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The Department of Health and Human Services.
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This letter is in response to your two Citizen Petitions, requesting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) require a cancer warning on cosmetic talc products.Abstract:
This letter is in response to your two Citizen Petitions dated November 17, 1994 and May 13, 2008, requesting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) require a cancer warning on cosmetic talc products. Your 1994 Petition requests that all cosmetic talc bear labels with a warning such as \"Talcum powder causes cancer in laboratory animals. Frequent talc application in the female genital area increases the risk of ovarian cancer.\" Additionally, your 2008 Petition requests that cosmetic talcum powder products bear labels with a prominent warning such as: \"Frequent talc application in the female genital area is responsible for major risks of ovarian cancer.\" Further, both of your Petitions specifically request, pursuant to 21 CFR 1 0.30(h)(2), a hearing for you to present scientific evidence in support of this petition.read more
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Integrating Data On Social Determinants Of Health Into Electronic Health Records
TL;DR: This work recommends creating national standards for representing data related to social determinants of health in electronic health records, incentivizing the collection of the data through financial or quality measures, and expanding the body of research that measures the impact of acting on the information collected.
Pregnancy intentions, maternal behaviors, and infant health: investigating relationships with new measures and propensity score analysis
TL;DR: A measure of pregnancy intentions that incorporates the extent of mistiming, as well as the desire scale developed by Santelli et al. (2009), finds that weighting eliminated statistical significance of many observed associations of intention status with maternal behaviors and birth outcomes, but not all.
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Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Prescription for Opioid Users in San Francisco
Lauren Enteen,Joanna Bauer,Rachel McLean,Eliza Wheeler,Emalie Huriaux,Alex H. Kral,Joshua D. Bamberger +6 more
TL;DR: Findings from the DOPE Project add to a growing body of research that suggests that IDUs at high risk of witnessing overdose events are willing to be trained on overdose response strategies and use take-home naloxone during overdose events to prevent deaths.
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Improving Self-Reports of Active and Sedentary Behaviors in Large Epidemiologic Studies
TL;DR: Three options for improving measures of physical activity behaviors in large-scale epidemiologic studies are presented, the problems and prospects for each are discussed, and a new direction for measuring these behaviors in such studies is highlighted.
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Building Community Resilience to Disasters: A Way Forward to Enhance National Health Security
Anita Chandra,Joie D. Acosta,Stefanie Howard,Lori Uscher-Pines,Malcolm V. Williams,Douglas Yeung,Jeffrey Garnett,Lisa S. Meredith +7 more
TL;DR: A report that provides a roadmap for federal, state, and local leaders who are developing plans to enhance community resilience for health security threats and describes options for building community resilience in key areas is shared.
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