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More youths have mental health issues
CHICAGO — A new study has found that five times as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety and other mental health issues as youths of the same age who were studied in the...
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Report: Hepatitis prevention lacking: Types B and C infect more Americans than the AIDS virus
WASHINGTON — They’re the overlooked viruses: Hepatitis B and C together infect three to five times more Americans than the AIDS virus does, and most don’t know it. In the next 10 years, these ...
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Minnesota trains first class of dental therapists; similar program in rural Alaska
MINNEAPOLIS — As a hygienist at the only nonprofit dental clinic in a wide swath of southern Minnesota, Jodi Hager sees closeup what limited care means: children from poor families with decay in...
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First case of highly drug resistant TB found in U.S.
EDITOR’S NOTE — Once-curable diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria are coming back, as germs rapidly mutate to form aggressive strains that resist drugs. The reason: The misuse of the ve...
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U.S. says about 1 in 6 Americans have had swine flu
ATLANTA – Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday. That means about 1 in 6 A...
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Government: Skip mammograms when in 40s
NEW YORK — Most women don’t need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. It’s a major reversal that conflicts with the ...
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A woman touches an activist of the Costa Rican “Women in Pink” organization who plays a living statue during a campaign to promote International Breast Cancer Awareness month in San Jose. Breast cancer stigma affects poor
WASHINGTON — Nurses were training women in rural Mexico to examine their breasts for cancer when one raised her hand to object. If she lost her breast, Harvard public health specialist Felicia K...
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Kevin Solis, left and his mother Abdi Santoyo wear protective face masks as a precaution against swine flu contagion at a beach in Cancun, Mexico. Tips for traveling during flu season
NEW YORK — Last spring, thousands of travelers canceled trips to Mexico after a swine flu outbreak there emptied beaches and resorts. Staying home won’t protect you from swine flu now: Forty-s...
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