03 Feb 2012

How junk food marketing creates unhealthy environments for children, and what we can do about it

by Andrew Cheyne, C.Phil

Keywords: Marketing Junk Food Unhealthy Food Healthy Food Ubiquitous Marketing Screen Time Unhealthy Environment Soda Product Price Place Promotion Food Prices Ronald McDonald Healthy Checkout

15 Oct 2008

Lighting up the pathways to cell death: fluorescence microscopy approaches to studying apoptosis

by Lisa Bouchier-Hayes, PhD

Lisa Bouchier-Hayes, PhD provides an excellent review of apoptosis, or programmed cell death, including the fundamental steps of apoptosis and its importance in cell function. The importance of apoptosis is to sculpt tissues in embryogenesis and metamorphosis, which are primary steps for growth...

Keywords: Apoptosis Confocal Microscopy Cytocrome Cytochrome C-GFP Homeostasis Fluorescent Proteins

09 Jun 2011

Get Fit with the Grizzlies: A Community-School-Home Initiative to Fight Childhood Obesity

by Carol C. Irwin, PhD

Background: Professional sports organizations in the United States have notable celebrity status, and several teams have used this “star power” to collaborate with local schools in efforts aimed at the goal of affecting childhood obesity (e.g., NFL Play 60). Program effectiveness is...

Keywords: Breakfast Assemblies Family Fitness Assemblies Healthy Home Court Behavior Change Obesity Prevention Cure4Kids Global Summit Grizz

10 Jun 2011

The World Cancer Declaration and the link to the UN High Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Disease

by Julie Torode, PhD

The World Cancer Declaration was published in 2008 after 2 years of preparation involving many experts and organizations drawn from the UICC membership. It was issued at the World Cancer Congress in Geneva 2008. The document contains 11 targets for 2020, which, if achieved, will give hope that the...

Keywords: UICC Union For International Cancer Control World Cancer Declaration NCD Noncommunicable Disease Heart Disease Cardiac Disease Chronic Disease Diabetes

10 Jun 2011

2011 United Nations Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) - Coming Together as One Voice for Children

by Kate Armstrong, B Med, DCH, MPH

In New York City from 19-20 September 2011, the United Nations will hold its second-ever health-related Summit. The 2011 UN Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) will seek to bring global attention to the burden of NCDs and agree on a plan of action to address them. There is cause for optimism...

Keywords: NCD Alliance United Nations Resource-poor Country Child-focused Working Group CFWG Cure4Kids Global Summit

11 Jun 2011

Workshop on Return to School after Pediatric Cancer

by Justin Gardner, MEd and Arli Pedrosa, MPsych

This workshop will provide an overview of the St. Jude School Program, childhood cancer, and the educational impact of treatment. When patients return to school following treatment, they may need extra supports in place to ensure success. Myths and misconceptions about children with cancer still...

Keywords: Cure4Kids Global Summit Childhood Cancer School Program Hospital School School Re-entry Students With Cancer St. Jude Hospital School Program