U.S. Outpatient Surgeries on the Rise
The number of outpatient surgery visits in the United States increased from 20.8 million visits in 1996 to 34.7 million visits in 2006, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Nation s Childhood Immunization Rates Remain at or above record levels New estimates show adolescent rates below [...]
Number of People with Diabetes Increases to 24 Million
Estimates of Diagnosed Diabetes Now Available for all U.S. Counties CDC Media Update: XDR TB Public Health Investigation The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides the following update regarding its investigation and public health actions related to a patient with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB). CDC is recommending that passengers and [...]
CCRC – A Senior Campus That Ages As You Do
Today’s economy has most over the age of 55 worrying about their retirement nest egg, long term health care, social Security viability, living longer and how they’ll manage their lifestyle in the future. We’d like to believe we won’t ever need to move into an assisted living community or skilled nursing center, however, the statistics [...]
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate at a press conference in Texas (ID: 41811)
Dallas, TX, August 27, 2009 — fema Administrator W. Craig Fugate answers questions while DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and the new U.S. Fire Administrator Kelvin Cochran listen. Photo by Patsy Lynch/fema Ready.gov preparedness event at a school in Colorado (ID: 41881) [...]
