Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Committee On Health
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2008 Amendments to the National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
In 2005, the National Academies released the report Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, which offered a common set of ethical standards for a field that, due to the …
Public Health Implications of Raising the Minimum Age of Legal Access to Tobacco Products
Tobacco use by adolescents and young adults poses serious concerns. Nearly all adults who have ever smoked daily first tried a cigarette before 26 years of age. Current cigarette …
When Children Die
The death of a child is a special sorrow. No matter the circumstances, a childs death is a life-altering experience. Except for the child who dies suddenly and without forewarning, …
Clearing the Smoke
Despite overwhelming evidence of tobacco's harmful effects and pressure from anti-smoking advocates, current surveys show that about one-quarter of all adults in the United States …
Integrated Framework for Assessing the Value of Community-Based Prevention
During the past century the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States have shifted from those related to communicable diseases to those due to chronic diseases. …
Informing Social Security's Process for Financial Capability Determination
The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides benefits to disabled adults and children, offering vital financial support to more than 19 million disabled Americans. Of …
Review of the Federal Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research
This new book from the National Research Council finds serious weaknesses in the government's plan for research on the potential health and environmental risks posed by …
Improving the CDC Quarantine Station Network's Response to Emerging Threats
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is responsible for preventing the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases into the United States. …
Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment
Over the past century, we have made great strides in reducing rates of disease and enhancing people's general health. Public health measures such as sanitation, improved hygiene, …
Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations
The influenza pandemic caused by the 2009 H1N1 virus underscores the immediate and critical need to prepare for a public health emergency in which thousands, tens of thousands, or …
Eliminating the Public Health Problem of Hepatitis B and C in the United States
Hepatitis B and C cause most cases of hepatitis in the United States and the world. The two diseases account for about a million deaths a year and 78 percent of worlds …
Academic Health Centers
Academic health centers are currently facing enormous changes that will impact their roles in education, research, and patient care. The aging and diversity of the population will …