Posts Tagged ‘ centers for disease control ’

At least 1 in 4 teen girls has sexrelated disease

Mar 14th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health

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Some doctors said the numbers might be a reflection of both abstinence-only sex education and teens’ own sense of invulnerability. Because some sexually transmitted infections can cause infertility and cancer, U.S. health officials called for better screening, vaccination and prevention.
Only about half of the girls in the study acknowledged having sex. Some [...]



Flu season turns the corner

Mar 14th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health

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“We’re just over the hump,” said Paul Biedrzycki, director of disease control and environmental health for the Milwaukee Health Department.
Wisconsin’s flu season typically starts in late November or early December, peaks in January or early February and ends in March.
This season started at the usual time, with the first case reported [...]



No down side to getting immunized

Mar 4th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health

Smallpox did not die out because everyone got a smallpox shot, but because a critical mass of people did, and the disease could not spread.
Second, you probably do know someone who had whooping cough (also called pertussis).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 11,000 cases in the United States per year since [...]



Down to a prayer

Mar 4th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health

Now, approaching dusk on Jeanna’s second day in the hospital, she lay in the intensive care unit, a breathing tube threaded through her nose to prevent her from choking on saliva. She was unresponsive.
The Gieses told Jeanna they loved her. They prayed. They told her to pray, too.
Mystified by their daughter’s illness, John, 44, and [...]



Supersize problem

Mar 4th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health

In a special pediatric program at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, recent patients have included a 100-pound 3-year-old girl and a 417-pound 15-year-old boy. Some children had to be weighed on a loading dock scale.
In a Milwaukee hospital in May, 285-pound Charles Hayes stooped to kiss his 248-pound wife, Jodi, 33, [...]