This year’s flu season started about a month early, prompting federal health officials to warn it could be one of the worst in years. They’re urging everyone to get their flu shots. But as in every flu season, there are lots of reports of people complaining that they got their shot, but still got the [...]
Obesity Rates Highest Among African-American Women
December 10, 2012 | Posted by
It’s as much a cultural challenge as it is an individual one. African-American women appear to be unmoved by the growing obesity epidemic among their ranks, with little regard to the serious health dangers it poses. They have the highest obesity rate of any group of Americans, with four out of five black women having a [...]
Obesity Continues To Plague African-American Women
November 29, 2012 | Posted by
No population in the United States has a higher obesity rate than African American women, with four out of five defined as overweight or obese, according to a 2012 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Their weight issues are also contributing factors in other maladies that typically plague black women more than [...]
CDC Strongly Recommends Flu Vaccine for All Over the Age of 6
October 14, 2012 | Posted by
As school bells ring out announcing a new school year and pigskins fly through the air announcing the arrival of a new football season, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) begins its annual influenza vaccine campaign. “Flu” or influenza is a viral illness associated with fever, severe muscle aches, general malaise and respiratory [...]
Youth Smoking Continues Decline, But More Slowly
August 10, 2012 | Posted by
Nearly 30% of middle and high school boys and nearly 18% of girls used some form of tobacco last year, the federal government said in a report published Thursday. Over the last decade, there has been a slow decline in tobacco use among middle and high school students, the report from the Centers for Disease [...]
Moderate Drinking While Pregnant is Now Ok Says New Study
June 21, 2012 | Posted by
I’m sure for somebody, this is “good” news: A new study out of the UK suggests that pregnant women can consume one to eight alcoholic drinks a week without causing any developmental problems in their children. Backed by funding from the Centers For Disease Control, Danish researchers studied more than 1600 pregnant women from their [...]
