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Public health
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Adjusted risk pool has some rethinking cervical cancer rates
What if experts wanted to figure out the rate of tonsil cancer, but forgot to exclude all the people who’d…
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Exploring risk factors, rates of suicide in seniors
Jules Rosen, M.D., a certified geriatric psychiatrist and chief medical officer at Mind Springs Health, the largest provider of psychiatric…
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Vulnerable seniors are going without vaccinations
In the United States, far too many people – including many older adults – don’t get the vaccines they need…
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Getting the dirt on the allergy epidemic #ahcj14
Are there more people with allergies, allergic responses, asthma and eczema than in years past? Is the environment the blame?…
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Concerns over ‘fracking’ prompt research into health effects, occupational hazards #ahcj14
Although 15 million Americans are now living less than a mile from natural gas wells, the research to evaluate any…
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Ingredients that make an athlete elite might surprise you #ahcj14
Barry Bonds may be the best in history at hitting a baseball* (I’ll put an asterisk on that for the…
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Marijuana debate: Taxes, research and regulation #ahcj14
Legalizing marijuana in Colorado has been a boon not just to people who want to use marijuana recreationally, but also…
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Media groups decry CDC’s silence on W.Va. spill; agency admits communication missteps
The recent chemical spill in West Virginia, which contaminated the drinking water of 300,000 people, became another occasion when federal…
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Outdoor workers, people without housing especially vulnerable to severe cold
With much of the country feeling the “polar vortex” and some of the coldest temperatures seen in 20 years in…
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Mosquito-borne disease appears in West Indies
A nasty virus just landed on America’s doorstep. Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…