@@alchohol asian/health/alchohol doc934:asyouth9.txt 20% of SF alchohol vs. 50% pop doc941\washdrug.xls drug use among Washington State teenagers
@@bicycle About 730 deaths result from bicycle riders per year. \doc\94\14\skate.txt 7 skaters, 730 bicycle deaths per year overall @@Dog Bites http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr0530.htm Fatal Dog Attacks -- United States, 1995-1996 Children and the elderly are the main victims of fatal dog attacks. From 1979-1996, dog attacks claimed 306 lives in the United States. The main victims of fatal dog attacks were children and the elderly. In 1994, an estimated 1.8% of the U.S. population was nonfatally bitten by a dog and 0.3% of the U.S. population sought medical care for a dog bite. Of the more than 4.7 million bites, 800,000 bites resulted in medical attention. In 1994, three of every 1000 persons in the United States sought medical attention for a dog bite. The current incidence of fatal and nonfatal bites and the large dog population (i.e., over 53 million dogs) underscores the need for a more aggressive approach to the prevention of dog bites. The dog bite problem is a preventable epidemic. Responsible dog ownership, public education, animal control, and bite reporting are the key elements for preventing dog bites. National Dog Prevention Week is June 9-13, 1997. @@Gulf War Syndrome Fumento on Gulf "Lore" Syndrome - no difference in birth defect rates. @@Happiness %%Religion SPIRITUALITY IS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO CHILDHOOD HAPPINESS Brainwashing or simple parenting? March 24th, 2008 | http://blogs.faithandmedia.org/csillag/2008/03/24/brainwashing-or-simple-parenting/ Children being raised in a religious environment is a volatile issue, at least to anti-theists. Are we cranking out soldiers in God’s army, to the horror of Dawkins, Hitchens, et al, or are we ensuring that our children are equipped for life in the modern world, which is overwhelmingly religious and/or spiritual? Are we warping them, giving them touchstones to live by, or tools they can ultimately reject, if they wish? Mark Holder, associate professor of psychology at UBC Okanagan, and graduate student Judi Wallace recently tested 315 children aged nine to 12, measuring spirituality and other factors such as temperament and social relations that can affect an individual’s sense of happiness. The goal, said Holder, “was to see whether there’s a relation between spirituality and happiness.” He knew going in that there was such a relation in adults, so he took multiple measures of spirituality and happiness in children. The results were surprising: 6.5 to 16.5 per cent of children’s happiness can be accounted for by spirituality. Compare that to the four or five percent of adults for whom spirituality accounts for happiness. “From our perspective, it’s a whopping big effect,” said Holder. “I expected it to be much less – I thought [children’s] spirituality would be too immature to account for their well-being.” The study is sure to contribute to the age-old debate over exposing children to religion. If you must, advise the atheists, do it in the home. @@insurance %%canada \priv\95\17\clinplan.txt No Exit The New Republic Feb 7, 1994 p. 21 Canada has dangerous rationing. US has 3.26 open heart surgery units per million, Canada 1.23. Canadian cardiac patient is ten times as likely to die waiting in line for surgery as in the US. doc91:hins %%city Washington DC "Endangering Public Health" Washington Post (06/19/95) P. A18 nearly half of DC residents are on Medidaid or have no health insurance. %%spending \priv\95\15\wagesal.txt - NYTimes 11/1/95 The amount spent on health benefits fell by 0.1 percent, the first decline since the government began tracking these costs in 1981. As recently as 1988, health spending was going up by 14 percent a year @@lawsuits \priv\95\06\LITIG.TXT Cost of lawsuits in the US @@men \priv\96\19\menheal.txt Wed, 5 Jun 1996 From: NewsHound@sjmercury.com (NewsHound) BODY CHECK WHY REAL MEN DON'T GO TO THE DOCTOR - AND WHY THEY SHOULD By Kathleen DonnellyMen should check their cholesterol every 3 to 5 years at least, but they should see the doctor at regular intervals. @@survival health.survival \priv\96\17\SCISURV.HTM Seattle Times May 28, 1996 Science: When going gets tough, women survive by Susan Gilmore Donald Grayson of the University of Washington found that the mortality rate of the Willie Handcart Mormon disaster was 3 times higher for men than women. Among the infamous Donner party, women were twice as likely to survive cold and hunger. Women have 27% body fat compared with only 14% for men. @@penis See@@smoke - see asian.health.smoking @@sweeteners doc941\kidsweet.txt @@ultrasound doc936:usound.txt ultrasound not neccesary Home | Main