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Decline In Colorectal Cancer Rates Leads Overall Drop
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
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The latest annual report on the state of cancer in the nation finds that death rates from colorectal cancer declined 3.9 percent in men and 3.4 percent in women in 2006 compared with 2005. Between 1975 and 2000, deaths from colorectal cancer fell 26 percent.
Tags: deaths rate, U.S, cancers deaths, cancers rate, colon cancers, cancers society, American Cancer Society, cancers institute, cancers cases, disease control, New York City, Colorectal cancer, Cancer, Health Medical Pharma, Breast cancer, Oncology, Prostate cancer, Gastrointestinal cancer, Lung cancer, Urology, Pathology, Occupational safety and health, Ovarian cancer, Breast cancer screening, Mammography, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Social Issues, Cervical cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Medical terms, Nutrition
CDC: H1N1 flu continues to decrease
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility The weekly flu surveillance report released Friday, completed during flu season by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says 17 states reported regional influenza activity. The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and six states reported local...
Tags: swine flu, disease control, health officials, U.S, barre syndrome, flu infections, widespread swine, Atlanta, Influenza, Swine influenza, flu pandemic, Pandemics, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Health in the United States, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza vaccine, Vaccines, Flu season, flu pandemic in the United States, Animal virology, Influenza pandemic, Environment, Pulmonology, Vaccine, H5N1, Oseltamivir, Neuraminidase inhibitors
Swine flu appears to be on the decline
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Illinois and the Chicago area have seen an easing of the H1N1 swine flu infection in recent weeks, suggesting the pandemic has peaked here at least for now, much as it has done throughout the nation and the Northern Hemisphere. Public health officials...
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843 swine flu cases reported
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 9 days ago
Credibility A total of 843 people are currently suffering from swine flu infection in Afghanistan, and 16 have died of the virus. The ministry said 332 of those infected are foreign nationals. The mortality rate from swine flu infection in Afghanistan is higher than...
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State reports 11 more deaths from H1N1; total is now 30
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility The updated totals come from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's weekly report. Last week, officials began reporting statewide deaths in the same way they are reported by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , which involves...
Tags: United States, swine flu, U.S, health officials, disease control, Atlanta, flu pandemic, Health Medical Pharma, Pandemics, Animal virology, Swine influenza, Influenza, Influenza vaccine, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Health in the United States, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Vaccines, Influenza pandemic, flu pandemic in the United States, Anne Schuchat, Business Finance, Vaccine, H5N1, Prevention, Microbiology, MedImmune, Pandemic
H1N1 cases fall in U.S. but could rise with Thanksgiving travel, gatherings
Cardiff :: United Kingdom | 20 days ago
Credibility The level of swine flu activity in the United States appears to be declining, although officials are worried about another increase of cases during the Thanksgiving holiday when many people travel and families gather. The number of states reporting widespread...
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U.S. adult smoking rate rises slightly
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 27 days ago
Credibility The tobacco industry also has been discounting cigarettes to offset tax increases and keep smokes affordable, Willmore said. Between 1997 and 2004, the average retail price of a pack of cigarettes -- adjusted for inflation -- jumped 63 percent, and adult...
Tags: U.S, smokes rate, adults smokes, disease control
CDC triples H1N1 death toll to 3,900
Washington :: DC :: USA | 27 days ago
Credibility U.S. officials Thursday more than tripled their estimate of the number of flu deaths over the past several months, saying their previous counting method understated the number of fatalities from the novel H1N1 virus...Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Contaminated Beef Recalled After Deaths
Rochester :: NY :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 26 people were sickened and two people died after E. coli infections that may have been cause by bad meat...The stuff was packaged on September 15 and 16, 2009, and may carry sell-by dates between September...
Tags: ground beef, New Hampshire, New York, beef recalled, contaminated beef, disease control, federal health, Fairbank Farms of Ashville, york adult
With This Toilet I Thee Wed: No Toilet, No Bride!
*SENSITIVE MATERIAL* When you get past the potty humor on this one, you begin to sympathize with women of India. With less than 30% of people in India with access to toilets, "no toilet, no bride," has become a rallying cry for women raising...
Tags: India • Policies & legislation • School sanitation Orissa, menstrual cycle, human rights, health, disease control, India, UNICEF, Sunariyan, Kalan, Haryana, UN, Sumitra, United Nations Childrens Fund, Ministry of Rural Development, drop out rate for girls in India, marriage, rural sanitation, rural schools, urban sanitation, urban schools
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