Seems every diet book ever published has a chapter devoted to exercise but it’s probably the least likely chapter to be read.  Or followed.  The Institute of Medicine also tells us how much exercise we …

In conjunction with the upcoming 2008 Great American Smokeout (November 20), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a status report of the national effort to reduce smoking to no more …

In the first government-backed survey conducted since Gardasil, the vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV), made its market debut in 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says about 25% of all American …

According to a statement released today from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States falls at #29 in rank for the number of infants who die during their first year …

Statisticians for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had predicted that about 40,000 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), would be …

The diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a life-altering moment that comes with some really big decisions to make.  One of the most important of those decisions is the course of medical treatment …

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just released new statistics pertaining to the way Americans use their doctors’ offices, hospitals, and emergency departments (EDs).  The report says that 1.1 billion visits …

Almost a million travelers from around the world are expected to travel to Beijing next week for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.  Another couple of million Chinese citizens are expected to travel to the city …

An extensive study conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed the elevated risk of birth defects in women diagnosed with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes before becoming …

In the continuing search for the source of the Salmonella saintpaul outbreak that has made hundreds of consumers in the United States and Canada sick over the last few months, investigators now say they’ve identified …