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SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists are collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC) to further standardize the exchange and use of public health information to improve healthcare quality and coordination of care. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) Controlling major outbreaks of infections such as whooping cough or tracking...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Fast food and inactivity are just a few of the factors that have contributed to the obesity epidemic in the U.S. A new study looked at the obesity trend in different states. Based on a new government survey by Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 12 states have very high obesity rates. In particular the Body Mass Index (BMI), compiled with a person’s height and weight, helps measure...

NEW ANALYSIS RANKS STATES, FINDS 12 STATES TOP 30 PERCENT FOR OBESITY WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Twelve states currently have an adult obesity rate above 30 percent, according to a new analysis released today by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The analysis used the state obesity rates made available today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mississippi had the highest rate of...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The West Virginia University Injury Control Research Center (ICRC) has just been awarded a five-year grant totaling $4.1 million to continue as one of 11 such federally funded centers of excellence for injury prevention research, education and outreach in the nation, according to the funding agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "We are very honored and excited to receive this generous funding from...

Surgeon General's Report outlines key steps to further reducing tobacco use among youth ATLANTA, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tobacco use among American middle school and high school students showed a slow decline from 2000 to 2011, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But when compared with other long-term studies, such as the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the steep rate of decline from 1997 to 2003 has slowed noticeably. The report...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online It’s confirmed: walking is back in style. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently revealed that six in 10 adults get their daily dose of exercise with walking. However, less than half of the adults are meeting the minimum amount of physical activity to boost their health. In particular, the Vital Signs report stated that sixty two percent of adults walked at least once for 10 minutes or more during a specific...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online If you are freaked out by the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's graphic anti-smoking ads on television, then prepare for more goosebumps. The federal government said that this round of television ads worked so well that it plans to do another round next year, USA Today reported. The ads ran for 12 weeks in spring and early summer, featuring smokers who have had the worst of the worst dealt to them due to their...

Less than half get enough physical activity to improve their health ATLANTA, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sixty-two percent of adults say they walked for at least once for 10 minutes or more in the previous week in 2010, compared to 56 percent in 2005, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, less than half (48 percent) of all adults get enough physical activity to improve their health, according to data...

Loopholes in tax structure, classification system are possible causes ATLANTA, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sharp increases in total adult consumption of pipe tobacco (used for roll-your-own cigarettes) and cigarette-like cigars since 2008 have offset declines in total cigarette consumption, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although total cigarette consumption continued an 11-year downward trend with a 2.5 percent decline from...

Take steps to protect yourself and your family ATLANTA, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging people to take steps to prevent West Nile virus infections. Outbreaks of West Nile virus disease occur each summer in the United States. This year, some areas of the country are experiencing earlier and greater activity. Thus far in 2012, 42 states have reported West Nile virus infections in people, birds, or mosquitoes. A total...