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The Learning Channel's website yanked a story that was riddled with mistruths and flat-out errors — but only after major medical organizations complained.
Swimming lessons and parents’ vigilance are crucial for preventing drowning injuries and death among young kids.
People with more education are more likely to earn a decent living and enjoy better health, according to the government’s annual health report.
Percentage of American workers — that’s 40.6 million U.S. adults — who are getting 6 hours of sleep or less per night. The National Sleep Foundation recommends 7 to 9 hours a night. Most at risk of sleep-deprivation: night shift workers, especially in the transportation, warehousing and health care industries. Divorced, separated or widowed people [...]
Doctors need to step up their p.r. game if they’re going to counter the anti-immunization tide, says a new Mayo Clinic study that offers talking points on how to respond to parents’ fears.
Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. But a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says infections have risen: last year the U.S. reported the highest number of measles cases in 15 years.
Decline in death rates from accidents, such as fires, falls and car crashes, among youths age 19 or younger between 2000 and 2009. Still, more than 9,000 American children died in 2009 as a result of unintentional injuries. Some causes continue to rise: suffocation deaths increased 54% in babies under 1, and poisonings soared 91% [...]
About 1 in 4 babies are now born to unmarried couples, a rate that has nearly doubled since 2002, according to a recent report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
An outbreak of an unusual strain of salmonella called Salmonella Bareilly has hit 19 states and the District of Columbia, infecting 90 people since late January, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Number of calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW, a toll-free number that helps people quit smoking, last week — the first week of the CDC’s $54 million graphic antismoking ad campaign. The phone line had received fewer than 14,500 calls the week before. Views of the government’s quit-smoking website also rose, from about 20,000 to about 66,000. These [...]
Although arthritis is extremely common, people still have many misconceptions about the disease. How much do you really know?
