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Up to 20% of kids experience mental disorders: CDC report
By Jessica Zigmond | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Up to 1 in 5 children living in the U.S. have mental disorders, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about $247 billion is spent on children's mental health each year.
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CDC to study use of mobile tech in surveys
By Joseph Conn | April 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will pilot test the efficacy of using basic text messages via mobile phones and Web-based messages via smartphones in public health surveillance for programs such as smoking cessation, according to a notice published in the Federal Register.
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The high cost of unaffordable prescriptions
By MSN Money | April 10, 2013
America might soon find out what the ultimate cost of prescription drugs will mean for the country: more sick people, many of them uninsured and poor, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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CDC probes mystery of rabies transplant survivors
By Associated Press | April 03, 2013
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to understand why three of the four people who got organs from a rabies-infected donor in 2011 didn't develop the disease, the agency's top rabies expert said Wednesday.
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Time for a new 'vital sign' | Providers should monitor patients' physical activity in battle against obesity
By Dr. Elizabeth Joy | March 30, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Half of all adult Americans are expected to be obese by 2030, and already more than 40 million adults do not meet appropriate physical activity levels. The challenge of addressing obesity and physical inactivity requires new thinking and monitoring by healthcare providers.
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Superbug a 'triple threat' | But CDC issues warning early to prevent spread
By Maureen McKinney | March 09, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are trying out a new tactic. They're sounding the alarm on a deadly superbug while it's still rare in the hopes of halting its spread.
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CDC presses hospitals to fight spread of superbug
By Maureen McKinney | March 05, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a call to action to U.S. hospitals, urging them to take steps to prevent the spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacea, a deadly superbug that is often impossible to treat.
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CDC app lets gamers play disease detective
By Rachel Landen | February 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
iPad users can now pretend to be disease detectives with a new free app from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Healthier outlook | Consumers, producers keeping watch on calories, says preliminary research
By Paul Barr | February 16, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
There are signs that Americans are paying closer attention to eating healthier and that food producers and restaurants are making it easier to do so.
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Hospitals see gains against some infections: CDC
By Maureen McKinney | February 12, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The latest infection-tracking report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention brought encouraging news on some fronts but less progress on others.
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