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14 min ago | Journalgazette.net

Annual skeeter war shaping up after heavy early-season rainfall

If you are interested in this story, you might be interested in others from The Journal Gazette.

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Related Topix: Weather, Fort Wayne, IN, Allen County, IN, West Nile Virus, Health

Fri May 24, 2013

Advance

Screening Tests for the Aging Male

Health screening tests greatly impact the public's health because they involve testing of asymptomatic populations for specific diseases or health conditions for which specific interventions may alter disease progression before appearance of clinical signs and symptoms.

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Related Topix: Colorectal Health, Medicine, Health, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, Prostate Cancer, Nursing

WTVF Nashville

Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile In Bellevue

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Metro Public Health Department confirmed Friday a batch of mosquitoes collected in Bellevue tested positive for West Nile Virus.

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Related Topix: Health, West Nile Virus

CBS Local

FDA Warns Of Infections From Injected Pain Meds

Government health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Health, Pain, Newbern, TN, Medrol, Methylprednisolone (generic)

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Ala. mystery illness cases climb to 10; CDC still investigating

The number of mystery illness cases affecting Alabama is growing. Wednesday, Alabama Department of Public Health spokeswoman Dr.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government, Alabama

City Pages

Teen birth rate plummets more than 30 percent in Minnesota

Our STD rate might be on the rise , but at least Minnesota's teens are having safer sex: Between 2007 and 2011, the number of teens giving birth in the state dropped by more than 30 percent.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Minnesota, US Politics, Tim Pawlenty, US News, US Governors

MediLexicon

Campaign Encourages Smokers To "Talk With Your Doctor" For Help Quitting

Advice and help from doctors can more than double odds smoker will quit successfully Because a doctor's advice and assistance more than doubles the odds that a smoker will quit successfully, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is partnering with five national physician groups on the new "Talk With Your Doctor" campaign to encourage ... (more)

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Related Topix: Smoking, Health

PsyWeb

20% of American kids suffer with mental health disorders

As many as 20% of American children suffer with a mental disorder. Over the past decade that number has been increasing at a rate which causes concern for families and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Medicine, ADHD

Thu May 23, 2013

Bakery & Snacks

CDC: 66% of foods containing trans-fats have been reformulated, but progress is slowing

Industry efforts to reduce and/or remove trans fats from food products have led to progress, but this progress is slowing, and the industry must continue its effort to reformulate, says a new report from Harvard School of Public Health.

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The Daily Star

WHO: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus

Novel coronavirus particles as seen by negative stain electron microscopy in this undated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Bird Flu, Health, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

CBS Local

CDC: Deadly Alabama Illnesses Not Caused By Any Single Germ

In tests on seven of the nine patients, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found no sign that the illnesses were caused by any single germ, CDC spokeswoman Sharon Hoskins said in an email.

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Related Topix: Bird Flu, Health, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Marshfield News-Herald

Majority of Superstorm Sandy deaths were from drowning

Drowning was the most common cause of death associated with the devastating Superstorm Sandy, according to a report out Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Related Topix: Control Group, Queens, NY, New York, NY, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Irene

KFVS12

Too few kids use fast-food calorie info

While some fast-food chains are required to provide calorie and other nutritional information to help customers make informed choices, kids who eat fast food at least twice a week are 50 percent less likely to use this information than kids who eat fast food less often, according to a new U.S. study.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Life, Food, Nutrition

WTLV

Post-tornado peril: Victims could face deadly fungal infections

Doctors treating victims hurt badly in Monday's devastating Moore, Okla., tornado should be alert for a rare but deadly complication of wind-whipped debris: fungal infections like those that killed five people after the Joplin, Mo., twister in 2011.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Joplin, MO, Weather

OttawaHerald.com

County concerned by Hepatitis C rise in Baby Boomers

In the first four months of the year, Franklin County already reported 63 percent of the number of Hepatitis C cases identified in 2012, significantly more than in other years, Midge Ransom, Franklin County health department director, said.

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Related Topix: Hepatitis, Medicine, Franklin County, KS

Wed May 22, 2013

Reuters

SAP looks to recruit people with autism as programmers

German software company SAP is looking to recruit people with autism as programmers and product testers, drawing on skills that can include a close attention to detail and an ability to solve complex problems.

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Related Topix: Health, Autism

WSET-TV Lynchburg

Teen birth rates decline in most US states

By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease... By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a ... (more)

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Connecticut Post

Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, North Dakota, Control Group, US News, Illegal Immigration

KEPR CBS 19

Consumer Reports: Mechanically tenderized beef risk

Before you fire up the grill for some great summer meals, Consumer Reports has a caution.

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Related Topix: Meat, Life, Beef, Food, Health, E. Coli

WALB-TV Albany

Brooks Co. horse tests positive for EEE

The Georgia Department of Agriculture has confirmed one positive case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in a horse found in Brooks County.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Biotech, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Healthcare Industry