Healthier, Smarter Growth [Editorial]
For years, county leaders here have considered sound urban planning mainly as a political issue -- an issue tainted by the specter of intruding on personal property rights and free enterprise. As a result, they have regularly rejected calls for comprehensive land-use planning for the unincorporated areas of the county. But as it turns out, the lack of urban planning in suburbia -- here and elsewhere -- is now being acknowledged as a critical public health issue. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Lyme disease map pinpoints high-risk areas: Do you live in one?
Researchers from Yale School of Public Health collected ticks for three years to determine high-risk areas in order to bolster prevention (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
