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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
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AIDS continues to be a world-wide problem. In fact, it is the fifth leading cause of death among persons between the ages of 25 and 44 in the United States. About 47 million people worldwide have been infected with HIV since the start of the epidemic. An estimated 5 million new HIV infections occurred worldwide during 2002, which equates to about 14,000 new infections each day. Visit our AIDS and HIV topic to find out more about this epidemic and, as always, if questions arise don't forget that NetWellness experts are ready to answer them.
The Center for Injury Research and Policy is one of ten Centers of Emphasis within Columbus Children's Research Institute at Columbus Children's Hospital. By integrating research, education, advocacy and innovative clinical care, the Center's mission is to reduce death and disability caused by injury.
While great strides in injury prevention have been made, injury remains the leading cause of death for persons ages 1 to 44 in the United States. Injuries account for one third of all "years of potential life lost," or YPLL, an indicator used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to measure premature mortality. Injuries account for more YPLL than heart disease, cancer and stroke combined, which are the next leading causes of YPLL nationally.
Children are the most vulnerable to injury and suffer the greatest long-term effects. Based on scientific principles, the Center conducts research activities to address prevention, acute care and biomechanics related to injury. Current projects include research on sports-related injury, injuries to individuals with disabilities, smoke alarms to awaken children, and pediatric impact biomechanics, as well as a collaborative effort with several state agencies to implement a CODES (Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System) program in Ohio through which policies for highway safety planning can be developed.
NetWellness experts Gary A. Smith, MD, DrPH, Director, and Kelly J. Kelleher, MD, MPH, Investigator, are faculty in the Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University. Visit the Injury Prevention and Safety health topic on NetWellness for ways to keep your loved ones safe.
With warm weather, comes an increase in insect bites and stings. In fact, according to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, about 880,910 injuries caused by insect bites and stings were treated in hospital emergency departments across the nation in 2002. How to prevent these bites and stings? Richard Nelson, MD. Director of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University provides some useful tips in his new article - "Tips to Prevent Insect Bites, Stings from Bugging You".
The New Food Guidance System, MyPyramid, from the United States Department of Agriculture has been in the news. It replaces the 1992 Food Guide Pyramid. Bonnie J. Brehm , PhD, RD, Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati, describes it in detail in "The Food Guidance System: A personalized approach to diet and physical activity".
Many people who have diabetes don't know it. In fact, experts estimate that up to a third of people with Type 2 diabetes have no idea what their body is dealing with. "Diabetes Can Launch a Sneak Attack" is a new NetWellness article by Steve Hertzler, PhD, RD, LD, Assistant Professor, Human Nutrition in the College of Human Ecology at the OSU Extension of The Ohio State University. Find out about the hidden symptoms and what you can do about it.
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