Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
hideThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services based in the Metro Atlanta area, adjacent to the campus of Emory University and northeast of downtown Atlanta. It works to protect public health and safety by providing information to enhance health decisions, and it promotes health through partnerships with state health departments and other organizations. The CDC focuses national attention on developing and applying disease prevention and control (especially infectious diseases), environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, prevention and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
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WHO working on formulas to model swine flu spread
Jul 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The World Health Organization said Wednesday it is working to mathematically model the spread of swine flu in an attempt to better understand how the outbreak developed from a handful of cases to a global epidemic ...
New device looks to prevent vision loss in diabetes patients
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An Indiana University School of Optometry faculty member's company is nearing completion of a diagnostic camera that could aid in saving the vision of millions of people worldwide.
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CDC concedes vaccine production behind schedule
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A top-ranking official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says production of a vaccine for swine flu virus is behind schedule and people should take precautionary steps to prevent its spread.
Transcendental Meditation helped heart disease patients lower cardiac disease risks by 50 percent
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Patients with coronary heart disease who practiced the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation® technique had nearly 50 percent lower rates of heart attack, stroke, and death compared to nonmeditating controls, according ...
Exposure to lead, tobacco smoke raises risk of ADHD
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Children exposed prenatally to tobacco smoke and during childhood to lead face a particularly high risk for ADHD, according to research done at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
CDC: 25 cities and states order swine flu vaccine
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Oct 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Twenty-five cities and states have ordered swine flu vaccine, and the first doses should be administered Tuesday, officials said Thursday.
Common household pesticides linked to childhood cancer cases in Washington area
Jul 28, 2009 |
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A new study by researchers at the Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center finds a higher level of common household pesticides in the urine of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a cancer that develops ...
Too many fail to follow hand-washing guidelines
May 30, 2009 |
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Everyone knows how to wash their hands. Warm water, lots of soap, a vigorous and thorough scrubbing, a good drying. Moms pound it into us from the time we're toddlers.
The way you eat may affect your risk for breast cancer
Aug 04, 2009 |
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How you eat may be just as important as how much you eat, if mice studies are any clue.
Moderate weight loss helps reduce risk of osteoarthritis in the knee
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Here’s another good reason to lose even a moderate amount of weight: it could reduce your risk of developing osteoarthritis in your knees.
Gene therapy shows early promise for treating obesity
Mar 09, 2009 |
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With obesity reaching epidemic levels, researchers at the Ohio State University Medical Center are studying a potentially long-term treatment that involves injecting a gene directly into one of the critical feeding and weight ...
Day care centers urged to be vigilant against flu
Sep 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Will you start seeing thermometers at day care centers? The government is urging the nation's 360,000 child care providers to be vigilant about sending home children who may have the flu - and the main symptom to ...
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