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2 hrs ago | KIDK CBS 3

CDC: HPV rates down more than expected

Cases of human papillomavirus have significantly decreased since the advent of the HPV vaccine in 2006, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and numbers have outpaced even their greatest predictions.

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Related Topix: HPV, Vaccinations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

6 hrs ago | KNDO

Many U.S. adults under-vaccinated against whooping cough

Whooping cough cases are escalating in the United States, and many American adults are unknowingly exposing vulnerable babies to the potentially deadly disease because their vaccinations are not up to date, a new survey finds.

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Related Topix: Vaccinations

11 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs

If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health Care Policy

14 hrs ago | Hispanic Business

Aetna Leaving California's Individual Health Insurance Market

Aetna Inc. said it would stop selling individual health insurance policies in California next month, and nearly 50,000 existing policyholders will have to find new coverage by January.

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Related Topix: Aetna, Insurance, Health Insurance, Healthcare Law, Law

Tue Jun 18, 2013

The Daily Times

Fewer U.S. adults are smoking, government study shows

The smoking rate for adults in the USA dipped last year after a seven-year stall, a new government report says.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lung Cancer, UC San Francisco

Seattle Times

Nonprofit launches campaign to reach uninsured

A nonprofit group helping to spread the word about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul launched a campaign Tuesday that will target states with high numbers of uninsured Americans and tackle their skepticism with straightforward messages.

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Florida, OH, Medicaid

WAPT-TV Jackson

Test may predict HPV-related throat cancer

Scientists may be able to predict throat cancers caused by the human papillomavirus more than 10 years before patients get diagnosed, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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Related Topix: HPV, Oncology, Medicine, Human Sexuality

KIDK CBS 3

Pitt: Jolie 'brave, bold' and 'sexy as ever'

Pitt attended the New York premiere of his new film, "World War Z," without Jolie, who was "getting ready for World Refugee Day," Pitt told the assembled reporters.

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Related Topix: Ovarian Cancer, Pop/Rock, Melissa Etheridge, Entertainment

Detroit Free Press

Hepatitis A outbreak linked to berries sickens 118

A nationwide outbreak of hepatitis A linked to frozen berries has sickened 118 people in eight states, sending 47 to the hospital, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported today.

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Related Topix: Hepatitis, Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harris Teeter, Grocery, Life, Fruits, Food

CBS Local

Number of Smokers in U.S. Declines

The nation's smoking rate generally has been falling for decades, but had seemed to stall at around 20 to 21 percent for about seven years.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lung Cancer

WPTV Local News

Wrong death year on Ed Koch's tombstone

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch meticulously planned his own funeral, but his tombstone has the wrong birth date.

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Related Topix: Washington Heights, NY, Heart Failure

The Macon Telegraph

Ukraine kids at risk from low vaccination rates

In this Monday, April 23, 2013 photo pediatrician Fyodor Lapiy examines a child before administering him a combined vaccine against diphtheria, whopping cough and tetanus in Children's Hospital No.

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Related Topix: Vaccinations, Family, Kids, World News, Ukraine,

Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Fresno Bee

Komen breast cancer charity names new CEO

In this undated photo provided by Susan G. Komen for the Cure, new President and CEO Judith A. Salerno, left, is shown with Komen Founder and now Chair of Global Strategy Nancy G. Brinker.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Breast Cancer, Health Care Policy

WAPT-TV Jackson

Head lice don't take summer off

If any of my neighbors had seen me ironing my daughter's mattress while wearing a blue shower cap, they undoubtedly would have thought I was nuts.

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Related Topix: Lice, Medicine

WYFF-TV Greenville

Meningitis vaccines urged before NYC Pride

While meningitis has reached an all-time low in the United States, an op-ed in this week's Annals of Internal Medicine highlights cases of a deadly meningitis strain among men who have sex with men.

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Related Topix: Vaccinations

EDGE

Is Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Gay Social Apps?

GMHC Board Members Dr. Demetre Daskalakis and Dr. Frank Spinelli give meningitis vaccinations across the city "Diseases do not discriminate," resident HIV expert Dr. Demetre Daskalakis said in a recent interview with EDGE.

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Related Topix: Vaccinations, Gay/Lesbian, HIV/AIDS

Basingstoke Gazette

Alcoholism contributed to Winchester woman's death

The inquest on Wednesday heard that Ms Arci had been plagued by illnesses during her life, including Crohn's disease.

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Related Topix: Alcoholism, Medicine

KFVS12

Father and son bond over heart transplant

Eventually he was diagnosed with familial cardiomyopathy, and was told he would need a heart transplant to survive.

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Related Topix: Kidney Cancer, Genetics, Medicine, Cardiology

WTOP-FM Washington

To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?

By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery.

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Related Topix: Kidney Cancer, Medicine, Surgery

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Athens Banner-Herald

Miss Connecticut wins Miss USA contest in Vegas

Erin Brady of South Glastonbury, Conn., won the beauty pageant at the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino after strutting in a white sparkly gown and answering a question about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding widespread DNA tests.

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Related Topix: Glastonbury, CT, South Glastonbury, CT, Ovarian Cancer, The Jonas Brothers, Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas