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Teenage Pregnancy Rates Fall Across all States, Study Reports
By Cheri Cheng | May 06, 2014 10:02 AM EDTA new report found that the teenage pregnancy rate has fallen by 51 percent.
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First Ever Dengue Vaccine Show Promise in Late-Stage Trial
By Cheri Cheng | Apr 28, 2014 10:11 AM EDTSanofi announced that its dengue fever vaccine was promising in a late-stage trial.
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Flu Vaccine Cuts Children’s Hospitalization Rates
By Cheri Cheng | Mar 28, 2014 10:03 AM EDTThe CDC reported that the flu vaccine can cut children's hospitalization risk by 74 percent.
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Colon Cancer Rates Drop Sharply, Credits to Screenings
By Kamal Nayan | Mar 17, 2014 10:36 AM EDTColon cancer rates have dropped by 30 percent in the past ten years in people over age 50 and the credits goes to colonoscopies, according to a new report.
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Prescriptions for Narcotic Painkillers have Stabilized, Study Reports
By Cheri Cheng | Mar 11, 2014 01:20 PM EDTAccording to a new study, the number of prescriptions written for opioids have stabilized in 2008.
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Rate of Uninsured Americans Falls, Study Credits Obamacare
By Cheri Cheng | Mar 10, 2014 10:05 AM EDTThe U.S. uninsured rate has fallen over the past few months due to Obamacare, a new survey reported.
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Southeast US Continue to Deal with High Rates of Hypertension
By Cheri Cheng | Dec 28, 2013 10:40 AM ESTA new report found that hypertension rates in southeast U.S. have continued to remain high over the past few years.
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Scientists Report Stroke Mortality is Decreasing
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 22, 2013 10:02 AM ESTA group os scientists reported that over the past 100 years, stroke deaths have declined.
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Parents Who Are Reminded Are more likely to Vaccinate their Children during Pandemics
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 19, 2013 07:54 AM ESTResearcher found that parents who received reminders to vaccinate their children were more likely to do so than parents who did not receive reminders.
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Study Reports U.S. Doctor Shortage Is Not as Bad as Previously Believed
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 05, 2013 11:52 AM ESTA new study reported that if nurse practitioners and physician assistants take on a larger role, the U.S. shortage of physicians would not be as bad as previously feared.
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US Preterm Birth Rate Drops To 15-Year Low
By Kamal Nayan | Nov 02, 2013 04:56 PM EDTPreterm birth rate in US has dropped to a 15-year low and the country earned a “C” on the report card.
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Flu Vaccination Rates Rising, CDC reports
By Cheri Cheng | Sep 27, 2013 02:04 PM EDTThe CDC reported that flu vaccination rates increased for children and adults during the 2012-2013 flu season.
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UN Reports Childhood Mortality Rates Halved Since 1990
By Cheri Cheng | Sep 13, 2013 11:03 AM EDTA new UN report found that even though childhood mortality rates have dropped by 50 percent in some regions of the world, there were still 6.6 million deaths last year.
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Hospital Circumcisions Drop 10 Percent
By Cheri Cheng | Aug 22, 2013 10:58 AM EDTIn a new government report, researchers found an overall 10 percent drop in hospital circumcisions from 1979 to 2010.
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Infertility Rates Plummet Despite Delays in Marriages
By Cheri Cheng | Aug 15, 2013 10:46 AM EDTAccording to a new report from the CDC, infertility rates have declined over the years.
