Issue 42, October 22, 2012

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Several important non-communicable disease related risk factor and intervention studies lead off the featured articles this week. N Ahluwaliaexternal icon along with non-CDC collaborators review the evidence linking diet with inflammation and the metabolic syndrome (MetS), concluding that following the “Mediterranean diet” or national dietary guidelines can reduce inflammation and the MetS. Data from NHANES published in JAMA by MD Carrollexternal icon et al indicates favorable trends in lipid levels among U.S. adults from 1988-2010. According to K Mattranexternal icon and colleagues, awareness and use of federal physical activity promotion materials (such as the State Indicator Report on Physical Activity) can be improved through enhanced design and distribution. A “review of reviews” led by JL Matjasko from the CDC Division of Violence Prevention finds strong evidence for selected family-based youth violence prevention programs and also documents important gaps in the current knowledge base. MR Wehnerexternal icon et al, writing in BMJ, find in their systematic review and meta-analysis that indoor tanning increases the risk of non-melanoma skin cancer, and that this preventable exposure may be responsible for more than 150,000 cases in the US.

Moving to a globally important infectious disease with evolving characteristics of a chronic disease, two analyses provide perspectives on home-based HIV testing. W Dalalexternal icon and colleagues find that such testing was well-accepted in rural and urban Kenyan communities, and that most HIV-infected persons were previously unaware of their serostatus. In the journal AIDS and Behavior, a group led by A Medleyexternal icon note that home-based testing must be linked to enrollment and retention in care, since less than half of HIV positive individuals reported receiving such care at the time of testing.

Two women’s health studies conducted in CDC headquarters home state of Georgia are included as features this week. IJ Hallexternal icon, along with CDC and non-CDC colleagues, summarize the success of the African American Women and Mass Media campaign in increasing awareness of breast cancer screening services in Savannah and Macon, GA. A study of more than 35,000 pregnancies in a managed care setting by FC Bruceexternal icon et al finds that insurance coverage may lower risks of maternal morbidity in patients with lower socioeconomic status.

Last but not least, diagnostic advances and a proposed testing scheme for an important emerging infection, Chikungunya fever, are reviewed by a group led by V Reddyexternal icon.

John Iskander

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