CDC figures for 2007 show 12,280 US women were told they had cervical cancer and 4,021 died of it. Hispanic women had the highest incidence rate and black women the highest death rate; overall, 7.9 per 100,000 were diagnosed and 2.4 per 100,000 died.
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Does Your Family History Include Type 2 Diabetes?
Having a parent or grandparent with type 2 diabetes raises your own odds, and nearly 13% of African Americans over 20 have the disease. The piece cites the Diabetes Prevention Program's finding that it can be prevented or delayed, and points to NDEP's “More than 50 Ways” tip sheet.
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Hot flashes are signs of reduced risk of invasive breast cancer
Christopher Li and colleagues report postmenopausal women who ever had symptoms such as hot flashes were 50 percent less likely to develop invasive ductal or lobular carcinoma. More intense symptoms tracked with lower risk, independent of hormone therapy and body mass.
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Nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes - CDC
CDC's 2011 fact sheet also counts 79 million adults with prediabetes. About 7 million people with diabetes do not know they have it, and the agency estimates as many as one in three U.S. adults could have the disease by 2050 if current trends hold.
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Lowering blood pressure is heart healthy
A Hypertension study followed 9,357 adults in 11 countries for over 11 years and estimated that almost 36 percent of heart disease in women and 24 percent in men is preventable. Dr. Staessen says cutting systolic pressure by 15 mm Hg helps roughly twice as many women as men.
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Updated Estimates for Selected Birth Defects
For National Birth Defects Prevention Month, CDC highlights updated prevalence estimates drawn from 14 birth defect tracking programs covering 2004-2006 births. The figures account for maternal age and race/ethnicity so state and local programs can compare future estimates against them.
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Pertussis (Whooping Cough) – What You Need To Know
Whooping cough begins like a cold, with severe coughing arriving after one to two weeks. Protection from the childhood vaccine fades, so teens and adults need revaccination. The piece also points to 2010 ACIP guidance covering adults 65 and older and catch-up shots for children 7 to 10.
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Concussion in Winter Sports
A concussion happens when a blow or jolt makes the brain move rapidly inside the skull, stretching brain cells. Most young athletes recover quickly, but some symptoms last weeks or months. CDC, the NFL and 14 sports governing bodies made a poster urging athletes to report every head injury.
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Self-Reported Influenza-Like Illness During the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic
From September 2009 to March 2010, CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System found an average 8.1 percent of adults and 28.4 percent of children reported influenza-like illness in the prior 30 days; 40 percent of those adults and 56 percent of the children sought care.
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New cholera detection could save thousands
University of Central Florida scientists coated iron oxide nanoparticles with the sugar dextran, which resembles the cholera toxin receptor, so any toxin in a water sample binds to them. They say the test is faster and cheaper than current methods and could fit in a handheld device.
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HIV patients suffer more strokes
Reviewing U.S. hospital data from 1997 to 2006, Bruce Ovbiagele found stroke admissions fell 7 percent overall while those with co-existing HIV rose 60 percent, from 888 to 1,425. HIV patients went from 0.09 to 0.15 percent of stroke hospitalizations.
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Asian Americans battle genetics and diabetes
Diabetes Care reports diabetes among Asian Americans rose from just over 4 percent in 1997 to 8 percent in 2008, against 6 percent in white adults. In 230,500 adults surveyed, Asian background itself went with a 30 to 50 percent higher likelihood, adjusted for age, BMI, income and exercise.
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Birth Defects: Leading Cause of Infant Death
Birth defects caused 5,819 infant deaths in 2006, ahead of low birth weight and prematurity (4,841) and SIDS (2,323). They affect about one in 33 newborns and accounted for over 139,000 hospital stays and nearly $2.6 billion in hospital costs in a single year.
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Kicking cancer but living with chronic pain
A University of Michigan study in Cancer found 20 percent of survivors at least two years past diagnosis had current cancer-related chronic pain, and more than 40 percent of the nearly 200 patients surveyed had pain since diagnosis. Women and African Americans fared worse.
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Good cholesterol may not be so good for heart disease
Amit Khera and colleagues measured how well HDL pulls cholesterol out of macrophages in 203 healthy volunteers and nearly 800 patients with and without angiographically confirmed coronary disease, testing whether that efflux capacity predicts atherosclerotic burden.
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Surveillance for Norovirus Outbreaks
Noroviruses cause about half of all reported gastroenteritis outbreaks, and more than 80 percent of those outbreaks fall between November and April. Healthcare facilities are the most commonly reported setting; outbreaks there can run for months and illness can be more severe.
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Autism risk increases with back to back pregnancies
A Pediatrics study of first and second-born sibling pairs from California birth records for 1992 to 2002 found shorter intervals between pregnancies, especially under a year, associated with higher autism risk in the second child.
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Congenital Heart Defects
Congenital heart defects affect nearly 1% of US infants and are a leading cause of infant death from birth defects in the first year. CDC tracks them through state-based surveillance now covering 31 states; hospitalisation costs across all ages reached $1.4 billion in 2004.
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