 7.7 percentage points for people under 65 years old between 2010 and 2015, from 18.2 […]