Kansas has joined the ranks of states with an adult obesity rate higher than 25 percent, according to a new report released on Tuesday.
According to the “F is for Fat” report issued by Trust for America’s Health, Kansas is the 23rd-fattest state, with 25.8 percent of its adult population obese and 62.3 [...]
The average rate of increase for Indiana health insurance premiums is declining, according to a recent survey.
The survey of 404 Hoosier employers, released by Compdata Surveys, stated the average premium increase was 7 percent for all plan types in 2008.
The survey indicated that while health insurance premiums are rising, they have been increasing at a [...]
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HARRISBURG, Pa. - More than 30,000 patients who were hospitalized in Pennsylvania in 2006 contracted infections during their hospital stays, according to a state report being released Thursday.
The numbers rose sharply from the previous year, but officials attributed much of the increase to a change in how the data is collected and improved reporting by [...]
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Measles cases hit a record last year - as parents continue to worry about the effects of the controversial MMR jab.
Official figures yesterday revealed 971 cases in England and Wales, up on the 740 recorded the previous year.
The main increase was in the first half of 2007, before the Health Protection [...]
Nationwide, 4.6 percent of flu samples tested have shown signs of drug resistance this season, said officials with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In previous years, resistance to the drug hovered below 1 percent of all cases. “We have seen [...]
ATLANTA — U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society said in a report issued Wednesday.
The group counted 559,312 people who died from cancer.
The cancer death rate among the overall population continued to fall, but only slightly, after a couple [...]
“Definitely excited,” he said. “I don’t know if I would have been as excited if it wasn’t so built up for so long.”
The club traded Valverde to Houston in mid-December and didn’t name Lyon the closer until the first week of February.
Lyon said he took that somewhat nonchalant approach to closing when he held the [...]
“Definitely excited,” he said. “I don’t know if I would have been as excited if it wasn’t so built up for so long.”
The club traded Valverde to Houston in mid-December and didn’t name Lyon the closer until the first week of February.
Lyon said he took that somewhat nonchalant approach to closing when he held the [...]
In practically no time, the Diamondbacks will begin defense of their National League West title. More precisely: There are 50 days until Opening Day.
“In baseball, you’re always excited to get started in spring training, to be around everybody and get ready for the season,” General Manager Josh Byrnes said. “I don’t think that ever gets [...]
