World Health Organisation launches eLearning initiative for global public health

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Microsoft and Ministry of Health come
together as partners in e-Health
initiative

Microsoft and Ministry of Health come
together as partners in e-Health
initiative 12/23/2003 08:29 AM
AME Info Dec 23 2003 7:33AM ET

One Person Health Sciences Launches B to
B Program for Health & Wellness
Professionals

One Person Health Sciences Launches B to
B Program for Health & Wellness
Professionals 05/18/2004 07:44 PM
BC Technology May 18 2004 11:04PM GMT

Suicide Continues As a Public Health
Issue Around the World

Suicide Continues As a Public Health
Issue Around the World 09/12/2004 07:11 AM
Suicide Continues As a Public Health Issue Around the World

1) Suicide around the world every 40 seconds
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/594223 5/
2) Global suicide toll exceeds war and murder
http:// www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996373
3) International Association for Suicide Prevention
http://www.med.uio.no/iasp/
4) WHO: Suicide Prevention
http://snipurl.com/907s
5) National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
http://ww w.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/suicideprevention/
6) NPR: Clues to Depression Sought in Brain's Wiring
http://www .npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3866330
7) Suicide
http: //www.relst.uiuc.edu/durkheim/Summaries/suicide.html

A report with disturbing implications was released this week by the World Health Organization indicating that suicide claims close to one million lives each year, and that this figure could rise to 1.5 million by 2020. The report also noted that suicide kills more people each year than road traffic accidents in most European countries, and that worldwide, suicide claims more lives than homicide and warfare combined. The report was released in anticipation of World Suicide Prevention Day, which happens to fall on September 10 this year. The report also contains suicide rates for different parts of the world, including the finding that the highest rates are found in Eastern Europe, and that the rates tend to be relatively low in Muslim countries. Not surprisingly, firearms tend to be the preferred instruments of suicide, primarily due to the fact that "few people survive attempts to shoot themselves." On a slightly more upbeat note, Lars Mehlum, the president of the International Association for Suicide Prevention commented this week that suicide "…is largely preventable if the public is made more aware of the problem and governments show the political will to tackle it."

The first link leads to a news report from MSNBC about the report on suicide issued by the World Health Organization this week. The second link will take visitors to additional coverage of this subject from this Wednesday's New Scientist online edition. The third link leads to the homepage of the International Association for Suicide Prevention where visitors can learn about the group's activities and also about World Suicide Prevention Day. The fourth link leads to a very thorough site on suicide prevention created by the World Health Organization. Here visitors can read suicide reports on many countries around the world, learn about advocacy efforts, and look over empirical research on the subject of suicide. The fifth link will take visitors to the very pragmatic and helpful site created by the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention program (contained within the Department of Health & Human Services) that offers a number of resources for suicide prevention and numerous materials in Spanish and English. On a related note, the sixth link leads to a recent report from National Public Radio on current genetic research that is helping reveal what causes depression and what the best options for treating this condition may be. The final link provides a brief outline of Emile Durkheim's famous study of suicide that may pique visitors' interest in this emotional and sensitive topic. [From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003. http://scout.wisc.edu/]

IBM, Mayo team on broad health-care IT
initiative

IBM, Mayo team on broad health-care IT
initiative 08/05/2004 05:53 PM
IBM and Mayo Clinic are teaming on a broad technology initiative aimed at speeding IT advances related to patient care and medical research that for the first time uses the Blue Gene supercomputer for one of its original stated aims -- large-scale mathematical modeling to better understand gene and protein structures and how they interact.

Put the Word "Earn" Back Into eLearning:
Solvolution Launches House of eLearning©

Put the Word "Earn" Back Into eLearning:
Solvolution Launches House of eLearning© 03/26/2005 04:52 AM
Does it seem to you that with every eLearning solution that is presented, more questions tend to arise? How can my organisation earn and profit from eLearning? [PRWEB Mar 26, 2005]

AHLA - Links to Selected Health Care and
Health Law Sites

AHLA - Links to Selected Health Care and
Health Law Sites 11/10/2003 10:50 PM
AHLA - Links to Selected Health Care and Health Law Sites
http: //www.healthlawyers.org/weblinks/weblinks_health.cfm

American Health Lawyers Association comprehensive set of links to selected healthcare and health law sites.

Health Insurance Professional, Sharon
Alt, to Host Online Talk Radio Show on
VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness

Health Insurance Professional, Sharon
Alt, to Host Online Talk Radio Show on
VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness 03/29/2005 03:55 AM
SurfNet Media Group, Inc. (OTCBB:SFNM) announces that health insurance professional, Sharon Alt, will join its online VoiceAmerica™ Network on the VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness Channel Lineup on Thursday, March 31st, 3PM Eastern (12PM Pacific), as host of a new weekly show, “Inside Health Insurance in America.” [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]

Surge in public use of NHS health
e-library

Surge in public use of NHS health
e-library 11/18/2003 05:55 AM
PublicTechnology.net Nov 18 2003 5:04AM ET

Health chiefs agree global diet

Health chiefs agree global diet 05/21/2004 02:09 PM
The World Health Organisation draws up a diet which frowns on junk food and extols exercise in a bid to tackle obesity.

The Rueckert-Hartman School for Health
Professions, Regis University, Denver,
CO, Announces the Formation of the
Center for Health Care Ethics and
Emerging Technologies

The Rueckert-Hartman School for Health
Professions, Regis University, Denver,
CO, Announces the Formation of the
Center for Health Care Ethics and
Emerging Technologies 06/05/2005 11:58 PM
Under the direction of Dr. Pat Ladewig, Dean, Rueckert-Hartman School for Health Professions, Regis University established the Center for Health Care Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Dr. Mark Meaney, Executive Director, stated that the goals of the Center include the examination of the ethical and social implications of emerging biotechnologies such as nanobiotechnologies, pharmacogenomics, and stem cell research. [PRWEB May 22, 2005]

Health Information Sources for
Non-Health Professionals

Health Information Sources for
Non-Health Professionals 04/10/2005 07:12 AM
Health Information Sources for Non-Health Professionals By Zena Woodley
http://www.freep int.com/issues/100305.htm#tips

Searching the internet for health information can be a tricky business, especially if you're not sure where to start. Perhaps you know a friend or a neighbour who has recently been told by their GP that further tests will be undertaken ... Where do you start looking for pertinent answers or just simple reassurance if you're not familiar with this field? This has been added to Healthcare Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide.

COMMENTARY Health News Can Be Hazardous
to Your Health

COMMENTARY Health News Can Be Hazardous
to Your Health 02/07/2003 05:48 PM
As a start, you can go to an Internet search engine like Google (www.google.com), enter the issue you're concerned about, and prepare to scroll through 784312 ...

Public health 'staff boost' call

Public health 'staff boost' call 06/07/2004 01:00 AM
There are too few specialist doctors to tackle major public health issues such as obesity, experts warn.

Pharmacists to get increased role in UK
public health

Pharmacists to get increased role in UK
public health 06/11/2004 03:09 AM
PublicTechnology.net Jun 11 2004 7:07AM GMT

visual culture and public health posters

visual culture and public health posters 02/15/2004 03:49 PM
a fascinating exhibition of health propaganda

Global darkness shortage poses health
and sanity risk

Global darkness shortage poses health
and sanity risk 03/22/2005 05:01 PM
Cory Doctorow: There's a global shortage of darkness, and it's not good for us.

"A number of health and environmental problems are due to a loss of darkness," says Dr David Crawford, executive director of the International Dark-Sky Association, a group that campaigns against light pollution. "And it will get worse as we creep -- or rush -- to a 24/7 world. All of life, all of it, has evolved with a day/night cycle -- the circadian rhythm. It's essential to good health. Many studies are now showing that those who go without a true day/night cycle are adversely impacting their immune systems, and that's not good..."

Once at work, overriding the craving for dark and sleep comes at a price. "They activate the `fight or flight' stress mechanism," says Foster, "and we know that stress in turn can suppress the immune system." Bright lights, caffeine and nicotine artificially maintain stimulation. Perhaps unsurprisingly, studies show that nightshift workers are at increased risk of a range of health problems, from stress, constipation and stomach ulcers to depression, heart disease and cancer. For example, a 2001 study in Seattle, based on interviews with 800 women, found that females who worked the graveyard shift could face a 60 percent increase in the risk of breast cancer.

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UK launches 'critical' public sector
open source initiative

UK launches 'critical' public sector
open source initiative 04/09/2005 05:19 AM
ZDNet Apr 9 2005 7:59AM GMT

MSN Launches New Health & Fitness
Channel

MSN Launches New Health & Fitness
Channel 01/05/2005 08:43 AM
The MSN® network of Internet services today launched MSN Health & Fitness (http://health.msn.com), a comprehensive online destination for people looking to improve their well-being with up-to-date and easy-to-access information.

Bulletin of the World Health
Organization

Bulletin of the World Health
Organization 04/18/2005 08:38 AM


Bulletin of the World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/bulletin/en/

The World Health Organization (WHO) is well-regarded for its numerous public health studies that span the globe and its extensive publication series, which includes working papers, reports, factsheets, and its _Bulletin of the World Health Organization_(BLT). From this webpage, visitors can peruse the current issue of the Bulletin, or browse the complete run of the Bulletin all the way back to the first issue, which was published in 1947. Persons looking for the Bulletin in other languages can peruse Volumes 77 through 80 in both Spanish and French. Some of the more compelling recent pieces include "Public health, emergencies, and the humanitarian impulse" and "Human resources for polio eradication". The site is rounded out by an area where visitors can also elect to sign up to receive a monthly email notification of the table of contents from the Bulletin. This has been added to Healthcare Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. [From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/]

World Health Care Congress

World Health Care Congress 01/25/2004 11:41 AM
I'm in DC in a hotel with a nice view of the J. Edgar Hoover building. Facilitating a Socialtext Eventspace for the World Health Care Congress. The World Health Care Congress is the first focused and inclusive conference to determine...

WHO announces the membership of the
Commission on Intellectual Property
Rights, Innovation and Public Health (

WHO announces the membership of the
Commission on Intellectual Property
Rights, Innovation and Public Health ( 02/16/2004 09:19 AM
Federale Overhelds Dienst Feb 16 2004 1:22PM GMT

National Institutes of Health proposes
full, open, public access to biomedical
research

National Institutes of Health proposes
full, open, public access to biomedical
research 09/09/2004 12:44 PM

The National Institutes of Health is recommending that researchers who receive NIH funding make their work available to the world for no cost six months after completion:

Under the proposed policy, journal peer-review committees would vet papers that report results from NIH-sponsored research. Once the journal has edited and published the articles, editors would upload them to a searchable Web site and NIH would make them publicly available within 6 months.

The NIH initially recommended immediate publication, but added the six month embargo as a compromise with publishers, who argued that immediate availability would undermine their business model.

(via Clara Yu

Risk Your PC's Health for a Song? (PC
World)

Risk Your PC's Health for a Song? (PC
World) 12/29/2004 01:58 PM
PC World - Ads and adware have a new way to get on your computer--through files that appear to be music and video.

Curative Health Services to Present at
the Lehman Brothers Eighth Annual Global
Healthcare Conference

Curative Health Services to Present at
the Lehman Brothers Eighth Annual Global
Healthcare Conference 03/22/2005 05:08 PM
Market Wire Mar 21 2005 11:59PM GMT

Discovery Health Launches Plastic
Surgery Center

Discovery Health Launches Plastic
Surgery Center 06/16/2004 01:37 PM
Discovery Health Channel's new Plastic Surgery Center provides answers to all of your plastic surgery questions. Among the many features available on the new site is an interactive section where you can learn how these procedures are performed: Breast Augmentation, Breast Lift, Breast Reduction, Brow Lift, Chin Liposuction, Eye Lift, Face Lift, Tummy Tuck. The site features an audio Q and A with plastic surgeon Jan Adams, who covers everything from common procedures to custom designing to alternatives to going under the knife.

Austin firm launches online health-care
directory

Austin firm launches online health-care
directory 06/24/2004 04:41 AM
Austin.bizjournals.com - Thu Jun 24, 08:29 am GMT

Mental health website for Chinese young
people launches

Mental health website for Chinese young
people launches 07/15/2004 05:28 AM
Einnews.com - Thu Jul 15, 07:36 am GMT

World Health Organization issues
emergency travel advisory

World Health Organization issues
emergency travel advisory 03/16/2003 04:34 AM
more than 150 new suspected cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) .. World Health Organization issues emergency travel advisory .. global health alert .. Bron

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Long-Term Coffee Consumption
Significantly Reduces Type 2 Diabetes
Risk: Harvard School of Public Health

Long-Term Coffee Consumption
Significantly Reduces Type 2 Diabetes
Risk: Harvard School of Public Health 01/07/2004 06:59 PM
Drick kaffe och minska risken fr typ 2-diabetes

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SatyaCenter.com Launches Sections on
Food, Flowers, Herbs for Health and
Healing

SatyaCenter.com Launches Sections on
Food, Flowers, Herbs for Health and
Healing 04/04/2005 11:21 AM
SatyaCenter.com is a new web portal featuring holistic health, self-help, relationships, spirituality, and alternative news. Just in time for spring gardening season, Satya Center has launched new sections on food, flowers and herbs for health and healing.

Plymouth HealthPlymouth Health Community
launches VoIP network for 80 sites

Plymouth HealthPlymouth Health Community
launches VoIP network for 80 sites 09/13/2004 03:28 AM
PublicTechnology.net Sep 13 2004 7:44AM GMT

AMCOL International Corporation Deploys
Global Microsoft® SharePoint™-based
Environment, Health and Safety
Management Information System from KMI

AMCOL International Corporation Deploys
Global Microsoft® SharePoint™-based
Environment, Health and Safety
Management Information System from KMI 06/24/2005 04:12 PM
AMCOL International Corporation is deploying a global Environment, Health and Safety Management Information System (EMIS) based on integrated Microsoft® SharePoint™, SQL and .NET technology. The system includes Incident Tracking, Compliance Management and Corrective/Preventive Actions Tracking and will be expanded in 2006 to include Training and Audit Management. The system is being implemented by Knowledge Management Innovations, LLC (KMI). [PRWEB Jun 23, 2005]

Zerco Systems Calls President Bush’s
Ohio Visit Timely & Says Zerco Has
Proven Solution to Help Meet National
Goal To Provide Americans With
Electronic Health Records; Zerco’s
Health-eCard Offers Solution To National
Need

Zerco Systems Calls President Bush’s
Ohio Visit Timely & Says Zerco Has
Proven Solution to Help Meet National
Goal To Provide Americans With
Electronic Health Records; Zerco’s
Health-eCard Offers Solution To National
Need 05/31/2004 01:47 PM
Zerco Systems has proven technology can help meet the call of President George Bush for Americans to have electronic health records within the next 10 years. John Soltesz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the developer and integrator of optical memory card technology and complete biometric verification-based identification systems and data storage solutions, said, “Zerco’s optical card technology has been applied to health care and meets the President’s criteria to bring health care up to other industries in information technology utilization. The vast storage capacity of the ZercoHealth-eCard meets the needs of providing a personalized single source medical record for all Americans.” [PRWEB May 25, 2004]

Silect Software Launches Health Reporter
2005 for Microsoft Operations Manager
2005

Silect Software Launches Health Reporter
2005 for Microsoft Operations Manager
2005 09/02/2004 07:30 PM

"Health"

"Health" 01/03/2004 07:07 PM

To your health?

To your health? 07/30/2004 12:21 PM
A fight is raging in France between wine makers and doctors about how, or whether, consumers should be persuaded to drink more wine.

Always on the Job, Employees Pay With
Health

Always on the Job, Employees Pay With
Health 09/04/2004 11:08 PM
Workplace stress has a measurable impact on Americans' health and costs the nation more than $300 billion each year.

A Black Box For Your Health?

A Black Box For Your Health? 04/13/2004 02:10 PM
While this certainly does sound like it could be useful, it also sounds like "yet another gadget" to carry around. NASA has been working on a small device that monit ors an astronaut's vital signs and can even give some biofeedback ("calm down") to help make sure astronauts remain safe. They believe the same technology can be used in your everyday life to make sure that people remain healthy. With a wireless connection, it could constantly dump data onto a computer or upload it to a server somewhere where a doctor can monitor your health on a regular basis (and perhaps alert you if something seems out of line). I'm just hoping they build it into my mobile phone so I can avoid the "yet another gadget" problem. Also, I wonder how long until someone hacks these devices and starts "vandalizing" people's health by telling them something's wrong when there isn't a problem. If you think people are freaked out by privacy concerns over email account terms of service, just wait until their vital signs are floating through the air.

Health InterNetwork

Health InterNetwork 05/09/2004 07:18 AM
Health InterNetwork
http://www.healthinternetwor k.org/

The Health InterNetwork was created to bridge the "digital divide" in health, ensuring that relevant information - and the technologies to deliver it - are widely available and effectively used by health personnel: professionals, researchers and scientists, and policy makers. Launched by the Secretary General of the United Nations in September 2000 and led by the World Health Organization, the Health InterNetwork has brought together public and private partners under the principle of ensuring equitable access to health information. The core elements of the project are content, Internet connectivity and capacity building. As the first phase of making vital health content available, the Health InterNetwork provides here a vast library of the latest and best information on public health: more than 2,000 scientific publications, one of the world's largest collections of biomedical literature. This will be added to Healthcare Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide. This has been added to Healthcare Resources Subject Tracer ™ Information Blog.
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