Topic: Thomas Frieden

CDC Reports on Cancer Screenings

Sci-Tech Today | 9 hours ago

More older Americans are getting tested for colon cancer, with nearly two out of three getting recommended screenings. . Meanwhile, rates for ...

Painkiller drug abuse soaring

Omaha World-Herald | 13 hours ago

Emergency room visits linked to abuse of prescription painkillers have jumped 111 percent in five years, straining the nation's public health...

H1N1 tied to rise in pneumonias among young

CBS 14 Sioux City (KMEG) | 4 days ago

The ongoing H1N1 swine flu pandemic may be driving a recent spike in dangerous pneumonias among younger patients, a U.S. health official said ...

Cutting salt could prevent almost 500,000 heart attacks

CBS 14 Sioux City (KMEG) | 6 days ago

A combined government-industry initiative to reduce U.S. sodium consumption by as little as 10 percent would save thousands of lives and billions ...

Breast, Colon Cancer Screening Rates High, But Not High Enough

HealthCentral.com | 18 days ago

While more Americans are being screened for colon and breast cancer than ever before, millions aren't getting the tests and thousands are dying...

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