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Most Cancer Patients Can’t Afford Medical Care
According to a report released February 5 by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the American Cancer...
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Early HIV Treatment Shows 70% Improvement in Survival
HIV patients who began treatment earlier than is currently recommended lived longer compared to...
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Census: 1 in 6 People Living in the US Lacked Health Insurance in 2005
Health insurance continues to be a major problem for
Americans, according to a report released...
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HIV-Living Population Rising 11 Percent in the US
The number of people living with HIV is growing as more
patients survive thanks to antiretroviral...
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HIV Rate Raises Among Blacks and Gay Men, CDC Report Shows
As the rate of people infected with HIV is progressively
rising, a new analysis from the Centers...
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CDC Reports "Alarming" Rates Of HIV Infections Among Young Black Men
Young black gay men appear to be the hardest hit population when
it comes to AIDS in the United...
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More Asthma And PTSD Cases Among Sept. 11 Attacks Witnesses
Seven years after the terrorist attacks on the New York’s Twin Tours
the health of hundreds of...
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HIV Cases In NYC Expand Three Times Faster Than Rest Of U.S.
The virus that causes AIDS pandemic is extending in New York City at three times the national rate,...
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Study: NY’s HIV Infection Rate 3 Times Higher than Nation’s
The latest estimations released by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene are...
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Study: One In Four US Hispanics Does Not Have A Personal Physician
According to the results of a recently ended study conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center and the...
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Only A Quarter of Hispanics Seeking Regular Medical Help, Study
How often Hispanics in the United
States see a doctor, where they go to seek health
information...
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Prevalence Of HIV Infection Among MSM Key Topic At The AIDS Conference
One of the things that worried public health leaders gathered at the international conference on...
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Daily Doses of Growth Hormone May Aid HIV Patients
Low-dose injections with human growth
hormone can reverse some of the abnormal fat distribution...
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HIV Infection Rate Higher Than Previously Estimated
CDS’s advances in blood-testing methods of measuring newly diagnosed infections led to a revised...
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Report Shows Preterm Birth Contributes to Growing Number of Infant Deaths
Deaths directly related to preterm births have increased, especially for non-Hispanic black women,...
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Many Gays Do Not Open Up about Their Sexual Orientation
Thirty-nine percent of gay men living in New York City choose not to disclose their
sexual...
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Survey Warns about High Rates of HIV/AIDS among Hispanics
A recent survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation concluded
that the number of Hispanics infected...
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The White House Opposes Tobacco Bill
In a letter addressed to Joe L Barton of Texas, Health and
Human Services Sec. Michael Leavitt...
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Obesity Rate Increases in the U.S. because of Calorie-Heavy Menus
Mississippi, Alabama
and Tennessee
are the states with the biggest percentage in obesity. 30...
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Tobacco Companies Manipulate Menthol To Lure Teens Into Smoking
US
researchers warned on Wednesday that tobacco companies manipulate the amount of
menthol in...
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Report: Tropical Diseases Common among US Poor
Tropical diseases usually common in Africa, Asia and Latin
American appear to be also common among...
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CDC: Diabetes Rates Raising With 3 Million More Cases in the US
As the number of overweight and obese people is on the rise
in the U.S., it is no surprise that...
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PTSD Haunts One in Eight 9/11 Survivors
The September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center appeared to have left one in eight...
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More Teens Drop Risky Behavior
A report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that the number of teens...
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Kids Cancer Rates Vary By Sex, Race and Area
A new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has concluded that several...
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Federal Court OKs NYC's Calorie Count Requirement
A federal court has upheld a decision by the New York City to require calories to be posted on the...
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Stopping HRT Leaves Breast Cancer Rate Unchanged in Black Women
New research shows a significant drop in U.S. breast
cancer cases in recent years, but only in...
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New Yorkers Top American Rates in Obesity and Diabetes
New Yorkers are gaining weight and being diagnosed with
diabetes at a higher rate than the rest of...
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Report: Not Many Americans Know Everything about Heart Attack
A new report found that most U.S. adults are not aware of the warning
signs and symptoms of a...
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Study: Uninsured More Likely to Be Diagnosed with Advanced Cancer
Uninsured or Medicaid-patients are more likely to be
diagnosed with an advanced stage cancer than...
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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness DAY Is Almost Here
Saturday marks the annual National Back HIV/AIDS Awareness DAY, a day meant to encourage...
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LAPD Officers Driven By Racial Differences When Performing Arrests
Los Angeles police officers see the world in black and
white, a recent report by Yale Law School...
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Health Insurance – A Major Problem in the US
US Census Bureau released a report this week according to which only one in six people living in...
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Homosexuals, Blacks Bear the Heaviest Burden of HIV Infections
A new report on HIV infections released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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America’s Health Insurance Rates, Median Income Increase,Census Bureau Says
America’s poverty rate remained flat in 2007 as median household income edged upward, according to...
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High School Graduation Rates Increase In New York City
For the very first time, over 50 percent of New York City’s high school students are graduating...
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New HIV Cases Were Underestimated by 40 Percent, the CDC Announces
The Centers for Disease Control has announced that the new cases of HIV infections were...
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2008 Kids Count Data Book
The situation of children in the United States shows slight signs of
improvement from 2000 to...
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Aren’t Menthol Cigarettes Flavored Cigarettes?
A highly debated tobacco bill is currently pending in the
United States Congress which might...
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CDC: Risky Health Behaviors Lowering among US Students
U.S.
teens appear to engage less in risky health behaviors, meaning they’re having
less sex,...
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