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Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine have shown a clear association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet...
By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- All adults aged 60 and older should be vaccinated against shingles, a condition that can cause debilitating chronic pain, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended on Thursday. This new...
By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- An outbreak of Salmonella infections in people has been traced to contaminated dry dog food, the first time such a link has been uncovered, U.S. officials said Thursday. And, Salmonella infections from dry dog food may be...
By Val Willingham Medical Producer I have never been one for running out and getting medical tests. Even though I work in the CNN medical unit and report on the importance of preventive medicine, I always seemed to lag behind on mammograms, physicals and exams. So when I got my first colonoscopy...
Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine have shown a clear association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B...
Name the eight major vaccines that are recommended for adults. I asked Dr. William Schaffner, chair of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, if there was more emphasis on adult vaccines today than in the past. The vaccine is effective about two-thirds...
The Preventive Medicine Department of the UAE Ministry of Health in Dubai, has conducted a pneumococcal disease workshop for doctors. The workshop presented updated information on pneumococcal disease and its risks, as well as the current rates of infection in the UAE and the region and available...
"Knowledge of the association between the neighborhood physical environment and adults' readiness to encourage children's use of local playgrounds, and the extent to which perceived safety acts as a mediator, can inform efforts to increase children's physical activity. Data were obtained from...
PETER Brooks’s predictions about preventive medicine ("Much need, but stay-on-course budget likely”, Health, 10-11/5) maintain the false hopes of generations of academic medicos. My 30... ... PETER Brooks’s predictions about preventive medicine ("Much need, but...
Posted by Health on Friday, May 9th, 2008 John Dunn, DVM, PhD, public health veterinarian with the Department of Health, has been honored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the 2008 James H. Steele Veterinary Public Health Award. This annual award...
