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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...

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

Disparities in screening still persist in certain populations...

CDC releases new resources to help prevent falls

A new diabetes prevention resource designed to encourage and help faith-based and community organizations get actively involved in deterring preventable diabetes among African-Americans was released by the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)

Greater investments in state tobacco control programs are independently and significantly associated with larger and more rapid declines ...

Unsupervised Ingestion Accounts for 66 Percent of Incidents...

Multiple Victim Rates Remain Stable Since the Early 90s...

Increases in deaths among 20-to-29 and 45-to-54 year olds contribute to first overall increase in years

Nearly one in five U.S. adults - more than 40 million people - report they do not have adequate access to the health care they need, according to the annual report on the nation's health released today by the Centers for Disease Control and