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Rx Drugs a Growing Problem Among Teenagers

Alexandra Pisano | Posted 05.16.2012

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Alexandra Pisano

The most dangerous drugs may be much closer to home than you think. In fact, they may already be in your home. You may be worried about your teenager's relationship with drugs, but this is probably a good time to start talking to your younger children, too.

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Will New Laws Kill Off A Beloved School Tradition?

Posted 05.04.2012

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Is the tradition of school bake sales nearing an end? At a time when school communities are forced to increase fundraising efforts amid tighter...

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Infection In 7 States Traced To Pharmacy In Death Of Polo Horses

AP | KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 05.03.2012

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MIAMI — Federal health officials confirmed 33 cases of a rare fungal eye infection across seven states on Thursday, stemming from products mixed...

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Many More Teens Dying From Prescription Drug Abuse, Government Study Shows

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.16.2012

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An uptick in teenagers overdosing on prescription drugs drove the almost doubling of fatal poisonings among American children, the Centers for Disease...

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The Shocking Statistic About Teen Girls In Indiana

The Huffington Post | Carolyn Gregoire | Posted 04.09.2012

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According to recent national research conducted by the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, 10.5 percent of all high school-age girls have ...

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Official: 'We've Got A Problem' With Prescription Drugs

AP | CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 04.05.2012

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NEW YORK — Sales of the nation's two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analys...

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CDC To Launch Graphic Anti-Smoking Ads

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 05.15.2012

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ATLANTA — In a graphic new ad campaign announced Thursday, the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with the sometimes-gruesome s...

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Sex Ed Is Less Effective In Red States

Vitals/LiveScience | Christopher Wanjek | Posted 02.07.2012

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Sex education is failing to reduce adolescent birthrates in conservative states, according to a new study. Perhaps paradoxically, states with a majori...

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Bullying in America: A National Crisis

Bruce Kluger | Posted 03.25.2012

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Bruce Kluger

Although I have lived in New York City for 32 years, I have never been to Staten Island. It has been said, however, that this southernmost of New Yor...

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Five School Programs Feeding America's Children

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 03.26.2012

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Danielle Nierenberg

Beyond the traditional lessons on reading, writing, and math, schools across America are now teaching their students about another crucially important subject that will build the foundation for the rest of their lives: nutrition.

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How Much Do The Top Causes Of Death Cost?

24/7 Wall St. | Baxter B. Allen, MD | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Cdc, Injuries, Wages, Cause of Death, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alzheimer's, Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Business News

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its estimated causes of death for 2010. The 10 leading causes of death in the...

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The Urgent Need to Change the CDC's Definition of 'Safe' Blood Lead Levels

Jacqueline Caster | Posted 03.13.2012

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Jacqueline Caster

Recently, a federal advisory committee announced its recommendation that the CDC change its outdated threshold for the diagnosis of "lead poisoning" in children. The standard has not been revisited in two decades, and it's about time.

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Homicide Not As Deadly For Americans

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 03.13.2012

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ATLANTA — For the first time in almost half a century, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death, bumped by a lung...

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House Punt on Payroll Deal Highlights Need for Radical Reform

Michael Shank | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Violence, Florida, Institute for Economics and Peace, Employment, Prison, Crime, US Peace Index, Rape, Economic, Michael Shank, Incarceration, Wisconsin, Rep Michael Honda, Ohio, Rep Mike Honda, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Robbery, Payroll Tax Cut, Payroll Tax, Politics News
Michael Shank

America's tendency is to pursue policies that react primarily to violence, not aim to prevent it. As a result, not only is America less economically prosperous, it is less peaceful. The way forward, then, is to learn from what the index is telling us.

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City Schools See Significant Decrease In Childhood Obesity

Posted 02.14.2012

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Instances of childhood obesity has significantly decreased among New York City public schools over the last five years, though one in five elementary ...

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1 In 4 American Women Attacked By Intimate Partner, Survey Finds

AP | By MIKE STOBBE | Posted 12.15.2011

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ATLANTA -- It's a startling number: 1 in 4 women surveyed by the government say they were violently attacked by their husbands or boyfriends. Experts...

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Disease Outbreak Risks: More Students Skipping Required Vaccines

AP | By MIKE STOBBE | Posted 01.28.2012

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ATLANTA -- A rising number of parents in more than half of states are opting out of school shots for their kids. And in eight states, more than 1 in 2...

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To Capitol Hill: End the Food Fight

Dan Glickman | Posted 01.23.2012

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Dan Glickman

All members of Congress should want to see American kids eat better and live healthy, productive lives. In the United States, childhood obesity constitutes an epidemic, with serious and growing long-term consequences, for individuals and the nation as a whole.

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Tax Loophole Users, Companies with Negative Tax Rates, Exacerbating US Income Inequality

Michael Shank | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Pepco, General Electric, Institute for Economics and Peace, The Spirit Level, Congressional Black Caucus, UN Human Development Index, Income Inequality, Taxes, Federal Reserve, Occupy Wall Street, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Citizens for Tax Justice, Michael Shank, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Congressional Budget Office, Ben Bernanke, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Supercommittee, Business News
Michael Shank

The fact that companies are paying no taxes when America's working families are still struggling to winter what Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke continues to recognize as a failed or failing recovery is a prime example of what is exacerbating income inequality in America.

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What You Don't Know About A Life-Saving Vaccine

New York Times | Paula Span | Posted 01.10.2012

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Like many other grown-ups, I hadn't given any thought to what we used to call the D.P.T. vaccine -- for diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus -- for decad...

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Heavy Drinking Costs Economy Hundreds Of Billions Every Year

Posted 12.18.2011

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Heavy drinking is costing the U.S. economy more than $200 billion a year, mostly in lost workplace productivity, a U.S. health agency said on Mond...

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What No One Tells You About Breast Cancer

Michele Weldon | Posted 12.13.2011

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Michele Weldon

Given all of the hoopla around Breast Cancer awareness, it's easy to think when you're diagnosed that you will immediately be enveloped in a fluffy pink cloud of support

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Louisiana's Listeria Scares Have Centered Mostly On Meat Products

Susan Buchanan | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Dairy Products, U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture, Health, Sausages, Colorado, Food Safety, Pork, Louisiana Dept. Of Health and Hospitals, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Louisiana State University, Jensen Farms, Louisiana Dept. Of Agriculture and Forestry, Seafood, California, Marlerclark, Green News
Susan Buchanan

Wary shoppers are checking fruit and vegetable stickers after Jensen Farms cantaloupes in Colorado and romaine lettuce from a California grower were linked to listeria last month.

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Listeria Deaths Keep Rising

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Colorado Cantaloupe, Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak, Listeria Deaths, Video, Cdc, Listeria Outbreak, Cantaloupe Deaths, Cantaloupe Listeria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fda, Listeria, Food and Drug Administration, Denver News

WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials have raised the death toll to 18 in an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe. The Centers for Disease Control and...

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Aging HIV/AIDS Patients Face New Challenges

sunherald.com | ANDREA K. WALKER | Posted 12.01.2011

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BALTIMORE -- When Malcolm Coley was diagnosed with HIV, he began preparing to die. The Baltimore man, a former heroin user who suspects he contract...

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