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public health
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Bakers: FDA’s Trans Fats Ban Could Have “Unintended Consequences”
The American Bakers Association argues that the FDA’s plan to reclassify partially hydrogenated oils could have a significant…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Convenience Stores Draws Line: No E-Cigarette Sales to Minors
Anticipating FDA action on the issue, the National Association of Convenience Stores offered new guidelines to its members…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Health, Industry Groups Respond to Nutrition Label Revamp
Nutrition labels are getting their first makeover since becoming required on almost all food packaging 20 years ago.…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Pharmacists Praise CVS for Quitting Tobacco
For years, the American Pharmacists Association has been calling for U.S. pharmacies to end tobacco sales, noting their…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
FDA’s Nutrition Label Refresh Draws Industry Support
Public health groups and the grocery industry at large agree that now’s a good time to change the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Mark 50th Anniversary of Landmark Smoking Report
Half a century after a pivotal public health report was issued, associations honored its role in reducing the…
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The ACI’s Case for the Cleanliness Of Your Antibacterial Soap
This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration raised big questions about the safety of a commonly used…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Roundup: Groups React to the FDA’s Trans Fats Decision
Both medical groups and food-industry groups reacted positively to the decision by the Food and Drug Administration to…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
American Medical Association: Obesity is a Disease
At its annual meeting, the American Medical Association decided to classify obesity as a disease—a move that could…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Gun Control: Medical Groups Look to Change Rhetoric
Like Congress, medical groups struggle to agree on how to tackle the issue of gun violence. The American…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Calorie Counts: Food Marketers Raise Concern Over Regulations
A section of the Affordable Care Act requires food companies to list calorie counts on menus or food…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Health Groups Launch Medication Adherence Initiative
A national survey shows that many patients don’t take their medications as directed. A new consortium of healthcare…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Medical Associations: Walk Away from “Cinnamon Challenge”
A new study by pediatricians and warnings issued by poison control experts highlight the efforts associations are making…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
“Anti-Bloomberg” Law Brings Food Regulation Debate Full Circle
A new Mississippi law prevents cities and counties from limiting portion sizes, requiring calorie counts on menus, or…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Michael Bloomberg’s Soda Ban: Groups Score Big Court Victory
A day before a ban on large-size sodas in New York City was set to take place, a…
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What Associations Could Learn From C. Everett Koop
One of the most-recognized figures for public health in the United States, C. Everett Koop never let personal…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
The American Lung Association: The State of Tobacco Control Report
The American Lung Association issues a failing grade to New Hampshire during its State of Tobacco Control Report.
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Should Flu Shots be Required for Employees?
Patients don’t have to get flu shots. So should the rules be different if your employer makes you…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Flu Season: Associations Helping Massachusetts Get Over the Flu
The state is reeling from the unusually strong (and early) flu season. Statewide healthcare associations are stepping up…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
American Beverage Association Counters Diet Soda Study
The American Beverage Association was quick to counter a study that looked at a potential health risk of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations react to the new 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act
American finally sees some movement on the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act; associations react to regulations.
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
American Heart Association: Sodium Swap
The American Heart Association’s big push to cut the salt from American diets in the three-week Sodium Swap,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists Investigated
The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists is being asked by a Congressional committee to discuss its communications with…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Influenza: Forecasting Flu Outbreaks
A new computer model can predict the timing and severity of flu outbreaks the way meteorologists predict weather…
