News tagged with cdc
Doctors telling more adults: Get out and exercise
(AP) -- More and more U.S. adults are being told by their doctor to get out and exercise, according to government survey released Thursday.
Feb 09, 2012 |
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CDC: Bread beats out chips as biggest salt source
Bread and rolls are the No. 1 source of salt in the American diet, accounting for more than twice as much sodium as salty junk food like potato chips.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars: CDC
Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Measles cases rise after decade of decline
Measles outbreaks in parts of Europe and Africa led to some 60,000 more cases worldwide in 2010 over the previous year, after nearly a decade of declines, US health authorities said on Thursday.
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Unexplained skin condition is non-infectious, not linked to environmental cause: CDC
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has completed a comprehensive study of an unexplained skin condition commonly referred to as Morgellons and found no infectious agent and no evidence to suggest an environmental ...
Jan 25, 2012 |
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CDC: Many teen moms didn't think it could happen
A new government study suggests a lot of teenage girls are clueless about their chances of getting pregnant.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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India reports new TB strain resistant to all drugs
Indian doctors have reported the country's first cases of "totally drug-resistant tuberculosis," a long-feared and virtually untreatable form of the killer lung disease.
Jan 16, 2012 |
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New laboratory method uses mass spectrometry to rapidly detect staph infections
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed a new laboratory test that can rapidly identify the bacterium responsible for staph infections. ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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NIST releases two new SRMs for monitoring human exposure to environmental toxins
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has developed two new Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for measurements of human exposure ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Over-65s are frequent binge drinkers: US study
Binge drinking is more common in the United States than previously thought, particularly among young adults, though the most frequent offenders are over 65, said a US government study on Tuesday.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Panel urges lower cutoff for child lead poisoning
(AP) -- For the first time in 20 years, a federal panel is urging the government to lower the threshold for lead poisoning in children.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Oklahoma baby is 3rd sickened by rare bacteria
(AP) -- An Oklahoma baby is the third infant this month sickened by bacteria sometimes associated with tainted infant formula.
Dec 28, 2011 |
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Survey: 1 in 4 women attacked by intimate partner
(AP) -- It's a startling number: 1 in 4 women surveyed by the government say they were violently attacked by their husbands or boyfriends.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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For protection against cancers, both boys and girls benefit from getting HPV vaccine
On Oct. 25, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all adolescent boys be immunized against the human papilloma virus, which causes several types of cancer in both sexes. We strongly support ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Vanderbilt study leads to simpler therapy for treating latent tuberculosis
Research, led by Timothy Sterling, M.D., professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has led to an important change in CDC recommendations in the regimen for prevention of the centuries-old scourge, tuberculosis ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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