The Center for Disease Control suggests that people should get at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity three days a week to improve their health.
Type 2 diabetes in children is becoming a global public health issue with potentially serious outcomes…
While rates of illicit drug use are declining, the rate of prescription drug use remains high.
The average U.S. woman is 5’4” and weighs 140. The average U.S. model is 5’11” and weighs 117…
Over 300,000 deaths per year are caused by poor nutrition and a lack of physical activity.
Malaria is just one of a number of preventable diseases that claims millions of lives every year…
35,000 American teens have died in automobile crashes in the past five years. That’s 6,000 a year,…
After being told the opposite for decades, this week women were told less mammograms are better and breast self exams are useless. But not everyone agrees and some breast cancer survivors are lashing out at the new recommendations.
The new guidelines come from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group of experts convened by the Department of Health and Human Services. The task force reviewed evidence it considers solid and found that:
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That’s what the CDC is saying. In fact, the updated figures are triple the estimates the CDC issued just last week.
According to the new numbers, about 4,000 Americans, including 540 children, have died of H1N1 flu, and 22 million people have been infected since April, when the novel flu virus first surfaced. Contrary to initial impressions, health officials insist the increase does not mean that the disease has suddenly become more deadly or severe.
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