Coverage of skin cancer and recreational tanning in North American magazines before and after the landmark 2006 International Agency for Research on Cancer report

Background Skin cancer is an increasingly important global public health problem. Mass media is a key source of skin cancer information. We examined how media coverage of skin cancer has changed over time as a consequence of the release of a key public health report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in 2006, which linked ultraviolet (UV) radiation from indoor tanning and skin cancer. Methods ...

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Adaptive curling at Hart Park

Harry Ibis, with VA's Erinn Kulba, launches a stone at the Wauwatosa Curling Club at Hart Park. A curling volunteer donates time and space to the Veterans from the Milwaukee VA 2-3 times month. A gentlemen’s game. That’s what they say curling is. Quiet. Quieter than golf. But don’t tell that to this group of spinal-cord injury Veterans from the Milwaukee VA who took part in curling in early February at Wauwatosa Curling Club in Hart Park. Instead...

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Accountability

“It’s the accountability of being in that group environment—it almost puts you back in that military boot camp environment where someone is barking ‘Five more push-ups!’ We’re in it together!” - Lori Ceder, Marine Corps Veteran Getting fit is one of most common New Year’s Resolutions. Unfortunately for many, by February, those good intentions have already started to fade. Not for Marine Corps Veteran Lori Ceder though! She participates in VA’s TeleMOVE!...

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‘What a man can do, a woman can do better’: gendered alcohol consumption and (de)construction of social identity among young Nigerians

Background The misuse of alcohol and other drugs among young people, especially students, is a growing global phenomenon. In traditional Nigerian society, different locally-produced alcoholic beverages served complex roles but were mainly consumed among adult males for pleasure. Though adult females in some communities consumed alcohol, the practice of drinking was culturally controlled. In contemporary Nigeria, available quantitative...

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