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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stories: 106 news summaries

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Americans Pop Happy Pills in Record Numbers

Antidepressants
are most-prescribed drug in the US

Jul 9, 07 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Antidepressants are America's most prescribed drugs, according to a new CDC report, clocking in more scripts than meds for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or asthma. Prescriptions for antidepressants rose 48% between 1995 and 2002, accounting for 118 million of the 2.4 billion drugs prescribed in 2005. More »

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medicine • depression • antidepressant • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • pharmaceutical companies • blood pressure • prescription drugs • government study • doctor

Salmonella Prompts Recall
of Veggie Booty

Company yanks 'healthy' snack after dozens, including kids, fall ill

Jun 29, 07 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - A snack popular with health-conscious junk-food fans because it contains kale and spinach may also contain salmonella, according to the FDA and CDC, and the manufacturer of Veggie Booty has issued a nationwide recall. Fifty-one people, many of whom had eaten the green-colored rice and corn curlicues, reported symptoms consistent... More »

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food • FDA • health • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Robert's American Gourmet • Veggie Booty • Pirate's Booty • safety • recall

TB Patient, Family Ties Revealed

Atlanta lawyer's father-in-law is a CDC researcher

May 31, 07 4:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The quarantined tuberculosis patient is an Atlanta lawyer who recently married the daughter of a CDC TB researcher, CNN reports. Andrew Speaker, 31, took a private plane to Denver today to be treated for extremely drug-resistant TB, or XDR TB. Microbiologist Robert Cooksey says he knew of his son-in-law's infection... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Tuberculosis • Andrew Speaker • Robert Cooksey • treatment • infection • TB

Eye-Care Recall Reverberates
on Wall Street

Product problem seen influencing bids for Bausch & Lomb

May 29, 07 1:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of reports linking its Complete MoisturePlus contact lens solution to a rare eye infection that can lead to blindness, Advanced Medical Optics has recalled the product. Competitor Bausch & Lomb's stock price dropped on the news, since the recall may put AMO's plans to enter the bidding... More »

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medicine • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Bausch and Lomb • contact lenses • Advanced Medical Optics • eye care • infection • MoisturePlus • blindness

Vaccine May
Not Prevent
Cervical Cancer

Mandated for all girls
in some states, HPV vaccine fails to deliver 

Apr 16, 07 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pharma behemoth Merck is defending what it touted as a miracle cervical-cancer vaccine against charges of ineffectiveness. Merck lobbied states to mandate Gardasil for young girls—Texas and Virginia did—and got a glowing endorsement from the CDC. But new studies show that it works only to prevent sexually-transmitted HPV,... More »

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cancer • health • cancer vaccine • Merck • HPV • cervical cancer • Gardasil • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • pharmaceutical companies • pharma • vaccine • STD

Chemicals Linked to Obesity  

In mice, common chemicals trigger fat cells and "feed me" hormones

Mar 12, 07 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chemicals found in everything from baby bottles to cleaning agents might be triggering the obesity epidemic, causing fat cells to grow and multiply out of control. A Centers for Disease Control study suggests that exposure of mice to chemicals like tributyltin—used in fungicides and plastics—increases fat cells, which... More »

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obesity • health • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • obesity epidemic • tributyltin • bisphenol A • chemicals and obesity • baby bottle • fat

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