Overweight & Obesity
Obesity remains very high in 13 US states (Update)
Adult obesity in the U.S. still isn't budging, the latest government survey shows.
Aug 15, 2013
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Health
Miss. law requires cord blood from some teen moms
If a girl younger than 16 gives birth in Mississippi and won't name the father, a new state law says authorities must collect umbilical cord blood and run DNA tests to prove paternity.
Aug 2, 2013
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Health
Breast-feeding rates up; 77 percent of moms try
Health officials say breast-feeding rates continue to inch up: Now more than 3 in 4 mothers try to breast-feed their newborns.
Jul 31, 2013
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Health
Church-based diet, physical activity program effective
(HealthDay)—For rural African-Americans, church-based diet and physical interventions may be effective for improving healthy lifestyle choices, according to a study published June 6 in Preventing Chronic Disease.
Jun 13, 2013
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Health
Hawaii is least stressed state with highest enjoyment levels
(HealthDay)—Hawaii remains the least stressed state, and also reports the highest level of enjoyment, according to a report from Gallup-Healthways.
Apr 29, 2013
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Ala. lawmakers tighten rules for abortion clinics
(AP)—Alabama lawmakers have given final passage to a measure placing stricter regulations on clinics that provide abortions.
Apr 3, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC: 24 E. coli illnesses linked to frozen foods
(AP)—Health officials say at least 24 people have become sick from an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to frozen snack foods marketed to children.
Mar 29, 2013
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Health
Only Miss. abortion clinic gets license warning
(AP)—As the nation marks the 40th anniversary of the historic decision to legalize abortions in the U.S., Mississippi's lone abortion clinic says it received notice that the state health department intends to revoke its ...
Jan 26, 2013
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Health
Only Miss. abortion clinic can't comply with law
Mississippi's only abortion clinic has missed a Friday deadline to comply with a new state law that requires each of its physicians to get hospital admitting privileges—a law the governor said he signed with the hopes of ...
Jan 12, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Flu more widespread in US; eases off in some areas
Health officials say flu is more widespread across the nation, but the number of hard-hit states has declined.
Jan 11, 2013
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