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CT Scans Can Cut Lung Cancer Deaths
Tim Church A large-scale study suggests that annual CT scans of current and former heavy smokers could reduce deaths from lung cancer by 20 percent. Screening with the high-tech images has proved so...
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Controversy hinders support for HPV vaccine laws
Sarah Gollust People are less likely to support laws requiring the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for young girls when they learn that there is controversy over such laws, finds SPH research. While...
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Mother’s Day and the National Children’s Study
Pat McGovern Pat McGovern is a mother, stepmom, and, recently, she became a grandmother. The University of Minnesota professor of environmental health is also the mother of the local study center for...
View ArticleTake off two inches and call me in the morning
Barbershop Conversations aims to promote healthy discussions Brian Davis and his clients love to talk about sports at the North Minneapolis barbershop he owns: Brian D’s Old School Barbers. But lately,...
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Health visionary Devi Shetty receives honorary degree from the U of M
Devi Shetty He’s known as the King of Hearts, Mother Theresa’s cardiologist, the founder of one of the word’s largest hospitals, and a champion of health care for the poor, young, and most vulnerable....
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Improving the training of our combat medics
U of M researchers awarded a three-year, $11 million defense grant Determining the best method for training our military combat medics is the goal of an $11 million Department of Defense project. The...
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Winter a good time to test your home for radon
Learn more The Minnesota Department of Health provvides information about radon, including where to purchase test kits. Radon facts from the Minnesota Department of Health Winter is a good time to...
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Osterholm at center of H5N1 research debate
Michael Osterholm University of Minnesota professor Michael Osterholm is at the center of scientific debate regarding unpublished research on the lab creation of the H5N1 avian flu virus. The H5N1...
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Taking on the Wicked Problems
SPH faculty devote their careers to solving the unsolvable. Water pollution, the obesity epidemic, tobacco use, and HIV transmission are members of an exclusive and infamous club—the “wicked” problems...
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The Health Impact Assessment of New Energy Sources: Shale Gas Extraction
Deb Swackhamer Deborah L. Swackhamer, co-director of the Water Resources Center at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, presented recently on the potential impacts of hydraulic...
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SPH professor Susan Gerberich studies rural injuries and their consequences
Photo credit: Dean Riggott Farming and ranching have always been dangerous businesses, with agricultural workers experiencing death from injury nine times more than people in all other occupations...
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Gerberich named first holder of Robertson Professorship
Susan Gerberich is the first holder of the Leon S. Robertson Professorship in Injury Prevention. Photo credit: Tim Rummelhoff Susan Goodwin Gerberich first met Leon Robertson as a student in a summer...
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SPH faculty address concerns of farm workers
Supporting the Agricultural Life Photo credit: Dean Riggott The rural life is not a particularly easy one. Neighbors may be few and far between; emergency rooms, grocery stores, and schools, a long...
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Public health experts find urgent need for new influenza vaccines
According to a new report from the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), current influenza vaccines offer less protection against seasonal influenza than...
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Global Public Health
A look at SPH collaborations in India, Africa, and Saudi Arabia BEST TIME FOR TREATMENTAntiretroviral treatment for people with HIV is costly, not free of toxicities, and lifelong once initiated. When...
View ArticleUpdate on U of M Taconite Workers Health Study findings
University of Minnesota researchers have confirmed an association between time spent working in the taconite industry and an increased risk of contracting mesothelioma, an association evident across...
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