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Health

Nationwide Premature Birth Report Gives States Grades For Premature Births

Nationwide Premature Birth Report Gives States Grades For Premature Births

Each year, more than 530,000 babies are born before 37 full weeks of gestation, statistics show....
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 17:00
Obesity, Sedentary Life Blamed For Soaring Rates Of Diabetes In The South

Obesity, Sedentary Life Blamed For Soaring Rates Of Diabetes In The South

The rate of new cases of diabetes almost doubled in the US in the past ten years, fueled by...
» read full story October 31st, 2008 - 13:31
Infant Mortality Rate in the U.S. Still High

Infant Mortality Rate in the U.S. Still High

A report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the infant...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 16:31
US Infant Mortality Rate – Definitely Not Improving, CDC Says

US Infant Mortality Rate – Definitely Not Improving, CDC Says

Infant mortality rate is continuously decreasing in the United States, dropping to 29th in the...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 14:10
CDC Reports "Alarming" Rates Of HIV Infections Among Young Black Men

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...
» read full story September 12th, 2008 - 14:15
Non-Smoker Men More Likely To Die From Lung Cancer Than Women

Non-Smoker Men More Likely To Die From Lung Cancer Than Women

The largest ever done study on nonsmokers in North America, Europe and Asia and their chances...
» read full story September 09th, 2008 - 16:30
Study: B Vitamins Don’t Reduce Cardiovascular Risk

Study: B Vitamins Don’t Reduce Cardiovascular Risk

Use of B vitamin appears to be inefficient in preventing death or cardiovascular events, according...
» read full story August 20th, 2008 - 14:00
Report Shows Preterm Birth Contributes to Growing Number of Infant Deaths

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,...
» read full story July 30th, 2008 - 19:30
CDC Survey Shows US Obesity Rates Are on the Rise

CDC Survey Shows US Obesity Rates Are on the Rise

Since mid-1970s, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased sharply for the US and...
» read full story July 18th, 2008 - 11:50
Low Level Of Vitamin D Could Cause Death

Low Level Of Vitamin D Could Cause Death

A study made by Austrian researchers at the University of Graz has showed that people with a low...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 07:31
FDA Warns About Risks Linked With Older Antipsychotics

FDA Warns About Risks Linked With Older Antipsychotics

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday warned physicians that prescribing certain...
» read full story June 17th, 2008 - 15:12
Coffee May Lower Risk of Dying from Heart Disease

Coffee May Lower Risk of Dying from Heart Disease

Good news for coffeeholics, as coffee was found of no harm for people’s heart, on contrary, it has...
» read full story June 17th, 2008 - 13:02
Pollution Boosts Risk of Blood Clots As Well

Pollution Boosts Risk of Blood Clots As Well

It has long been known that pollution has noxious repercussions on our health, but no study stated...
» read full story May 13th, 2008 - 10:27
Factors Leading to Hospitalization in Heart Failure Patients

Factors Leading to Hospitalization in Heart Failure Patients

A team of researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles analyzed data from a heart...
» read full story April 29th, 2008 - 13:28
Cisplatin No Better than Standard Treatment in Anal Cancer

Cisplatin No Better than Standard Treatment in Anal Cancer

In patients with anal cancer, experimental chemotherapy treatment with the drug cisplatin failed...
» read full story April 24th, 2008 - 12:39
Merck Faces Criticism for Unorthodox Methods in Vioxx Promotion

Merck Faces Criticism for Unorthodox Methods in Vioxx Promotion

Two studies appearing today in the Journal of the American Medical Association have prompted the...
» read full story April 16th, 2008 - 10:59
Pollution Leads to 'High Mortality Rates' from Pneumonia

Pollution Leads to 'High Mortality Rates' from Pneumonia

It has long been known that pollution has noxious repercussions on our health, but no study has...
» read full story April 15th, 2008 - 15:41
Prematurity-‘A Significant Health Problem that Lasts a Lifetime’

Prematurity-‘A Significant Health Problem that Lasts a Lifetime’

New research reveals what doctors have long known: infants born prematurely are more likely to die...
» read full story March 26th, 2008 - 10:53
20,000 People Die of Cancer Every Day, Says AMC

20,000 People Die of Cancer Every Day, Says AMC

According to a study made public on Monday by the American Cancer Society, cancer accounts for...
» read full story December 17th, 2007 - 21:09
Black Children with Diabetes Face Higher Death Rates

Black Children with Diabetes Face Higher Death Rates

Black children suffering from diabetes have faced a death rate twice as high as for white children...
» read full story November 16th, 2007 - 17:03
Babies Born before Term Face Higher Risk of Death

Babies Born before Term Face Higher Risk of Death

Babies born just a few weeks before their term are more predisposed to dying during their first...
» read full story November 14th, 2007 - 17:11
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U.S.

US Diabetes Diagnoses Almost Double in 10 Years

US Diabetes Diagnoses Almost Double in 10 Years

The number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes is continuously rising, reaching double the cases...
» read full story November 01st, 2008 - 14:00
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World

US’ Fight against HIV – Successful Overseas, But Not within Its Borders

US’ Fight against HIV – Successful Overseas, But Not within Its Borders

The number of people being infected with HIV virus in the US is about 40 percent higher than...
» read full story August 03rd, 2008 - 18:21
Congo’s War and Its Consequences Have Killed 5.4 Million

Congo’s War and Its Consequences Have Killed 5.4 Million

Despite the efforts of the world’s largest peacekeeping force, billions of dollars in...
» read full story January 23rd, 2008 - 15:01
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Specials

German, French Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize for Virus Discoveries

Stockholm - The finding of cervical cancer virus and the discovery of the human immunodeficiency...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 16:18
2008 Kids Count Data Book

2008 Kids Count Data Book

The situation of children in the United States shows slight signs of improvement from 2000 to...
» read full story June 13th, 2008 - 10:07
Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US

Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US

Americans’ life expectancy is stagnating or falling as obesity, high blood pressure, different...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 11:38
Rock Stars Rock, But They Die Younger: Study

Rock Stars Rock, But They Die Younger: Study

You would not believe it by looking at the Rolling Stones however, a new study says rock stars are...
» read full story September 04th, 2007 - 14:42
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