Watch Out for bathroom injuries

According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), you better watch your step in the bathroom because about 234,000 U.S. teenagers and adults are treated in emergency rooms each year for non-fatal bathroom injuries.
 

Children's developmental disabilities on the increase

According to a U.S. government study, the percentage of developmental disabilities in children within the United States has increased to just over 15%.
 

A decade of living longer in U.S.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that for the tenth year in a row the age-adjusted death rate for Americans has fallen and, in 2009, the death rate is lower than it has ever been since records were first kept.
 

WHO says H1N1 is with us for another year

The leader of the World Health Organization (WHO) stated on Tuesday, December 29, 2009, that the pandemic called H1N1 influenza (flu) virus will likely remain a major health problem into 2011.
 

CDC disappointed as smoking increases in U.S.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the rate of cigarette smoking in the United States increased in 2008, the first time in fifteen years.
 

CDC releases county by county obesity rates

According to a first-time report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the counties in the Appalachian region of the country report high rates of obesity and diabetes in more than 80% of its counties. A majority of counties in the Deep South also report the same.
 

Food allergies increase in U.S. children

According to analysis of four large national health surveys by two U.S. researchers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 4% of children in the United States have food allergies. And, that percentage is increasing rapidly; however, the reason is unclear.
 

CDC: 28% U.S. adults don't get enough sleep 50% of time or more

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) studied hundreds of thousands of adults in the United States concerning their sleep habits during a one-month period. Many of us are not getting enough sleep each night, especially those in the southeastern part of the country.
 

Study links chronic fatigue syndrome to prostate cancer-related virus

A U.S. study finds that xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMLV), which has been associated with the occurrence of prostate cancer, could be linked to chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). If proven true, the research could eventually lead to an effective diagnosis and treatment of the debilitating disease.
 

CDC: Kids flunk fruits, but so did the adults!

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people of the United States lack sufficient amounts of fruits and vegetables in their daily diet. And, children are worse than adults. Maybe we should change the saying of "Where's the beef?" to "Where's the fruit?"!
 

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