CDC's September Vital Signs covers adult smoking and secondhand smoke exposure. It reports the burden of cigarette smoking remains high in certain groups, and that U.S. smoking rates, though down over 30 years, have barely moved in the past five.
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Updates from the FDA, CDC and other agencies.
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Be Ready! September is National Preparedness Month
September 2010 marks the seventh National Preparedness Month, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security with more than 3,000 organizations taking part. It asks people to take four steps: get a kit, make a plan, be informed and get involved, with themes for families, schools and businesses.
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USA.gov news - Vol. 10, No.9, 2010
A USA.gov newsletter listing September features: National Preparedness Month, the Challenge.gov site for federal contests, the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance, Constitution Day and Child Passenger Safety Week.
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National Preparedness Month
Held each September and sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security's Ready Campaign, the month-long effort urges people to assemble an emergency supply kit, make a family emergency plan, and help their communities prepare for natural disasters and possible terrorist attacks.
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Appeals court: vaccine does not cause autism
A federal appeals court upheld the vaccine court's rejection of the Cedillo family's claim that vaccination caused their daughter's autism, calling the special master's decision reasonable and supported by the evidence. It is a setback for more than 5,500 families seeking compensation.
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The Hidden Truth: Why Government Wants Your Kids on Cholesterol Drugs…
Dr. Mercola argues that Pfizer's push toward chewable Lipitor and government cholesterol screening for children serves patents rather than health. He cites figures that one in four American children takes a prescription drug for a chronic condition and one in five teens has high cholesterol.
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FDA Warns Novartis Over Advertising on Facebook
The FDA's warning letter says Novartis's Facebook promotion of the leukemia drug Tasigna omitted risks such as QT prolongation and sudden death, broadened the approved indication, overstated efficacy, and skipped a required pre-dissemination filing.
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Health Care Bill Gets Plug from Andy Griffith
Andy Griffith fronts a $700,000 Medicare ad campaign that also puts in a word for President Obama's health care law, promising free checkups and lower prescription costs. Opponents counter that seniors may have to give up benefits such as Medicare Advantage plans.
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FDA Updates for Health Professionals
An FDA letter to health professionals summarizing July actions: a warning not to use Advair Diskus inhalers stolen in 2009 and found in pharmacies, a review of a possible small cancer risk from angiotensin receptor blockers, Baxter infusion pump recall requirements, and a liver warning on Arava.
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CDC:Child Well-Being
The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics has issued its 2010 brief, drawing on 40 indicators covering family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, and behavior. The next full-length report is due in July 2011.
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Obama Administration's Vision for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
Jeffrey Crowley, director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, announces the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and its three goals: fewer new infections, better access to care, and reduced HIV-related health disparities. About 56,000 Americans are infected each year.
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FDA Advisory Panel to Review Dental Amalgam
The FDA will convene an advisory panel on December 14-15, 2010 to weigh scientific questions about dental amalgam, focusing on pregnant women, fetuses and young children. Petitions since its 2009 reclassification challenged the agency's risk assessment and mercury vapor exposure.
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Sun Safety: Save Your Skin!
FDA dermatologist Jane Liedtka and ophthalmologist Wiley Chambers advise avoiding sun exposure, using sunscreen and wearing eye protection year-round, noting that UV radiation causes skin cancer and may also harm the eyes and weaken immunity. Some medicines raise sensitivity.
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on the Open Internet NPRM
A notice describing OpenInternet.gov, the FCC's beta site for public discussion of open internet rules, where comments, reply comments and ex parte filings in the proceeding may be posted on the commission's blog and IdeaScale pages.
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Email from the President: The Gulf Coast
A mass email from President Obama describing his visit to Grand Isle, Louisiana, where he met oyster fishermen and shrimpers whose livelihoods the Gulf oil spill has halted, and pledging federal resources until the coast is made whole.
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Health Care Reform Law Challenged
The Thomas More Law Center sued in Michigan the day President Obama signed the health care law, calling the insurance mandate unconstitutional and objecting that federal taxes could fund abortions. The Justice Department defended Congress's authority to pass it.
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Information for Coastal Residents
CDC guidance for Gulf coast residents during the oil spill: FDA and NOAA are monitoring seafood safety, agencies are checking air quality, and the gas-station smell comes from volatile organic compounds that may irritate eyes, nose, throat and skin.
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Michigan bans smoking
Michigan became the 38th state with a smoke-free law when the Dr. Ron Davis Smoke Free Air Law took effect, banning smoking in most workplaces and public buildings, from restaurants and bars to nursing homes. Casino gaming floors, cigar bars and tobacco shops are exempt.
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