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07/19/11 (Missouri) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports at least 30 percent of adults in a dozen states -- including Missouri -- were obese in 2010.
07/18/11 KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- We all remember the mantra from our mother growing up, "Make sure you eat your fruits and vegetables." Now that we are older, the advice hasn't changed and it appears many people still aren't listening. According to the most recent report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) only 32.5% of Americans are eating the recommended 2 daily servings ...
07/15/11 Nobody likes colonoscopies, but a report released Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control suggests a very real connection between getting checked for colorectal cancer and lowering the risk of death.
07/15/11 Movies that feature tobacco use have decreased, with the amount of smoking in movies that kids watch having fallen again last year, according to a new report. According to the report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there was a drop of 72 percent from the 2,093 onscreen smoking incidents in 2005. 595 incidents of onscreen tobacco use were seen in the top-grossing youth ...
07/14/11 The tobacco use and amount of smoking in movies that children watch fell in 2010 says a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MyHealthNewsDaily reports there were 595 incidents of onscreen tobacco use in the top-grossing youth-rated (G, PG, or PG-13) movies in 2010, which is a 72 percent drop from the 2,093 incidents in 2005. Meanwhile, the number of tobacco-related ...
07/14/11 The amount of smoking in movies that kids watch fell again last year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
07/13/11 At a forum in Shoreline Tuesday on whether to add meningitis to the vaccination schedule for children, more than 100 parents, health-care providers and others interested in the topic considered questions about vaccine safety, effectiveness and whether mandates are advisable. The Centers for Disease Control and its advisers, who are seeking citizen views around the country, will ultimately decide.
07/13/11 In 2010, North Carolina was the 10th most obese state in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . A year later, it dropped to 14th, making it the southeast's biggest loser.Burlington Nutrition, which opened in downtown Burlington at 127 West Davis St. this...
07/13/11 Home births increased 20 percent from 2004 to 2008, accounting for 28,357 of 4.2 million U.S. births, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released in May.
07/11/11 Farhad Modarai has one year of medical school to go, but the 27-year-old will start his career a bit early this summer, as the only New Jerseyan to work for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Ga.
07/11/11 To protect your health when temperatures are extremely high, remember to keep cool and use common sense. These tips from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are important.
07/11/11 It's elementary. Healthy lifestyle choices should begin in childhood. But parents are busy. Fast food is cheap. And technology helps keep children sedentary. As a result, one out of three children in the United States is overweight or obese, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. They are at risk for developing serious health problems, such as Type 2 diabetes, that will ...
07/10/11 An investigation into a possible cancer cluster involving eight cases of Wilms tumor appears to be at a standstill, despite the assistance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.[...]
06/30/11 When the AIDS epidemic first surfaced in the U.S. 30 years ago, the illness was primarily an urban problem, centered in cities such as New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Today New York State and California still rank among the highest in the number of cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with more than 150,000 people living with AIDS (the later stages of HIV ...
06/30/11 Second Salmonella strain linked to chick-related outbreak The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday reported a second Salmonella strain in an outbreak of illnesses linked to contact with chicks and ducklings obtained from the same national chain store and mail-order supplier.
06/27/11 The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 21% of the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV are unaware of their HIV status.
06/25/11 Investigators with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday lowered from 12 to 10 the number of people they said have been infected with a deep-skin fungus linked to serious injuries sustained in the May 22 tornado.
06/24/11 The Park RecordThe Summit County Health Department is strongly urging residents to get measles vaccines as the Center for Disease Control announced
06/23/11 Move over, Lyme disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, another dangerous tick-borne disease is burrowing its way through the Lower Hudson Valley and coastal areas...
06/23/11 It was 30 years ago this month that the Centers for Disease Control discovered an unusual strain of pneumonia in five gay men in Los Angeles. The strange illness unmasked itself over the course of the next few years in healthy men in Los Angeles, San Francisco and eventually in New York City.
06/15/11 Meningitis vaccines are up for debate in Concord, New Hampshire. Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are requesting input from parents, health care providers and others in New Hampshire as they start looking into whether or not infants should be vaccinated against meningitis, a rare but potentially fatal infection of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. ... | 
