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...government, for its part, still wants to vaccinate as many people as possible against H1N1. Although it has indeed been a mild flu season so far, says Jeff Dimond, a spokesperson at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "our message right now is that people should get vaccinated. We are aware that a third wave of infections is possible, so we aren't making any decision yet on whether we will use our full capacity of 251 million doses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was the Threat of H1N1 Flu Exaggerated? | 1/26/2010 | See Source »

...which focused on walking, muscle relaxation and breathing skills, had a 0.33% increase in bone density over the same time period. Perhaps more important, participants in the exercise group saw no increase in their risk of experiencing a fracture-causing fall, compared with a 66% higher risk in the control group.(See how to prevent illness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exercise to Protect Aging Bodies — and Brains | 1/26/2010 | See Source »

Pregnancy rates among U.S. teenagers, which had been dropping since 1990, took an upturn in 2006, according to newly released data. The figures, obtained from government sources and abortion providers by the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive-health think tank, echo previous Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that births among teens had risen. But the new Guttmacher report rounds out the picture: in 2006, there were 71.5 pregnancies for every 1,000 women under the age of 20. That's 3% more than in 2005. The increase was concentrated among 18- and 19-year-olds - pregnancies among those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Data: Teen Pregnancy on the Rise, Abortions Too | 1/26/2010 | See Source »

...forgotten stepchildren. There is very little education about the disease, not only among the general public and policymakers, but also among the at-risk population, health-care providers and social workers. That ignorance is one reason the U.S. government devotes comparatively piddling resources to its prevention, tracking and control. Hepatitis receives a fraction of the funding devoted to HIV/AIDS by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for example, although it affects three to five times as many Americans. "The people with hepatitis B and C are less vocal and way less effective communicators than the HIV lobby," explains Dieterich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Threat of Hepatitis Underestimated | 1/26/2010 | See Source »

...from disease to disease," Georgopoulos says. "So the different diseases create disturbances in the communication that can be used as a fingerprint, a signature, for the disease." He likens the MEG test for PTSD to the blood-glucose monitoring tests regularly done by diabetics to keep their disease under control. Such testing, he adds, could be done by PTSD patients to monitor their progress. "The test is totally safe - there are no magnets, no isotopes - you can do it as frequently as you want," Georgopoulos says, adding that it also doesn't require dredging up the traumatic events that generate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study Points at a Clear-Cut Way to Diagnose PTSD | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

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