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• CDC Guidelines Could Cut Bloodstream Infections From Dialysis

  infection rates among their patients by up to half by following a set of recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , according to new research.The CDC suggested that adopting their protocols could save lives and reduce health   Read more »

• LI scientists develop new Lyme vaccine

  at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Baxter Healthcare S.A., an Illinois -based health-products company.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in 2011, the most recent year for complete statistics, there were more than 24,000 confirmed   Read more »

• EPA investigates leaking drum at superfund site

  Rodriguez said.According to News 12 footage, the drum was labeled hydrofluoric acid, which, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , is used to make such things as refrigerants and can be fatal in high doses.Rodriguez said the fluid has   Read more »

• Many Seniors Suffer Mental Decline in Silence: CDC

  or memory loss caused problems at work or with social activities and household chores, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .The findings underscore the need to be alert for early signs of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, experts   Read more »

• Diabetes Self-Care Improves Slowly, U.S. Report Finds

  recommended health targets during the first decade of the 21st century, according to the new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. National Institutes of Health .Researchers found that between 1999 and 2010, the number   Read more »

Around the web

• Sample Solutions: Facebook 'Likes' New Source of Local Health Data

  MA--(Marketwired - May 19, 2013) - Sample Solutions LLC., in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), today unveiled new research based on an analysis of billions of Likes that consumers have posted on Facebook. The research, 5/18/13 from MarketWire Read more »

• Five Ways You Can Beat Diabetes

  up by the Look AHEAD study, a large clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The researchers found that over a four-year period, changes like eating a healthier diet and getting more exercise 5/18/13 from AOL Small Business Read more »

• ‘Most US public swimming pools contain poop bacteria’

  York, May 19 (ANI): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned US citizens that public swimming pool is filled with fecal matter. The researchers from CDC collected water samples from filters at 160 indoor and outdoor pools around Atlanta, 2:37 AM from TruthDive Read more »

• One in five U.S. children may have mental disorder

  Millions of U.S. children are living with mental health disorders, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC looked at the rates of various mental health conditions among American children for its first comprehensive 5/18/13 from Daily Mail - UK Read more »

• Parents need to protect children from allergen exposure, says Hope Paige CEO

  report released earlier this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls allergy rates among U.S. children an "epidemic." According to the study, 5.1 percent of children suffer from food allergies while 12.5 percent are sensitive to skin   from News-Medical.net Read more »