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Nearly 213,000 treated in emergency departments annually-- more than half of injuries among young people ages 10-24

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has established a panel of outside experts that will advise CDC's National Center for Health Marketing on its health marketing and communication programs.

However, Hispanic Students Not Showing Progress in Some Key Areas

Good News as World Celebrates "World No Tobacco Day 2008"...

People age 60 and older should be vaccinated against shingles, or herpes zoster, a condition often marked by debilitating chronic pain...

Cryptosporidiosis or Crypto, a chlorine-resistant parasite, is likely to pose an even bigger challenge in the future

More than half of adults with diagnosed diabetes also have arthritis, a painful condition that can be a barrier to physical activity-an important health strategy for managing diabetes...

Half of the estimated 328,500 infants 12 months of age or younger who were treated for injuries in hospital emergency departments each year from 2001 to 2004 were injured as a result of a fall, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control

More Than Twenty Percent of Children Not Fully Protected Against Vaccine-Preventable Disease

Concern Raised over Americans Traveling to Israel for Passover