News tagged with health centers
Most High School Students Are Sleep Deprived
Only about 8 percent of high school students get enough sleep on an average school night, a large new study finds. The others are living with borderline-to-serious sleep deficits that could lead to daytime drowsiness, depression, ...
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Study underscores link between walking, cycling and health
Want a slimmer, healthier community? Try building more sidewalks, crosswalks and bike paths.
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Did Americans get any healthier over past decade?
(AP) -- About 10 years ago the government set some lofty health goals for the nation to reach by 2010.
Jan 01, 2010 |
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New arenavirus discovered as cause of hemorrhagic fever outbreak in South Africa and Zambia
Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, the South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases of National Health Laboratory Service (NICD-NHLS), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Do health care professionals perform hand hygiene? UI has an app for that
One of the most common causes of preventable health care-associated infections is poor hand hygiene. iScrub Lite 1.5, an iPhone and iPod touch application developed at the University of Iowa, makes monitoring hand hygiene ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 05, 2010 |
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Certain psychiatric disorders linked with risky sexual behavior in teens
Although research has shown that teens with mental health disorders are more likely to engage in high risk sexual behaviors, like unprotected sex, a new study from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center suggests there ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Childhood harms can lead to lung cancer
Adverse events in childhood have been linked to an increase in the likelihood of developing lung cancer in later life. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health describe how the link is partly explai ...
Jan 18, 2010 |
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Alarming combo: Bedbugs with 'superbug' germ found
Hate insects? Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combination: bedbugs carrying "superbug" germs.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 11, 2011 |
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Study finds prenatal exposure to certain chemicals affects childhood neurodevelopment
A new study led by Mount Sinai researchers in collaboration with scientists from Cornell University and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has found higher prenatal exposure to phthalates—manmade chemicals ...
Jan 28, 2010 |
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WHO: nearly 5,000 swine flu deaths worldwide
(AP) -- Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Researchers link widely used chemicals to ADHD in children
A new study led by a team of Boston University School of Public Health researchers suggests a link between polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFCs), industrial compounds which are widely used in many consumer products, and attention ...
Jul 20, 2010 |
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US teen birth rate at all-time low, economy cited
(AP) -- The U.S. teen birth rate hit an all-time low in 2009 - a decline that stunned experts say is partly because of the economy.
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Experts baffled by deadly outbreak of meningitis
Local, state and national health experts are baffled as to how a rare and deadly strain of meningitis killed four people and infected eight others in South Florida since December, an unprecedented outbreak in the United States.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Survivors of Joplin tornado develop rare infection
(AP) -- In the aftermath of the Joplin tornado, some people injured in the storm developed a rare and sometimes fatal fungal infection so aggressive that it turned their tissue black and caused mold to grow ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 11, 2011 |
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Special workplace benefits help relieve stress, improve bottom line
(PhysOrg.com) -- While hundreds of thousands of American workers are losing jobs these days, many more are stressed out. For those fortunate to still have jobs in this down economy, however, companies can help alleviate workplace ...
Feb 02, 2009 |
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