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Many parents say no to HPV vaccine but vaccinations are up: study
Parents forgo vaccines for their teenage kids for a number of reasons, researchers said Monday in a paper reporting findings from the annual National Immunization Survey of Teens, which was published in the journal Pediatrics. That might mean that public...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Immunization, Whooping Cough, Pediatrics
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Hi there. What's your sign? Have any STDs?
One key to launching a successful business is finding the right problem to solve. That's why so many entrepreneurs are inspired by problems they encounter themselves or that stymie their family and friends. The trick is not confusing an anecdote for a...
Tags: Hepatitis, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gonorrhea , Chlamydia
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Adult non-flu vaccination levels 'unacceptably low,' CDC says
Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday that vaccination coverage levels in U.S. adults were “unacceptably low,” and that public health workers need to do more to make sure adults got immunizations to protect them from...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria , Preventative Medicine
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Cancer death rates fall as HPV-associated cancers rise: U.S. report
This year’s Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, released online Monday, brought Americans good news and bad. Extending a trend since the early 1990s, authors reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that cancer...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology, Immunization, Obesity
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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: Disease Prevention, Orange County Register, Diseases and Illnesses, University of California, Los Angeles, Internists
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HPV-related throat cancers multiplying
It is well known that HPV (human papillomavirus) can lead to deadly cervical cancer in women, but the virus is causing cancer in men as well. Throat cancers caused by HPV are showing up typically in men with little or no history of smoking, said Dr. Kevin...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology, Oncology, Cancer
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Students' health records go electronic
Khaleej TimesStudents' school health records are now linked to all Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) hospitals and clinics with the migration to electronic system by public schools, providing easier, timely and accurate information about the child's heath....Tags: Disease Prevention, Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Nursing, Allergies
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Get vaccinated early to avoid cervical cancer, say experts
Khaleej TimesOver 50 per cent of women who contract cervical cancer, die. And those who survive suffer excruciating pain and a poor quality of life. This is the grim picture portrayed by health experts in the Capital on Monday in efforts to drive home the importance...Tags: Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Health Organizations, Women's Health
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Preteens require proper immunizations
Herald & Review, Decatur, Ill.As children get older and more active, the need for immunizations becomes just as important as when they were infants. Many of the old vaccines given before they started school have begun to diminish and new vaccines have been introduced to teens and...Tags: Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Family, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria
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EDITORIAL: Doc's prescient prescription
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind.Viewed through a 2013 prism, Doc Bowen's response to the AIDS epidemic looks merely prudent, routine. But Otis R. "Doc" Bowen, a country doctor who became a beloved Indiana governor, took over as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary in 1985. For...Tags: Blood Transfusion, Diseases and Illnesses, Indiana Legislature, Government, AIDS
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Routine testing key to reducing sexually transmitted diseases
Here's a sobering fact: More than 110 million people in the United States, which is more than one-third of the population, currently have a sexually transmitted disease. In 2010 alone, more than 8,000 Orange County residents were newly diagnosed with an...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Diseases and Illnesses, AIDS, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medical Procedures and Tests
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