Study explores condom-use expectations among young African American women
Huffington Post: Love, feelings, and fun topped the list of reasons a group of 20-something African-American women had sex, according to a study by Assistant Professor Julianna Deardorff and...
View ArticleAre bans on plastic bags making people sick? Not so fast.
Washington Post: A study found that food-borne illnesses in San Francisco increased 46 percent after the bag ban went into effect in 2007, with no such uptick in neighboring counties. Tomas Aragón,...
View ArticleCell phone use may soon be allowed on U.S. flights
KTVU: A new change to the ban against using a cellphone when flying could be coming soon, but there are some emerging controversies over cellphone use on planes, including a possible health risk. Joel...
View ArticleLabor and environmental groups join forces on refinery issues
Richmond Confidential: Mike Wilson, director of the Labor Occupational Health Program, is quoted. The fire at Richmond’s Chevron oil refinery on August 6, 2012 wasn’t the only reason the United...
View ArticleBreast cancer ties to environment probed
San Francisco Chronicle: Megan Schwarzman, a research scientist at the School, comments on research into the possibility that environmental factors are linked to breast cancer. “We wouldn’t want to...
View ArticleSoccer kicks up activity level of overweight kids
U.S. News & World Report: A study led by Dr. Kristine Madsen, assistant professor at the School, found that a soccer program increased the physical activity levels of overweight and obese children....
View ArticleUC policy experts and health care industry leaders announce plan for better...
KPCC Southern California Public Radio: Dean Stephen Shortell, coauthor of a new report, is interviewed. “A collaboration of UC Berkeley health policy experts, government health regulators and leaders...
View ArticleCoordinated healthcare could save California $110 billion, group says
Los Angeles Times: Dean Stephen Shortell, a coauthor of the report, is quoted. “California could cut $110 billion in healthcare spending over the next decade, saving the average household $800 a year,...
View ArticleCalifornia coalition’s report calls for overhaul to rein in health care costs
Sacramento Bee: Dean Stephen Shortell and Professor Richard Scheffler, coauthors of a new report, are quoted. “California’s health industry heavyweights, warning that insurance premiums will soon...
View ArticleNew study links BPA and childhood asthma
Scientific American: Kim Harley, associate adjunct professor at the School, comments on a Columbia University study finding a link between bisphenol A (BPA)-exposure and childhood asthma. Noting that...
View ArticleThe real promise of “accountable care”
The Wall Street Journal: Dean Stephen Shortell coauthors a commentary advocating a transition away from conventional fee-for-service insurance to an accountable care organization (ACO) payment model,...
View ArticleUC Berkeley honors public health heroes
Oakland Post: Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General and former CDC director, and Dr. J. Michael McGinnis, a top health official who served under four U.S. presidential administrations, each...
View ArticleDoctors urge FDA to restrict caffeine in energy drinks
The New York Times: Patricia Crawford, director of UC Berkeley’s Atkins Center for Weight and Health, and Assistant Professor Kristine Madsen are among a group of 18 doctors, researchers, and public...
View ArticleChildhood trauma, fibroids linked
The Grio: Associate Professor Amani Nuru-Jeter comments on a study at the Boston University School of Public Health that found a link between childhood abuse and fibroids. She notes that her own...
View ArticleStaying HIV-free for $288
The New York Times: Professor Paul Gertler is one of the authors of a new study that suggests that most young gay men in Mexico City would pledge to stay HIV-free, attend a monthly safe-sex talk, and...
View ArticleUC Berkeley to implement tobacco-free policy
Daily Californian – Pursuant to a universitywide ban on tobacco products, UC Berkeley has established a committee to oversee the move toward becoming tobacco-free by 2014. To lead the tobacco-free...
View ArticleFlame retardants in consumer products are linked to health and cognitive...
Washington Post – Research led by Professor Brenda Eskenazi, director of Berkeley’s Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health, is included in an article about the numerous health risks of...
View ArticleExplosion in West, Texas, causes few hard feelings
Los Angeles Times – Michael Wilson, director of the Labor Occupational Health Program, is quoted. Despite the devastation caused bt the recent fertilizer plant explosion, sentiments remain subdued...
View ArticleWhat to say to the Boston Marathon survivors
Oakland Tribune – In an op-ed, Dr. Jodi Halpern, associate professor of bioethics in the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program, writes that calls for resiliency and recovery might not be what victims...
View ArticlePoison lips? Troubling levels of toxic metals found in cosmetics
L.A. Times, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, and many others: Study coauthor Professor S. Katharine Hammond is quoted. UC Berkeley School of Public Health researchers found lead, cadmium, chromium,...
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