Chlamydia infections now top 1.1 million, more than ever recorded. Syphilis cases are up for the 7th year in a row. And gonorrhea is not declining as hoped. Rates of the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia are climbing in the U.S., and rates of syphilis -- once on the verge of elimination -- rose for the seventh consecutive year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday in its annual report on STDs.
Salmonella Outbreak Leads To Peanut Butter Recall
Government officials are investigating an outbreak of salmonella linked to peanut butter sold in bulk. Officials say peanut butter bought at supermarkets is not at risk for contamination.
Going 'locavore'
A year ago we introduced the Pekar family of Chapel Hill, two working parents with two children under the age of 6, committed to eating local food.
How Your Zzzs Can Ward Off Disease
By DAN CHILDS, ABC News Medical Unit Call it another reason to turn in early. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University released a study Tuesday showing that people who get less than seven hours of sleep per night were three times...
UnitedHealth to set up new pay-rate database
Ending a practice doctors say underpaid them and led to higher costs for patients, UnitedHealth Group agreed yesterday to pay $50 million to establish a new database that will be used to determine rates for patients who choose physicians outside of the insurance giant's network.
HEALTH-NEPAL: On Course to Achieve MDG on Maternal Health
KATHMANDU, Jan 13 (IPS) - Impoverished Nepal has dramatically reduced maternal mortality cases from 540 per 100,000 live births in 2001 to the present 280 -- a feat experts attribute chiefly to the legalisation of abortion.
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