Dean Frenk joins global leaders at MDG Summit Dean Julio Frenk participated in last week's United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals, which aimed to accelerate progress on a series of global health and anti-poverty targets. Frenk is a member of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's MDG Advocates Group (pictured above), a task force of global leaders charged with building political will and mobilizing action around the MDG's. Watch a video of the group's meeting at the summit. |
From the Harvard Public Health Review
 Public housing, private viceFollowing
the passage in 23 states of laws that ban smoking in workplaces,
restaurants, and bars, anti-smoking advocates are increasingly training
their sights on private spaces in public buildings including public housing. Read more
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Research news
Heart healthy diet doesn't have to be expensive
"Increased spending on nuts, soy and beans, and
whole grains, and less spending on red and processed meats and high-fat
dairy, may be the best investment for dietary health," Adam Bernstein and colleagues concluded in a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Read more |
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