SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Cancer comes in all shapes and sizes. It does not discriminate, and effects people from all walks of life. I am only in my 40’s and have already been screened for various cancers due to illness. Each time, I breathed a sigh of relief when the doctor told me that I did […]
Youth Use of neighborhood environment can help overweight adolescents increase physical activity
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE from Medical Xpress A program encouraging overweight or obese adolescents to increase their physical activity through use of their everyday environment, rather than organized classes or sports programs, produced significant increases in participants’ daily physical activity that were sustained for at least three to four months. A report on a pilot study […]
Wellness Researchers suggest whole-person perspective is needed to assess obesity
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE from EurekAlert! Authors from the Cleveland Clinic’s Bariatric and Metabolic Institute recommend physicians use obesity staging models to recognize and manage weight-related health issues that may not be captured by traditional diagnosis criteria. The review article was published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. The authors urge physicians to take […]
Prenatal Effects of maternal smoking continue long after birth
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE from Science Daily Early exposure to nicotine can trigger widespread genetic changes that affect formation of connections between brain cells long after birth, a new Yale-led study has found. The finding helps explain why maternal smoking has been linked to behavioral changes such as attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, addiction, and conduct […]
Policy No smoking or vaping at California beaches or parks under this bill
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE by Patrick McGreevy with Los Angeles Times Smoking would be banned at California parks and beaches as a health and wildfire risk under legislation approved Tuesday by the state Senate. Sen. Marty Block (D-San Diego) introduced SB 1333, which would make smoking and disposing of tobacco waste an infraction subject to a […]
Register-Guard Eugene’s parks go smoke-free on June 1, but city will be soft on enforcement for three months
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE from The Register-Guard Eugene’s city-owned parks and natural areas will go smoke-free starting Wednesday. But violators will receive the white-glove treatment for the first three months of the smoking ban. June 1 kicks off the three-month “education period” before officials begin enforcing the smoking ban with citations. The education effort will include […]
Newsletter National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) – May 16, 2016 Newsletter
The National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program released it’s weekly newsletter today. Click here to view: CANCER AND RELATED NEWS, Week of May 16, 2016
Tobacco Cessation U.S. E-cigarette use stalls as health concerns grow: Reuters/Ipsos poll
ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Jilian Mincer of Reuters HERE Use of electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices has stalled in the United States as more Americans question their safety, according to a new online Reuters/Ipsos poll. About 10 percent of the 9,766 adults surveyed between April 19 and May 16 use the devices, the same percentage […]
Tobacco FDA Deeming Requirements – New Resources Available
FDA Announcement Dear Tribal Stakeholders, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a final rule entitled, “Deeming Tobacco Products To Be Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Restrictions on the Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products and Required Warning […]
Virtual Training Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond: A Virtual Clinic
https://www.smokingcessationandpregnancy.org/ “Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond: A Virtual Clinic” is an updated online training, based on the “Virtual Practicum” model. The training is intended for health care professionals who will be assisting their female patients in quitting smoking, in particular, patients who are pregnant or in their child-bearing years. Health care professionals include physicians, […]