Episode 12

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25th Apr 2022

Episode 12: The Public Health Report with Laura Sheckter

Welcome to the Public Health Report. In this week's episode our host Laura Sheckter reports on three papers and some breaking news.

Topic 1- Fracking and its negative impact of infant health

Elaine L. Hill, Lala Ma. Drinking water, fracking, and infant health. Journal of Health Economics, 2022; 82: 102595 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102595

 

Topic 2- One effect stemming from the legalization of recreational marijuana

Shyam Raman, Ashley Bradford. Recreational cannabis legalizations associated with reductions in prescription drug utilization among Medicaid enrollees. Health Economics, 2022; DOI: 10.1002/hec.4519

 

Topic 3- 19th century Breastfeeding rates in Netherlands

Andrea L. Waters-Rist, Kees de Groot, Menno L. P. Hoogland. Isotopic reconstruction of short to absent breastfeeding in a 19th century rural Dutch community. PLOS ONE, 2022; 17 (4): e0265821 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265821

 

Topic 4- J&J Janssen Settles and J&J updates

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-04-18/j-js-janssen-settles-with-wva-for-99m-in-opioid-lawsuit

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Dr. April Moreno is a public health and informatics specialist consultant, and is the Founder of the Public Health Podcast Network, publichealthpodcasters.com. She is also dedicated to autoimmune health equity and is the Founder, CEO of the Autoimmune Community Institute, acicommunity.org.