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News, Videos & Podcasts, 2009
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Below are current news releases
about the UM School of Public Health. You can search all UM SPH releases on this site, or UM News Service releases or UM Health System releases on their news sites.
Study: Voice box can be preserved, even with largest cancers.
June 25, 2009 UM Health System release
Study: U.S. seniors "smarter" than English peers.
June 24, 2009 UM News Service release
President Obama signs historic tobacco legislation; SPH's Cliff Douglas in attendance.
June 22, 2009 UM SPH release
UM completes purchase of former Pfizer campus; planning for use of new “North Campus Research Complex” continues.
June 16, 2009 UM announcement
and background.
Welcoming 2009 HMP Summer Enrichment Program students, future leaders in addressing health disparities.
June 10, 2009 UM SPH release
When young men are scarce, they're more likely to play the field than to propose.
June 10, 2009 UM SPH and News Service release with podcast
UM SPH's Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) center plays key role in Medicare proposal.
May 18, 2009 UM News Service update;
read the bill (PDF)
Senator Stabenow's news release
For food-allergic kids, parents and schools step up. C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health finds one-quarter of parents know a child with a life-threatening food allergy; most not bothered by special accommodations.
May 11, 2009 UM Health System release
Bacteria create aquatic superbugs in waste treatment plants.
May 8, 2009 UM SPH and News Service release
Women more likely to experience non-traditional stroke symptoms, study finds. Gender differences in symptoms may contribute to delay in treatment for women, signal need to change stroke public health campaigns.
May 4, 2009 UM Health System release
Julio Frenk tells UM SPH class of 2009: "You are in transit in a world in transition." Also, annual faculty awards.
May 4, 2009 UM SPH release
May 6-7 Bernstein Symposium on" Air Toxics: Transcending Boundaries—Better Science for Better Health" features former EPA chiefs.
April 28, 2009 UM SPH and News Service release
MEDIA ADVISORY: University of Michigan experts available to discuss swine flu.
April 27, 2009 UM SPH, News Service, and Health System release; More info on swine flu.
Gruber to head UM Cancer Center prevention program.
April 24, 2009 UM Health System release
Study: Prison punishes more people than the just the inmates.
April 21, 2009 UM SPH and News Service release
UM SPH offers HMP200 in fall 2009: a public health introductory course for UM undergraduates.
April 7, 2009 UM SPH release
Health choices predict cancer survival, UM study finds. Pretreatment alcohol, tobacco, fruit, exercise habits linked to head and neck cancer survival outcomes.
April 1 , 2009 UM Health System release
UM SPH online certificate program qualifies for Michigan worker retraining tuition assistance.
March 27, 2009 UM SPH release
Ten genes identified in connection with sudden cardiac death.
March 23, 2009 UM News Service and SPH release
UM launches new embryonic stem cell research consortium.
March 9, 2009 UM News Service release
Black teens, especially females, at risk for suicide thoughts and attempts.
March 2, 2009 UM News Service release
Number of fast-food restaurants associated with stroke risk; What's unknown, researcher says, is whether strokes are caused by what's on the menu, or if restaurants are markers for unhealthy neighborhoods.
February 20, 2009 UM Health System release
IOM report released: "Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities."
February 13, 2009 National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, and UM SPH release
Most seniors have drug coverage, study shows.
February 10, 2009 UM News Service release.
Report: Happy hospitals make happy patients.
February 9, 2009 UM SPH and News Service release
Living with spouse can improve health of Chinese elderly.
February 5, 2009 UM News Service release
Poor people suffer disproportionately from chronic infections.
February 5, 2009 UM SPH and News Service release
Most inactive physicians retain licenses.
January 27, 2009 UM Health System release
Six UM doctoral students win $50,000 Graham Fellowships to support environmental sustainability research.
January 15, 2009 UM News Service release
UM receives $8 million for cancer communications research.
January 14, 2009, UM Health System release
Most people support Alzheimer's research based on family consent.
January 14, 2009 UM Health System release
Disparities in dental care topic of MLK Day health science talk, by Joanne Dawley, the president of the Michigan Dental Association.
January 12, 2009 UM News Service/UM Record release
Staying healthy in a tough economy.
January 5, 2009 UM Health System release (with podcast interview with A. Mark Fendrick, M.D.)
Vets and depression: Fighting a new battle at home.
January 5, 2009, UM Health System release
Six new genes suggest obesity is in your head, not your gut.
December 15, 2008 UM News Service and SPH release
More releases from 2008.
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Multimedia Features
AUDIO MP3: (4 min.) SPH's JoLynn Montgomery defines pandemic and
provides some simple steps people can take to protect themselves and
other from flu symptoms. (June 15, 2009, UM News Service) More on the flu.

VIDEO: (3 min) Prepare, Don't Panic, re H1N1 flu. SPH's Allison Aiello explains why H1N1 is causing concern among public health officials worldwide, and what individuals can do. (May 4, 2009, UM News Service)More on the flu.
NPR.org AUDIO: SPH's Sandro Galea talks about initial confusion in the wake of crises (like the H1N1 swine flu outbreak) and how it quickly and inevitably gives way to rational behavior. (April 30, 2009 NPR.org)

VIDEO (90 min) Health Care Reform in the 111th Congress . February 16, 2009, forum with U.S. Representative John Dingell and other health policy experts.
AUIDO MP3 (7 min) Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders discusses public health. Produced in conjunction with the Jan. 27, 2009, UM SPH Office of Public Health Practice symposium "Public Health Leadership to Improve the Health of Young People".

VIDEO (3 min)
Staying healthy in a tough economy; video interview with A. Mark Fendrick, M.D. Effects of the worsening economy include: many people are cutting down on their prescription medications, postponing visits with their health-care providers, and putting off important routine health screenings and vaccinations. (January 2009).

VIDEOS (various lengths) Presentations by leading scholars and scientists working in gerontology, from the October 6, 2008 UM SPH all-school symposium: "The Global Crisis of Aging: Population, Biology, and Social Implications."
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