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View Post: Confronting the Staggering Toll of STDs in the African American ...
20 Nov 2009 by Dr. Kevin Fenton, CDC  
Untreated chlamydia and gonorrhea can rob a teenage girl or young woman of her ability to have children later in life, and untreated syphilis in pregnant women can result in infant death or cause severe physical or mental developmental ... Screening: Testing and knowledge of infection are vital to reducing the continued consequences of STDs and HIV. Though most STDs can be easily diagnosed and treated, many cases go undetected because they have no noticeable symptoms. ...
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View Post: Osteoporosis Testing: Bone Density Tests: Information on ...
8 Nov 2009
Results of bone density screening are given as a T or Z score. T scores compare a person's bone density to the bone density of an average young adult age 25-35, and Z scores compare bone density to other people of the same age, sex, ...
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View Post: Diabetes-Child-Sugar Substitute-Retinopathy-Risk-Type 2-type 1 ...
25 Sep 2008 by Thomas  
Kids should really have more active time and even adults too for that matter. But I understand how difficult this is to accomplish sometimes, especially when TV time is the easiest “baby-sitter' to young kids in this day and age of computers and playstations. ... VeraLight's diabetes screening technology represents a critical response to the worldwide diabetes epidemic, making screening more accurate and accessible to everyone at risk for this devastating disease.” ...
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View Post: Houston Style Magazine » Health Director Stephen Williams is ...
19 Nov 2009 by Tonja Ward  
Williams also established the Gift of Sight to provide vision screening and glasses to school aged children. “One child [who received glasses] didn't know he had lines on his hands,” recalls Williams. These types of programs have more ... This year, over 14000 teens and young adults took advantage of the free service, with over 120 new syphilis and HIV infections identified. These individuals were then linked to medical care. Alarmingly, over 20% of those tested were ...
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View Post: Read The People's Press - Meriden, Wallingford and Central ...
6 Feb 2009 by The People's Press  
If you don't have a medical provider or are concerned about the cost, contact the Wallingford VNA at 269-1475 to see if you qualify for the free lead screening (Meriden residents should call the Meriden Health Dept). Why test? ... FICTION: Young children are more likely to get lead poisoning because their bodies are growing rapidly and so they “absorb” lead in the environment more readily than adults (did you know calcium and lead are similar in molecular weight). ...
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View Post: - BASIL & SPICE OPINION - Overweight Kids Past Age 10 Have 80 ...
17 Nov 2009 by At Basil & Spice  
School wellness committees, mandated in 2006, have helped write school policies that have greatly improved not only vended foods and other options but also foods served at classroom parties, foods sold by booster clubs and during sporting events and ... No parent dreams of their children growing up to be sick young adults tied to the need for constant medical care. And from society's perspective, the medical costs to care for this generation of children will be enormous. ...
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View Post: H1N1 Flu Surges Onwards, Still Killing Young Adults
5 Oct 2009 by emsnews  
Adult heart disease is included as a possible thimerosal-related condition, although heart arrest reports in very young children are used in the analysis. Heart arrest in very young children (a common term used on pediatric death ...
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View Post: Diabetes – Where Is My Insulin?
WholeWellness.net
6 Nov 2009 by admin   ...
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View Post: Calendar :: Currents :: PIONEER PRESS :: Park Ridge Herald-Advocate
11 Nov 2009
Wellness Screening is scheduled from 8-11:30 a.m. Nov. 17. This simple blood test is an excellent way to track overall good health. The blood is drawn at the center and sent to a lab for analysis. The results are sent directly to the residence. ..... Advocate Lutheran General Hospital's Older Adult Services is seeking volunteer drivers for its Home Delivered Meals program. The Home Delivered Meals service brings well-balanced, nutritious food to homebound elderly or ...
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