Health

Has recycling lived up to its promises?

Friday, 14 December 2012 11:22 EarthTalk® , E - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk: Has recycling lived up to its promise to reduce waste and pollution, save energy and provide jobs in our ailing economy? -- Ian Atkinson, New York, NY

Has recycling lived up to its promises?

Friday, 14 December 2012 11:22 EarthTalk® , E - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk: Has recycling lived up to its promise to reduce waste and pollution, save energy and provide jobs in our ailing economy? -- Ian Atkinson, New York, NY

Americans still don’t recycle as much as they could. Nonetheless, the practice is already considered a huge success given that it keeps about a third of the solid waste we generate out of our quickly filling landfills and saves natural resources while generating much-needed revenue for struggling municipal governments.

Stay safe at home over the holidays

Friday, 14 December 2012 10:37 MDH

Minnesota Department Public Safety and Department of Health officials are urging Minnesotans to be aware of safety hazards in the home as they celebrate the holidays and settle in for the winter.

Part 1 of 3, Prediabetes: A serious wake up call for health

Friday, 14 December 2012 10:33 Nicole Winbush MD

This article is the first in a three-part series about prediabetes. This articles reviews the increasingly common health condition of prediabetes and describes how you can find out if you have or are at risk for this condition. Subsequent articles will address common misconceptions about prediabetes and action steps that we can take as individuals and as communities to prevent and reverse this condition.

Despite overall improvement, gaps persist for American Indian teens, teens of color

Friday, 14 December 2012 09:38 MDH

Collectively, Minnesota’s teens are doing better today on key health measures than they were in the 1990s, according to a recent analysis by the Minnesota Department of Health.

Minnesota embraces nationwide education campaign to improve x-ray safety, medical imaging technology

Friday, 07 December 2012 10:15 MDH

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is the first state health agency in the country to endorse a pair of coordinated, nationwide education campaigns aimed at improving the safety of x-rays and other medical imaging technology.

Lung Cancer and African Americans: Know the facts

Monday, 03 December 2012 14:09 The National Cancer Institute

First, the bad news. Lung cancer kills more African Americans than any other type of cancer. And African Americans have higher rates of lung cancer than white Americans: for example, from 2003 to 2007, African American men had a 23 percent higher rate of new lung cancer diagnoses than white men. African Americans also have a lower five-year relative survival rate than whites. Furthermore, some studies have shown that African Americans with early-stage disease are less likely than whites to receive surgery, which offers the best chance for a cure.