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CDC to doctors: Help your patients quit smoking!
A new anti-tobacco campaign is urging smokers to turn to their physicians for help in quitting. The campaign – "Talk With Your Doctor" – also encourages clinicians to ask patients whether they smoke and to offer them assistance giving up...
Tags: Health Treatments, General Practitioners, Quitting Smoking, Health and Medical Professionals, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Adults Need Vaccinations, Too
Internist and Hospital of Central Connecticut medical staff memberMany people believe vaccinations are relegated to childhood, but the viruses and bacteria that cause severe illness in youth can also infect adults. In fact, certain common infectious diseases, like chickenpox or flu, are more aggressive in adulthood....Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Human papillomavirus, Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines, Diabetes
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Not everyone raving about electronic music festival
As Joliet awaits this weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival, one of the country's biggest electronic dance music festivals, many local officials have been emphasizing economics. The festival's promoter, Insomniac, has commissioned impact studies to...
Tags: Public Officials, Labor Markets, Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology, Entertainment
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Over 57-year career, pediatrician says, vaccines changed everything
The Orange County RegisterSANTA ANA, Calif. If you think today's world can be a perilous place for children, imagine life in the 1950s. Seat belts in cars were not widely used, much less required. A kid wearing a bike helmet would have been mocked mercilessly. The child-resistant...Tags: Human papillomavirus, Viral Diseases and Infections, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemical Industry, Diseases and Illnesses
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A CDC study reveals a rise in E. Coli in public pools
ReporterSeveral pools across the area are set to open for the season this coming Memorial Day weekend. A study just released from the Centers for Disease Control shows 58% of the pools it studied, tested positive for E. Coli. The Green Ridge Recreation Center...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Swimming, Memorial Day, E. coli Infection, Sports
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Middle-age suicides on rise
The Brunswick News, Ga.Coroners in Glynn and Camden counties say Coastal Georgia is not immune to the national increase in suicide rates among middle-aged Americans, noted in a recent report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The report indicates middle-aged...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Camden County, Minority Groups, Suicide, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Rabies vaccination clinics make it easy to keep pets safe
Our local Pet Valu store, at 5007 Honeygo Center Dr in Perry Hall, is bringing a VIP Pet Care Veterinary Clinic to our neighborhood. This nonemergency vet care clinic features vaccinations and micro-chipping among its services for dogs and cats. In...Tags: Belair Road, Diseases and Illnesses, Perry Hall High School, Vaccines, Human Interest
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BRIEF: Don"t forget to vaccinate horses for West Nile virus
Tri-City HeraldThe Washington State Department of Agriculture is suggesting that horse owners make sure that their animal's vaccination is current for West Nile virus protection. A 2-year-old gelding near Grandview was euthanized in August 2012 because it became ill...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines, West Nile Virus
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Putnam County Health Department still offering vaccines
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Despite the financial problems the Putnam County Health Department is facing, clinical services are still being offered, said the department's medical director. Last Thursday, Dr. Rahul Gupta, executive director of the Kanawha...Tags: Chemical Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School, Vaccines
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SPLM-N calls for UN humanitarian chief to visit rebel-held conflict areas
Sudan TribuneThe rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) has called on the head of the UN's humanitarian agency to visit areas in Blue Nile, South Kordofan and Darfur outside of Sudanese government control that have been off-limits for the past two...Tags: Measles, Sudan, Wars and Interventions, Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines
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BRIEF: Health Ministry: Lebanon has excellent health sector
The Lebanon Daily StarThe Health Ministry announced Sunday that Lebanon has one of the most outstanding health sectors in the Arab world. The comments were made by Mohammad Abu Haidar, a representative for the caretaker health minister, during a conference at the Al-Rahma...Tags: Polio, Measles, Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines, Beirut (Lebanon)
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Clinic provides children with free back-to-school shots
Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.Maggie Moody is excited for lots of things about kindergarten: new friends, a nice teacher, getting better at reading and especially playing at recess. But Maggie couldn't start kindergarten this fall without first doing something not so exciting:...Tags: Mount Vernon, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemical Industry, Health and Safety at School, Vaccines
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