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Transcript for CDC Telebriefing:Most Americans' hearts are older than their age

A majority of U.S. adults have a heart age that is older than their chronological age-evidence that they could be at greater risk for heart attacks and stroke.

Your heart may be older than you are - and that's not good. According to a new CDC Vital Signs report, 3 out of 4 U.S. adults have a predicted heart age that is older than their actual age. This means they are at higher risk for heart attacks and

Your heart may be older than you are - and that's not good. This new CDC Vital Signs report shows that heart age varies by race/ethnicity, gender, region, and other sociodemographic characteristics.

CDC hosted a media telebriefing to discuss estimates of vaccine exemption levels among children entering kindergarten for the 2014-2015 school year. The telebriefing also covered data from the 2014 National Immunization Survey, which details

Most schools in the U.S. are implementing healthy practices to help meet federal school meal standards by offering whole grains, more fruits and vegetables, and reducing sodium content, according to data published today in the Centers for Disease

Vaccine exemption levels for kindergarteners are low for most states and infant vaccination rates are high nationally, according to data from two reports published in this week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

CDC will host a media telebriefing to discuss estimates of vaccine exemption levels among children entering kindergarten for the 2014-2015 school year.

Almost all of the 41 million estimated contact lens wearers in the United States may be engaging in at least one behavior known to increase their risk of eye infections, according to a report published today by the Centers for Disease Control and

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