Nov 14 Live Chat: CDC Answers Your Meningitis Questions The symptoms of fungal meningitis mirror those of the common flu. But what often begins as a headache and fever can quickly turn deadly. The current outbreak of fungal meningitis, tied to black mold-infected steroids produced at the New… Continue reading
Nov 14 Families Mourn Sudden Loss of Loved Ones From Meningitis Deaths Diana (right) dancing with her husband Wayne in Bermuda in 1985. They all said the same thing. There was just something about Diana Reed that made her unforgettable. And although the 56-year-old Brentwood, Tenn., woman died suddenly from… Continue reading
Nov 14 Meningitis: Top 10 Things CDC Says You Should Know Contaminated vials like these, produced at the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., were responsible for this latest outbreak of fungal meningitis. Photo by Minnesota Department of Health. It was just some neck pain -- nothing too alarming. Continue reading
Nov 14 A Day in the Life of Diabetes By Online DA November is American Diabetes Month. To recognize it, the American Diabetes Association has launched the "A Day in the Life of Diabetes" initiative to show the growing impact diabetes has on American families and communities and to highlight how those… Continue reading
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Nov 13 In 'The Suicide Plan,' Frontline Explores Hidden World of Assisted Suicide Joan Butterstein watched as the end came in steady waves of misery for her husband. "Chemo, radiation, and then more chemo and more radiation ... and he was sick and miserable frequently, if not most of that time," she… Continue reading
Nov 09 Obama Administration Delays Deadline for Key Piece of Health Reform By Phil Galewitz Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius makes her way to a news conference outside of Frager's Hardware on Capitol Hill to announce "a framework on affordable insurance exchanges" in 2011. Photo by Tom Williams/Roll Call. The Obama… Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch To Encourage Kids' Health, Pediatricians Add Reading to Essential Check-Up List To Encourage Kids' Health, Pediatricians Add Reading to Essential Check-Up List… Continue watching