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Doctors urge HIV testing starting at 16
CNNThe American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends that all teens 16 to 18 years old receive regular, routine HIV tests if they live in an area where the prevalence of HIV is greater than 0.1% of the population. The AAP also advises that adolescents of any...Tags: General Practitioners, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, HIV
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Cholesterol screening recommended for 9-year-olds
CNNChildren should all be tested for high cholesterol between ages 9 and 11 and again between 17 and 21 years of age, regardless of their family history, according to new guidelines released Friday. The updated recommendations, aimed at fighting...Tags: Heart Disease, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Online Dish: Fat at Four? New Diet Book for Young Girls Causes Stir
KIAHA children's book is creating controversy before even hitting the shelves. The title might tell you why. It's called, "Maggie Goes on a Diet", and is written by Paul M. Kramer. The children's picture book is about a pudgy 14-year-old girl who goes on a...Tags: Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diets and Dieting, University of California
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AAP New Recommendation: Lice Is Not A Reason To Skip School
KIAHEach year an estimated 12 million people will get lice. The creepy crawlers are nuisances commonly faced by school-age children and their frustrated parents. Lice are also the second leading reason for school absenteeism. "Everybody gets head lice,...Tags: Health, Missouri, Texas, Hair and Nails, Hospitals and Clinics
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Committed To Caring - Charleta Guillory, M.D
Charleta Guillory, M.D., F.A.A.P., is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Section of Neonatology at Baylor College of Medicine, Associate Director of Level II Nurseries at Texas Children's Hospital and Director of Texas Children's Hospital...Tags: Health, Drugs and Medicines, Television Industry, Health Insurance, Children
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It’s so: Joe offers health perks
Change of SubjectIt may seem to you as though coffee is one of those good news/bad news products — that one month you’ll read a squib suggesting it causes some ghastly malady, and the next month you’ll read a gee-whiz article like...... -
It's so: Joe offers health perks
It may seem to you as though coffee is one of those good news/bad news products — that one month you'll read a squib suggesting it causes some ghastly malady, and the next month you'll read a gee-whiz article like the recent New England Journal of...Tags: Medical Specialization, Skin Cancer, Asthma, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Cancer
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Fruit juice targeted in war on obesity
Over the past decade, the nation's war on obesity has targeted some fairly obvious culprits, including fast food, pastries, fried foods and soda. But recent scientific studies and a new government-sponsored documentary that aired last week on HBO have...
Tags: Calcium, Medical Specialization, Harvard Medical School, Schools, Overweight
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Manchester Family Pushes For Expanded Autism Coverage For Military Families
The Hartford CourantFive-year-old Rachel Margaret Kenyon's father was serving with the Connecticut National Guard in Afghanistan when she was diagnosed with autism. Sgt. Maj. William Kenyon of Manchester is an active-duty veteran of Desert Storm — the early-1990s...Tags: Health, Family, Health Insurance, John B. Larson, Afghanistan
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Danger of lead demands vigilance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's decision to lower the standard for blood lead toxicity to 5 micrograms per deciliter was based on accumulated evidence that even the lowest levels of lead have devastating effects on the developing...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Florida injury rate ranks No. 18 in nation, with 12,000 deaths per year
Every year, more than 12,000 Floridians could dodge an untimely death if only they or those around them were more careful. That's according to a national injury report, released Tuesday, which ranked Florida at No. 18 in the nation for fatal injuries....
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Health, Injury Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Crime, Law and Justice
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Future heart-health alarm rises with new statistics on kids
American adolescents already carry a heavy burden of future heart disease risk, and while obesity has contributed mightily to their poorer health prospects, normal-weight kids are by no means off the hook, a study produced by the Centers for Disease...Tags: Health, Family, Disease Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Specialization
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