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Efforts to reduce cigarette smoking and thereby the burden of tobacco related diseases has been a long standing public health challenge. Tobacco consumption in most high-income countries such as Britain, Canada, the United States,…
Sugary drinks are displayed on a street cart in New York, New York, USA. Mexico, where surging obesity rates have leaders scrambling for answers, just took a radical step to beat back the tide…
How much do you know about Superfund sites? Are there any where you live? When I was asked to give a presentation on the topic, I pretty much had to start from square one…
A health system is defined by the World Health Organization as including, “all actors, institutions and resources that undertake health actions – where a health action is one where the primary intent is to…
There has been a huge shift of money and power from the United Nations (especially the two primary multilateral institutions –WHO and World Bank) into the hands of the “New Colonialists” / “New…
The global controversy and mass hysteria, particularly in the United States, centered on the health effects of Bisphenol A (BPA), an industrial chemical invented nearly 120 years ago has lasted several decades. There are…
The burden of stunting exists worldwide. However, most people have never heard of stunting. Stunting is one of the least reported, least recognized and least understood issues facing humanity today. Stunted growth, wasting and…
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