en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Human Health headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 Often when food prices increase, the first items that grocery shoppers leave out of their carts are the healthful foods, fruits, vegetables, fish and lean meats, says Adam Drewnoski, director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition at the University of Washington in Seattle. People can use these difficult times to their nutritional advantage though by buying locally grown produce, growing some of their own food or brushing up on their cooking skills. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-07-07-food-prices_N.htm Economy Food & Farms Human Health Solutions United States Washington 07/08/2008 USA Today The health effects of a replacement Interstate 5 bridge between Portland and Vancouver are impossible to predict from the available information, according to an analysis of the proposed project by the Multnomah County Health Department. http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121547362535955100 Environment Human Health Sprawl & Transportation Oregon 07/08/2008 Portland Tribune Faced with soaring gasoline prices, agencies around the country that provide services to the elderly say they are having to cut back on programs like Meals on Wheels, transportation assistance and home care, especially in rural areas that depend on volunteers who provide their own gas. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/us/05elderly.html?ref=todayspaper Economy Food & Farms Human Health United States 07/05/2008 New York Times Metro Vancouver hopes to get the taps flowing this fall with an aggressive campaign to encourage people to drink water from the tap rather than the bottle. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=cf88f05d-f1ec-46e0-b053-c05e6ecbbfc7 Environment Food & Farms Human Health British Columbia Canada 07/07/2008 Vancouver Sun Congress returns to work this week with Medicare high on the agenda and Senate Republicans under pressure after a barrage of radio and television advertisements blamed them for a 10.6 percent cut in payments to doctors who care for millions of older Americans. The advertisements, by the American Medical Association, urge Senate Republicans to reverse themselves and help pass legislation to fend off the cut. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/health/policy/07medicare.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin Human Health Policy United States 07/07/2008 New York Times With an unprecedented boom in California hospital construction, it makes sense that many health care organizations are trying to build greener, more environmentally conscious medical centers. But many of the energy-saving techniques used in standard commercial buildings could violate the "do no harm" credo of health care. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/05/BUS911JUGG.DTL Environment Green Business Human Health California 07/05/2008 San Francisco Chronicle In a year and a half, Portland parents without insurance could get basic health care for their children through the city. What began as a grass-roots idea backed by two local doctors took on more urgency Wednesday as Portland's elected leaders unanimously pledged to become one of the first cities in the country to offer health insurance. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1215053720170810.xml&coll=7 Human Health Policy Oregon 07/03/2008 Portland Oregonian Citizen activists claim the EPA is requiring Portland to fight a potentially deadly parasite, cryptosporidium, that never has been proven to make anyone in town sick. Mike Gearheard, of the region's EPA Office of Water and Watersheds believes his agency is doing its job of keeping people, and their water, healthy. http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121503548781724900 Environment Human Health Pollution & Toxics Oregon 07/03/2008 Portland Tribune One year ago today, San Francisco became the first city in the nation to attempt to provide universal health care to its residents. Twelve months later, some city residents wonder why the program is billed as universal when they're still getting turned away. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/01/BABV11IBLN.DTL Human Health California 07/02/2008 San Francisco Chronicle