A comparison of eye-health nutrients, lutein (L)/zeaxanthin (Z) Intakes and L/Z rich food choices between college students living in Los Angeles and Taiwan.
Lutein and zeaxanthin (L/Z) were related to macular health. With respect to increasing life expectancy, age-related macular disease (AMD) has become a concern on public health. The objective was to investigate dietary L/Z intake and its related food preference in populations living in different areas. A three-day dietary record...

New Products, Federal Regulations Heighten Awareness as International Infection Prevention Week Begins.
B. Braun Commends APIC for Infection Prevention Week Efforts BETHLEHEM, Pa. Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- New federal regulations have given healthcare leaders new financial incentives to implement infection prevention programs, and technological developments have given them new weapons to fight infections as the industry observes International Infection...

Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology.
Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology Geoffrey C. Kabat [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Health scares come and go, but they often have a tenuous scientific basis. Kabat, a cancer epidemiologist, systematically rips through cancer alerts that overrode scientific...

Prediction model created for blacks.
Lung cancer risk prediction models are enhanced by taking into account risk factors by race and by measuring DNA repair capacity, according to research teams led by epidemiologists at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, in two complementary papers. In the first study to...

Outbreak of giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis associated with a neighborhood interactive water fountain--Florida, 2006.
Introduction Exposure to recreational water resulted in more than 18,500 illnesses and 24 deaths in the United States from 1995 to 2004. Recreational water venues include swimming pools, wading pools, spas, waterslides, and interactive water fountains, and include both fresh and marine waters. Morbidity and mortality from...

Cryptosporidiosis outbreak in a Nassau county, Florida, Return Travel Group from Ireland, May 24, 2006-June 4, 2006.
Introduction The Nassau County Health Department (NCHD) received a call on June 8, 2006, from a physician who had accompanied a local choral group to Ireland from May 24 to June 4, 2006. The physician reported gastrointestinal (GI) illness in approximately 19 of the 41 travelers with...

Relationship between particulate matter measured by optical particle counter and mortality in Seoul, Korea, during 2001.
Introduction Particulate matter (PM) is a complex mixture of particles suspended in the air that vary in size and composition. On the basis of recent findings, many government agencies have re-evaluated regulatory standards or guidelines for levels of PM in the air (Lipp-mann, Ito, Nadas, & Burnett,...

The Alamosa Salmonella outbreak; A gumshoe investigation.
"On March 19, we had infants with no other exposure than formula reconstituted with tap water," said Ned Colange, chief medical officer of the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE). "That's when we pulled the trigger." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Salmonella outbreaks from drinking...

20th NAMC Speaker Biographies.
Mushrooms Canada presents the business program line up for the 20th North American Mushroom Conference in Niagara Falls, Canada, May 3-6, 2009. For more information, registration forms, sponsorship opportunities and room reservations, visit http://canadianmushroom.com/namc John Kelly, Ph.D. Topic: Linking Agri-Food Innovation to Health ...

Last to be presented with APHA's 2008 Sedgwick award medal.
APHA's oldest and most prestigious award, the Sedgwick Award Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health, will be presented to John Murray Last, MD, DPH, MB, at APHA's 136th Annual Meeting in San Diego. Since 1929, the Sedgwick medal has been awarded annually to someone who has...