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National Public Health Organizations Brief Capitol Hill On H1N1
The recent H1N1 flu outbreak served as a genuine test of our national public health system"s ability to respond to an emerging public health threat and experts are cautioning that a more severe outbreak could occur in the fall of 2009. Leaders from some of the nation"s foremost public health and medical associations will conduct a briefing for staff members from House and Senate offices on Thursday, May 21, 2009. Speakers will focus on the status of the current public health workforce and efforts needed to sustain workforce capacity to respond to emerging infectious diseases.
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Dietitians Of Canada Says Posting Calories And Nutrients On Menus May Help Canadians Make Healthier Food Choices
Does posting calories on restaurant menu boards help Canadians make healthier food choices and possibly prevent obesity? Dietitians of Canada says yes - providing nutrition information in restaurants, including calorie and nutrient content of food served, is one step that may help promote healthier choices. However, a review of the evidence on this issue by Dietitians of Canada (DC) underscores the fact that there are no simple solutions to the complex issue of obesity prevention; a variety of approaches are needed. One such solution is to ensure that settings in which food choices are made, including restaurants and fast-food establishments, support healthy eating. Longer term evaluation of these types of labelling initiatives are needed before we can say whether providing calorie and nutrient information in these settings will affect obesity rates.
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Frontal Cerebral Hypothermia Found To Be Possible New Treatment For Insomnia
Insomnia is associated with increased frontal cerebral metabolism during Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep. Cerebral hypothermia, or cooling of the brain, has been found to reduce cerebral metabolism in other medical conditions, but its effects in insomnia are unknown.
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Total Swine Flu A(H1N1) Human Infection Cases Reach 7,447 In The United Kingdom

The Health Protection Agency (HPA), UK, informed yesterday 3rd July, 2009, in its weekly update that the total number of confirmed human cases of Swine Flu A(H1N1) infection has reached 7,447. British health authorities estimate that the figure will be over 100,000 by the end of this summer. The UK government says that it is now moving to a new phase in the current pandemic response - there will be a change to the surveillance information that the HPA will be able to provide in future. To date, the HPA has been carrying out laboratory testing of suspected swine flu infection cases since the onset of the outbreak in April 2009. The HPA"s updates have been based on the total number of positive test results being confirmed through the Centre for Infections and the HPA"s regional network of laboratories. The new policy means that measures to try to contain the pandemic will move to providing suitable treatment to infected people. Nationally, clinicians will from now on rely on patients" signs and symptoms and not on laboratory tests to diagnose swine flu infection. Although a percentage of patients will be tested in order to gather up-to-date data about the virus, the reporting of laboratory confirmations will no longer be an accurate way to record the spread of infection. Total number of confirmed human infections of Swine Flu A(H1N1), 3rd June, 2009 *East of England - 411 *East Midlands - 147 *London - 1939 *North East - 47 *North West - 97 *South East - 598 *South West - 198 *West Midlands - 2582 *Yorkshire & Humber - 143 TOTAL ENGLAND - 6162 *Northern Ireland - 34 *Scotland - 1217 *Wales - 34 TOTAL UK - 7447 Written by Christian Nordqvist Copyright: Medical News Today Not to be reproduced without permission of Medical News Today


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