Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

One in five U.S. kids has a mental health disorder, CDC reports

(HealthDay)—As many as one in five American children under the age of 17 has a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year, according to a new federal report.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 16, 2013 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

CDC: Salmonella cause of most foodborne-illness outbreaks

(HealthDay)—Food poisoning sickens millions of Americans each year, and most outbreaks are caused by salmonella-tainted foods or norovirus, federal health officials report.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

CDC: One in 50 poor, straight urban Americans infected with HIV

(HealthDay)—About one in every 50 heterosexual Americans living in poorer urban neighborhoods is infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ritual in some jewish circumcisions raises risk of herpes infection: report

(HealthDay) -- The practice of "oral-genital suction" performed during some Orthodox Jewish circumcision ceremonies could leave the infant with a potentially fatal herpes virus infection, health officials ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Gonorrhea resistant to all but one antibiotic: CDC

(HealthDay) -- With options shrinking to a single antibiotic that can fight resistant strains of gonorrhea, U.S. health authorities issued revised guidelines for treating the sexually transmitted bacteria ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hypertension not so simple

A recently published editorial in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension (JASH), "Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Should Be Included in the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES)," re ...

Cardiology created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Accidents claim lives of 12,000 U.S. kids each year, CDC reports

(HealthDay)—About 12,000 children die from unintended, accidental injuries each year, most of them preventable, according to a report issued Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Health created Oct 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Majority of biggest U.S. cities now smoke-free

(HealthDay)—Thirty of the 50 largest cities in the United States are now smoke-free, a new report shows.

Addiction created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Urban HIV infection mainly due to male-male sexual contact

(HealthDay)—More than half of HIV infections in metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), smaller metropolitan areas, and nonmetropolitan areas in the United States and Puerto Rico can be attributed to male-to-male ...

HIV & AIDS created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Man who got smallpox vaccine passes milder infection to sex partner

(HealthDay)—A man recently vaccinated for smallpox under a U.S. Defense Department program passed a milder, related form of the disease on to a man he had sex with, and that man then passed it on to yet ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Only one in five Americans gets enough exercise, CDC report says

(HealthDay)—Most Americans are falling short when it comes to exercise, a new government report shows.

Health created May 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Many seniors suffer mental decline in silence, CDC reports

(HealthDay)—About 13 percent of Americans 60 and older say they have increasing problems with thinking and memory and that they suffer growing confusion, a new report released Thursday shows.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created May 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Too few girls get HPV vaccine against cancer: CDC

(HealthDay)—Parents and doctors can do more to protect girls from cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), say U.S. health officials who are concerned by lagging HPV vaccination rates among females. ...

Cancer created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2