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(HealthDay)—This past flu season started earlier, peaked earlier and led to more adult hospitalizations and child deaths than most flu seasons, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-early-severe-flu-season-big.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:00:01 EST news290435878 (HealthDay)—A shortage of a critical tuberculosis drug has hampered the efforts of health departments across the United States to contain the spread of the highly infectious lung disease, federal officials report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-shortage-key-drug-hampering-efforts.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 23 May 2013 17:20:01 EST news288544263 (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. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-kids-mental-health-disorder-cdc.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 16 May 2013 17:00:01 EST news287939547 (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. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-seniors-mental-decline-silence-cdc.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Thu, 09 May 2013 17:27:44 EST news287339112 (HealthDay)—Most Americans are falling short when it comes to exercise, a new government report shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-americans-cdc.html Health Thu, 02 May 2013 18:00:02 EST news286734682 (HealthDay)—Elderly pedestrians face a much higher risk of being killed in a traffic accident than the young do, a new government report finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-pedestrian-age-odds-dying-traffic.html Health Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:40:02 EST news285517856 (HealthDay)—Three people who received transplant organs in 2012 from the same 24-year-old donor got more than they bargained for: Each developed a severe roundworm infection, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-roundworm-infections-threaten-recipients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:30:01 EST news284919031 (HealthDay)—The death from chickenpox of an otherwise healthy 15-year-old Ohio girl should remind parents of the importance of vaccination against the disease, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-teen-death-chickenpox-highlights-vaccination.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:10:01 EST news284918974 (HealthDay)—Just in time for Easter, health officials are issuing another cautionary tale about the dangers of salmonella infection from chicks and ducklings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-theyre-cute-chicks-salmonella-dangers.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:40:01 EST news283095612 (HealthDay)—Only 11 percent of the estimated 79 million Americans who are at risk for diabetes know they are at risk, federal health officials reported Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-millions-verge-diabetes-dont-cdc.html Diabetes Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:38:45 EST news283095507 (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 another man, federal health officials reported Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-smallpox-vaccine-milder-infection-sex.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:50:06 EST news281292599 (HealthDay)—The latest U.S. cancer statistics find that 1.5 million new cases of invasive cancer were diagnosed among Americans in 2009, with more men than women developing malignancies and blacks at higher risk for cancer than whites. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cancer-vary-widely-state-cdc.html Cancer Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:00:02 EST news280691732 (HealthDay)—While more black mothers are breast-feeding their babies, they're still far less likely to do so than Hispanic or white women, according to a new U.S. study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-breast-feeding-common-black-babies-cdc.html Health Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:20:01 EST news279472222 (HealthDay)—Food poisoning sickens millions of Americans each year, and most outbreaks are caused by salmonella-tainted foods or norovirus, federal health officials report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc-salmonella-foodborne-illness-outbreaks.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:50:01 EST news278272699 (HealthDay)—Shortages of key tuberculosis drugs are posing a real hazard to patients throughout the United States, a new report finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-tb-drug-shortages-patients-peril.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:30:01 EST news277660080 (HealthDay)—Tennessee health officials report cases of a rare blood-clotting problem among people who injected the painkiller Opana ER (extended release) after crushing pills meant to be taken by mouth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-blood-disorder-cases-tied-prescription.html Medications Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:45:55 EST news277058749 (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 sexual contact, according to research published in the Nov. 30 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-urban-hiv-infection-due-male-male.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:00:01 EST news273504640 To date, 10 people have fallen ill - and three have died - in the hantavirus outbreak at Yosemite National Park's "signature" cabins in Curry Village, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-cdc-yosemite-hantavirus-outbreak-sickened.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:40:01 EST news272803524 (HealthDay)—Levels of secondhand smoke outside smoking rooms and other designated smoking areas in airports are five times higher than in smoke-free airports, a new U.S. study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-airport-areas-expose-workers-cdc.html Health Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:05:53 EST news272653543 (HealthDay)—Thirty of the 50 largest cities in the United States are now smoke-free, a new report shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-majority-biggest-cities-smoke-free.html Addiction Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:00:01 EST news272217684 (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. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-accidents-kids-year-cdc.html Health Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:50:01 EST news269790334 (HealthDay)—Those bite-sized, brightly colored packets of concentrated liquid laundry detergent need to be kept out of the reach of small children, who often mistake them for candy, U.S. health officials warn. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-detergent-pods-danger-children-cdc.html Health Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:40:01 EST news269790143 (HealthDay)—Hispanic Americans are diagnosed with HIV infection nearly three times as often as whites, but rates and causes differ by region, a new study finds. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-hiv-hispanics-vary-region-cdc.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:30:03 EST news269194330 (HealthDay)—Flu activity in the United States remains at low levels, federal health officials said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-flu-cdc.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:20:01 EST news268581332 (HealthDay)—Many U.S. babies born to mothers infected with hepatitis B do not receive recommended follow-up testing after vaccination, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-follow-up-lacking-babies-hepatitis-vaccination.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:00:01 EST news267987615 (HealthDay)—A rat control strategy launched in the Bronx, N.Y., led to a 54 percent reduction in the number of properties with signs of rat activity, a new federal report says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-nyc-effort-rats.html Health Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:20:01 EST news267382868 (HealthDay)—Many households in the United States are ready should a disaster—such as a hurricane or earthquake—strike, federal officials said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-households-ready-disasters-cdc.html Health Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:30:02 EST news266783034 (Medical Xpress)—If you end up with a rash on a new tattoo, you should probably think twice before brushing it off as an allergic reaction or a normal part of the healing process. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-rochester-tale-tainted-tattoos.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:12:12 EST news266155912 (HealthDay)—One-third of Americans have high blood pressure and only half of them have it under control, dramatically increasing their risk for possibly fatal heart attacks and strokes, a new government report shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-millions-americans-uncontrolled-high-blood.html Health Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:30:09 EST news265991403 (HealthDay)—As the use of small button batteries has become more widespread to power devices such as toys, watches and hearing aids, more young children have swallowed them, resulting in choking and even deaths, a new U.S. report says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-tiny-batteries-pose-threat-kids.html Health Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:10:01 EST news265563628