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Too Few Women Take Folic Acid

August 27, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

What do a healthy diet, regular exercise, folic acid, and human milk have in common? Each play a key role in disease prevention (that public health strategy legislators talk about but fund at levels far below those for disease treatment…ahhh the subject of another ... (read more)

A Top Ten List No State Wants To Be On

August 20, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

According to the fifth annual F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America, 2008 report from the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), adult obesity rates ... (read more)

Breastfeeding: The Ultimate Disease Prevention Strategy

July 20, 2008 by Amy Spangler | 1 question or comment

In a report supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and entitled, Prevention for a Healthier America: Investments in Disease Prevention Yield Significant Savings, Stronger Communities, Trust for America's Health ... (read more)

HP2020: For the Health of It!

April 22, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

Healthcare spending in the United States reached $2.3 trillion in 2007 and is projected to reach $4.2 trillion by 2016. In an effort to stem rising healthcare costs, every ten years the United States Department of Health ... (read more)

Gettin’ Shortchanged in the Midwest

April 12, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | 1 question or comment

The common complaint in many Midwestern states is the weather (as in wait five minutes and it will change, anyway!), and I often wonder if I would have chosen Michigan had I had the option. But with a new baby and many ... (read more)

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