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9 Sep 2010 at 11:00am
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) announced today that it believes all health care workers should have mandatory (compulsory) flu shots. The AAP adds that health-care associated influenza outbreaks contribute considerably to patient morbidity and mortality and also place a financial burden on health care systems. Health care associated influenza outbreaks are common, says the AAP...
9 Sep 2010 at 8:00am
The Alabama Department of Public Health is offering a Satellite Conference and Webcast program that will provide an overview of infant mortality issues that have faced Alabama for many years. The program, titled "Infant Mortality: Issues and Initiatives in Alabama," is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept.15, from 2 to 4 p.m. (Central)...
9 Sep 2010 at 8:00am
Every year, the population of Niger is affected by a nutritional crisis that peaks between May and September. The scale of the crisis in 2010 is particularly worrying...
9 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert announced the launch of Childhood Obesity to provide physicians, nurses, dietitians, diabetes educators, nutritionists, psychologists, educators and school nurses, community organizers, and policymakers with effective prevention and treatment strategies that promote environmental and policy changes, patient education and motivation tools, and clinical...
9 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
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9 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
U.N. Now Estimates 500 Raped In Congo "Approximately 500 women were raped in eastern Congo in July and August," U.N. officials said Tuesday, revising an earlier report of 242 victims, according to the New York Times...
9 Sep 2010 at 6:00am
The Fiscal Times: "Nationally, the number of Medicaid beneficiaries has risen by 8 percent a year since 2008, and 44 states have reported that they will exceed their enrollment and spending growth projections this year, the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured reported...
9 Sep 2010 at 5:00am
Stanford University researchers have developed a revolutionary, non-invasive way of quickly predicting the future health of premature infants, an innovation that could better target specialized medical intervention and reduce health-care costs...
9 Sep 2010 at 5:00am
Malaria remains a serious global health problem, killing more than one million people per year. Treatment of the mosquito-borne illness relies on antibiotics, and the emergence of drug-resistant malaria is of growing concern...
9 Sep 2010 at 5:00am
Pediatricians, parents and media companies need to be more cognizant of the sexual material that children and teens are exposed to through television, music, the Internet and other media, according to a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, HealthDay/USA Today reports. These media may be contributing to the fact that the U.S...
9 Sep 2010 at 5:00am
Infants born to women who gain too much weight during pregnancy are more likely to become overweight children and adults, according to a growing body of evidence challenging earlier arguments that weight is mainly influenced by genetics, New York Times columnist Jane Brody writes...
9 Sep 2010 at 4:00am
Complete Genomics Inc., a life sciences company focused on human genome sequencing, announced a collaboration to identify and validate somatic mutations from 50 pediatric cancer cases from multiple research centers across the United States...
9 Sep 2010 at 3:00am
With students returning to classes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers are beginning a large, long-term study of the effectiveness of a unique suicide prevention program in high schools across New York and North Dakota. The study of the program called Sources of Strength, led by Peter Wyman, Ph.D...
9 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Progeria, also known as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), is a rare, fatal genetic disease characterized by an appearance of accelerated aging in children...
9 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Research!America is highlighting the vital importance of vaccines with a new fact sheet in its Investment in Research Saves Lives and Money series. CDC recently reported that routine vaccination rates are increasing among teens aged 13-17, but for many diseases the vaccination rates are far below the CDC's recommended 90% mark...
