Health

U.S. CDC Director Releases After-Action Report on Recent Anthrax Incident; Highlights Steps to Improve Laboratory Quality and Safety

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report that reviews the early June incident that involved the unintentional exposure of personnel to potentially viable anthrax at the CDC’s Roybal Campus. The report identifies factors...

Depression May Make It Harder to Beat Prostate Cancer

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Make Exercise Fun, Eat Less Afterwards

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60 Percent of Diners Use Calorie Labeling When Posted: CDC

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New treatment increases pregnancy rate for women with infertility disorder

The drug letrozole appears to be more effective than the standard drug clomiphene for helping women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to achieve pregnancy, according to a large study from a research network supported by the National Institutes of...

WHO: People most at risk of HIV are not getting the health services they need

Failure to provide adequate HIV services for key groups – men who have sex with men, people in prison, people who inject drugs, sex workers and transgender people – threatens global progress on the HIV response, warns WHO.

Doctors Need to Protect Athletes From Concussion Risk: Neurologists

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Kids Still Getting Too Much 'Screen Time': CDC

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Older Adults Can Safely Donate a Kidney, Study Finds

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Rehabilitation helps prevent depression from age-related vision loss

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An occupational therapist at Thomas Jefferson University works with a patient who has low vision.