Health Behavior News ServiceA resource for the news media and public to find the best and most recent evidence-based scientific research to help people make decisions about their health and health care.Cruise Ship Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis on Rise Since 2001- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Cases of diarrheal disease in passengers on cruise ships increased during 2001 through 2004, despite good results from environmental health sanitation inspection of the ships, a new study has found. 223http://www.hbns.org/toolsForJournalists/getDocument.cfm?documentID=1227 Religious Older Women More Apt to Keep Active, Study Finds- (Found June 19, 2008 ) As a group, older women lead the ranks of too-sedentary Americans, but a new study suggests that those who are religious are also more observant about keeping active in old age. 224http://www.hbns.org/toolsForJournalists/getDocument.cfm?documentID=1228 Adolescents' Grades, Well-Being Suffer Along With Body Image- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A new study of nearly 7,000 Chinese adolescents found that boys and girls who felt they were fat were more likely to report being overwhelmed by schoolwork and less likely to shake off sad feelings. Those feelings of stress and depression also held true for children who were actually normal weight or underweight. 228http://www.hbns.org/toolsForJournalists/getDocument.cfm?documentID=1230 Public Housing Conditions Can Contribute to Obesity, Study Finds- (Found June 19, 2008 ) People living in urban public housing have few places to get a healthy meal and less-than-ideal facilities for exercise, according to a new study done in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo. 228http://www.hbns.org/toolsForJournalists/getDocument.cfm?documentID=1229 Acute Stress Boosts Flu Shot Response in Women, Small Study Finds- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Women who participated in short bouts of physical or mental activity before receiving a flu shot produced more antibodies than other women, according to the first study of this effect in humans. 32http://www.cfah.org/hbns/getDocument.cfm?documentID=1231 Community-Wide Health Program Slows Creep Toward Heart Disease- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A five-year push to blanket a Dutch community with healthy heart programs and education curtailed three major risk factors for heart disease: body mass index, waist circumference and blood pressure. 32http://www.cfah.org/hbns/getDocument.cfm?documentID=1232 Research on Language Barriers in Health Care Is Scarce- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Despite numerous studies showing that people who speak little English have less access to health care and receive poorer quality care, there is surprisingly little research on what solutions work best to overcome language barriers to care, according to a review published in The Milbank Quarterly this month. 315http://www.hbns.org/toolsForJournalists/getDocument.cfm?documentID=1234 No Need to Fast Directly After Major Gynecologic Surgery- (Found June 19, 2008 )http://www.hbns.org/toolsForJournalists/getDocument.cfm?documentID=1602 Little Point to Stretching to Relieve Muscle Soreness- (Found June 19, 2008 )http://www.hbns.org/toolsForJournalists/getDocument.cfm?documentID=1600 Older Women Can Use Decision Aids to Sort Out Mammogram Options- (Found June 19, 2008 )http://www.hbns.org/toolsForJournalists/getDocument.cfm?documentID=1608 |