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O'Malley's Lips Sealed on Final Blog: Heart Month -- Day 28

Suzanne O'Malley | Posted 04.29.2012

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A microbe attacked the lining of my heart once. In the ER, I asked the cardiologist if I was going to die. He never answered, he just sent the living will people in.

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Wacky Salt-to-Potassium Ratio Doubles Heart Disease Deaths: Heart Month -- Day 27

Suzanne O'Malley | Posted 04.28.2012

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A diet too high in salt and too low in potassium doubles the risk of death from heart disease, according to a Center for Disease Control study led by researcher Elena V. Kuklina, M.D., Ph.D., a nutritional epidemiologist.

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For Women, Living Longer Doesn't Always Mean Living Better

Dr. Mary I. O'Connor | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Women, Cdc, Women Aging, Women's Health, Arthritis, Fifty News

We cannot continue to be crippled by our inaction. Together we can move towards ensuring that women aren't just living longer but that they are also living better.

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Research Finds That Fewer Teens Are Having Sex

NYTimes.com | Nicholas Bakalar | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Safe Sex, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Stds, Teen Sex, Parents-Teens, Sex Education, High School News

About 43 percent of unmarried teenage girls and 42 percent of unmarried teenage boys have had sexual intercourse at least once, according to new resea...

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Survey Of Suburban Teens Shows Need For More Sex Ed, Disturbing Rates Of Rape

Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Drug Use, Teen Risks, Survey Findings, Chicago Teens, Behavior Survey, Suburban Teens, Suicide, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Teen Health, Cook County Department of Public Health, Chicago Health, Sex Education, Video, Chicago News

A survey about the behaviors of suburban Chicago teenagers released by the Cook County Department of Public Health Thursday revealed some disturbing i...

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Bat On A Plane Prompts Rabies Alert

Posted 10.12.2011

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Where is Samuel L. Jackson when you need him? One week after a bat was discovered flying through an airplane cabin, health officials are trying to ...

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Watch: CDC Offers Zombie Apocalypse Advice

Posted 07.20.2011

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Smallpox Scare At Virginia Historical Society Triggered By Old Piece Of Skin

Wall Street Journal | Posted 11.16.2011

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A museum dedicated to Virginia state history was briefly transformed into a science laboratory when federal health inspectors became concerned that a ...

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US Peace Ranking Shows Billions in State Budget Savings

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 06.12.2011

Despite the devastating financial implications of violent crime in a society, the unfortunate tendency in America is to pursue policies that primarily react to violence, not aim to prevent it.

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'Nonsecurity' Spending Cuts Could Be Hazardous to Your Health

Scott Lilly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite the label "nonsecurity discretionary programs," many of the proposed cuts will reduce our security in a variety of ways, among them increasing our chances of getting sick from unsafe meat and contaminated drinking water.

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So... Am I An Alcoholic?

Limari Colon | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Alcohol Addiction, Recovery, Alcoholism, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcohol, Addiction and Recovery, Healthy Living News

Alcoholics Anonymous, the largest 12-step program in the world, states alcoholism is a disease. They consider it a dual problem: a physical allergy and a mental obsession.

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Teen Pregnancy Rates Among Minorities Sky High In Illinois

Chicago Reporter | Posted 05.25.2011

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When you first take a look at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's new report on teen births by state, everything looks pretty rosy. The te...

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$8 Million Misplaced? CDC Loses Track Of Millions In Equipment And Property

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lost or misplaced more than $8 million in property in 2007, losing track of items incl...

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AIDS still thought of as a gay disease in black America

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

To date, more than 230, 000 African Americans have died of AIDS. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1 in 22 African Americans will be...

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In The Public Interest : Senate Passes Historic Food Safety Bill

Elizabeth Hitchcock | Posted 05.25.2011

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Once it's enacted, this historic legislation will protect consumers from preventable food-borne illness. This victory for consumers comes not a moment too soon.

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Baby Boom Has Gone Bust

Tom Silva | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: National Center for Health Statistics, Census Bureau, Gynecology, Great Recession, Pew Research Center, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Obstetrics, Birth Control, Illinois-Department-of-Healthcare-and-Family-Services, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Babies, Birth Rate, Guttmacher Institute, Great Depression, Healthy Living News

One unexpected side effect of economic hard times is a sharp decline in birth rates. In Illinois, for example, the birth rate has fallen to its lowes...

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Central Figure in CDC Vaccine Cover-Up Absconds With $2M

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mercury, Cdc, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Autism Thimerosal, Poul Thorsen, Healthy Living News

Dr. Poul Thorsen, a key figure behind claims disputing the link between vaccines and autism, has disappeared after officials discovered massive fraud involving the theft of millions in taxpayer dollars.

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Ground Beef Recalled After Two Deaths, E. Coli Contamination Feared

AP | BEN DOBBIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Contaminated fresh ground beef caused a possible E. coli outbreak that killed two people and sent 16 others to hospitals, fede...

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It's American Diabetes Month

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.17.2011

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Type 2 diabetes is such an American epidemic that we can skip giving kids bikes for Christmas and move right to the wheelchairs they'll be needing later in life. Forget the basketballs, baseball gloves and bats.

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Chinese Drywall Leads To Corrosion

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The federal government said Monday that it has found a "strong association" between problematic imported Chinese drywall...

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Federal Reserve Has Lowest Job Approval Rating; CDC, NASA Top List: Poll

Gallup | Posted 05.25.2011

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At a time when Americans are discouraged about the direction of the country and hesitant about the scope of President Barack Obama's federal budget pl...

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Meatless Mondays: 52 Opportunities for Rejuvenation

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Nutrition, Farmers Markets, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Obesity, Meatless Monday, Meatless Mondays, Green News

One of the easiest and most profound ways to improve your health is by skipping meat and thereby eating lower on the food chain every Monday.

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Investing In Prevention

Robert Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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Our nation can -- today -- make an investment that will return more than five to one. And as a bonus, our nation will not just enjoy greater wealth, but more importantly, better health.

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Possible Link Found Between Obesity and Flu Severity

Washington Post | David Brown and Robin Shulman | Posted 11.17.2011

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A survey of people hospitalized because of swine flu in California has raised the possibility that obesity is as much of a risk factor for serious com...

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Of Epidemics And "Epidemics"

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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The current swine flu epidemic, with all of its gravitas, actually almost makes light of another "epidemic" that has afflicted millions in the U.S. for years and which shows no sign of subsiding: childhood obesity.

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