Laughter is the best medicine-Having Wonderful Ideas: Simon Link at TEDxAmanaAcademy – Video

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Simon Link is a 2nd grader at Amana Academy. He likes to make people laugh and will be talking about laughter He is inspired by comedians like Bill Cosby, (i...

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International Diplomacy and Public Health | Jonathan Woodson | Voices from the Field – Video

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Dr. Jonathan Woodson spoke at the Harvard School of Public Health as part of the Decision-making: Voices from ...

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Strategic Leadership in a VUCA World: Jonathan Woodson | Decision-Making: Voices from the Field – Video

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National Report Ranks New Jersey Last for Efforts to Control Tobacco Use by Children

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Newswise New Brunswick, NJ The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a coalition of public health organizations, has ranked New Jersey 51 in the nation, including Washington D.C., in protecting children from smoking and tobacco use. Experts at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, are urging the state to reconsider utilizing funds from the 1998 Tobacco Settlement to reinstate the states comprehensive Tobacco Control Program, which was eliminated in 2009.

New Jersey is the only state that spends nothing to support tobacco prevention and treatment programs, despite receiving funds from the Tobacco Settlement and earning tobacco-generated revenue of more than $947 million in Fiscal Year 2014, said Jill M. Williams, MD, a professor of psychiatry and chief of addiction psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Treating and preventing tobacco dependence has been shown by several states to have a direct savings on healthcare costs related to smoking such as heart attacks, lung and other cancers.

According to the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, annual healthcare costs that can be contributed to smoking are $317 billion in New Jersey, $967 million of which is covered by the state Medicaid program. Medicaid is the primary health insurer for persons with mental illness in the U.S.

Significant health disparities exist in New Jersey, where there are very high rates of smoking among the poor and individuals with mental illness, Dr. Williams said. Ignoring the need to provide our most vulnerable citizens with accessible, effective smoking cessation programs not only affects their health, but increases long-term healthcare costs and ultimately affects the wallets of New Jerseys taxpayers.

In a published editorial piece last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry, Williams and her colleagues underscored the need for collaborative, sustained efforts in treating tobacco addiction. To combat reliance on tobacco in mental health populations, the experts agreed that mental health services and government-sponsored tobacco control programs must work together to improve education and access to smoking cessation programs.

New Jersey has dedicated health professionals who are looking to work with the state on collaborative efforts that can increase opportunities for prevention and wellness services, and broaden access to smoking cessation programs through clinical care, explained Williams, who chairs the New Jersey Breathes Coalition. Reinstating funding for a tobacco control program in the next state budget can result in comprehensive services to treat tobacco addiction and help New Jersey prevent smoking and reliance on other tobacco products for our children.

The report by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Broken Promises to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Fifteen Years Later, can be found at: http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what_we_do/state_local/tobacco_settlement/. Additional information on the effects of tobacco on the health and finances of New Jersey may be found at: http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/facts_issues/toll_us/new_jersey.

About Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School As one of the nation's leading comprehensive medical schools, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, research, health care delivery, and the promotion of community health. In cooperation with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the medical school's principal affiliate, they comprise New Jersey's premier academic medical center. In addition, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has 34 other hospital affiliates and ambulatory care sites throughout the region.

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Key to reverse aging unlocked

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Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of NSW have discovered a way of restoring the efficiency of cells, completely reversing the aging process in muscles

LONDON: Researchers have found a cause of ageing in animals that can be reversed, possibly paving the way for new treatments for age-related diseases including cancer, muscle wasting and inflammatory diseases. The researchers hope to start human trials late next year.

The study, which is published in the journal Cell, relates to mitochondria, which are our cells battery packs and give energy to carry out key biological functions.

Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of NSW have discovered a way of restoring the efficiency of cells, completely reversing the aging process in muscles. Researchers injected a chemical called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide or NAD, which reduces in the body as we age.

The work, led by UNSW Medicines David Sinclair, found a series of molecular events enable communication inside cells between the mitochondria and the nucleus. As communication breaks down, ageing accelerates.

The ageing process we discovered is like a married couple when they are young, they communicate well, but over time, living in close quarters for many years, communication breaks down, says UNSW professor Sinclair, who is based at Harvard Medical School.

And just like a couple, restoring communication solved the problem, says the geneticist.

The background to the research is that as we age, levels of the chemical NAD, which starts this communication cascade, decline.

Until now, the only way to slow the NAD drop was to restrict calories and exercise intensively.

In this work, the researchers used a compound that cells transform into NAD to repair the broken network and rapidly restore communication and mitochondrial function. It mimics the effects of diet and exercise.

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