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Just 1 in 4 with HIV have infection under control

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 11:01am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Only about 1 in 4 Americans with the AIDS virus have the infection under control with medications, federal health officials said Tuesday.

AP IMPACT: More kids skip school shots in 8 states

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 2:45am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A rising number of parents in more than half of states are opting out of school shots for their kids. And in eight states, more than 1 in 20 public school kindergartners do not get all the vaccines required for attendance, an Associated Press analysis found.

Two sex-spread diseases increase, syphilis down

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 4:46pm CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Cases of some common sexually spread diseases continue to increase in the United States, but the syphilis rate dropped last year for the first time in a decade.

Is economy best birth control? US births dip again

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 10:52am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The economy may well be the best form of birth control.

Violence more common among kids of combat veterans

Posted: October 31st, 2011, 3:59am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A new study suggests that when parents are deployed in the military, their children are more than twice as likely to carry a weapon, join a gang or be involved in fights.

Boys should get HPV vaccine too, panel says

Posted: October 25th, 2011, 10:09am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A government panel is recommending that young boys also get the controversial HPV shot. That's the vaccine now given to girls to prevent cervical cancer.

Midwest, West highest in contemplating suicide

Posted: October 20th, 2011, 11:06am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

More adults in the Midwest and West have suicidal thoughts than people in the rest of the country, but Rhode Island leads in suicide attempts, according to the first government study of its kind.

Midwest, West highest in contemplating suicide

Posted: October 20th, 2011, 11:06am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Health officials say more adults in the Midwest and West have suicidal thoughts than people in the rest of the country, but Rhode Island leads in suicide attempts.

Study: Living in poor neighborhood can hurt health

Posted: October 19th, 2011, 4:14pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Back in the 1990s, the federal government tried an unusual social experiment: It offered thousands of poor women in big-city public housing a chance to live in more affluent neighborhoods.

CDC: 1 in 25 adolescents take drugs for depression

Posted: October 19th, 2011, 12:02pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Roughly 1 in 25 adolescents in the United States are taking antidepressants, according to a new government study billed as the first to offer such statistics on that age group.

CDC: Add $2 per drink for US excessive drinking

Posted: October 17th, 2011, 10:37am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The toll of excessive drinking works out to about $2 per drink, in terms of medical expenses and other costs to society, according to a new federal research.

Scores got sick, 1 died trying to kill bedbugs

Posted: September 22nd, 2011, 11:02am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Worried about bedbugs? Maybe you should be more concerned about the insecticides used to get rid of them.

US lung cancer rates fall, led by Western states

Posted: September 15th, 2011, 11:04am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The West is leading a national decline in the rate of new lung cancer cases, with states like California and Nevada accounting for much of the improvement, particularly among women.

Uh-oh: Scientists say film 'Contagion' is for real

Posted: September 15th, 2011, 3:03am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Yes, it could happen. But it's a stretch.

CDC: Doctors prescribing fewer antibiotics to kids

Posted: September 1st, 2011, 12:31pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The push to get pediatricians to stop prescribing antibiotics for the wrong illnesses is paying off a bit, a new government report found.

Half of Americans drink daily soda, sweet beverage

Posted: August 31st, 2011, 11:04am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Half of Americans drink a soda or sugary beverage each day — and some are downing a lot.

Panel reveals new details of 1940's experiment

Posted: August 29th, 2011, 8:20pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A presidential panel on Monday disclosed shocking new details of U.S. medical experiments done in Guatemala in the 1940s, including a decision to re-infect a dying woman in a syphilis study.

Teen vaccinations against cervical cancer lagging

Posted: August 25th, 2011, 11:30am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Only about half of the teenage girls in the U.S. have rolled up their sleeves for a controversial vaccine against cervical cancer — a rate well below those for two other vaccinations aimed at adolescents.

US says Legionnaire's cases triple over decade

Posted: August 18th, 2011, 11:09am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

U.S. health officials say cases of Legionnaire's disease have tripled in the last decade. But the risk of dying from it has declined because treatment of the disease has improved.

US says Legionnaires cases triple over decade

Posted: August 18th, 2011, 11:09am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Cases of Legionnaires' disease have tripled in the last decade, U.S. health officials said Thursday, but the risk of dying from it is lower because of more effective treatment.

3 die of rare brain infection from amoeba in water

Posted: August 17th, 2011, 5:32pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Two children and a young man have died this summer from a brain-eating amoeba that lives in water, health officials say.

Study: Only 1 in 5 medical malpractice cases pay

Posted: August 17th, 2011, 4:01pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Only 1 in 5 malpractice claims against doctors leads to a settlement or other payout, according to the most comprehensive study of these claims in two decades.

Bat on Wisconsin flight prompts rabies probe

Posted: August 12th, 2011, 12:33pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A bat on a flight from Wisconsin to Atlanta last week has sparked a national search for passengers to protect them against possible rabies.

Bat on Wisconsin flight prompts rabies probe

Posted: August 12th, 2011, 12:33pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A bat on a flight from Wisconsin to Atlanta last week has sparked a national search for passengers to protect them against possible rabies.

CDC: Chickenpox deaths plummeted since vaccine

Posted: July 24th, 2011, 11:02pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Chickenpox vaccine has dramatically cut deaths from the disease, especially in children, says a new government study proclaiming an important public health victory.

'30 days of hell' for US victim of German E. coli

Posted: July 22nd, 2011, 2:51pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

In early May, John Meyer stayed at a lakeside hotel in Hamburg, Germany. He attended a business conference. He went sailing. And he became one of the few U.S. victims in one of the worst food poisoning outbreaks in recent world history.

Pills prevent HIV in straight men and women

Posted: July 13th, 2011, 4:12am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Two new studies found that daily pills prevented infection with the AIDS virus in heterosexual men and women in Africa, bringing new hope for someday offering a medical shield against HIV infection.

Salt diet dangers may be influenced by potassium

Posted: July 11th, 2011, 3:26pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The debate about the dangers of eating too much salt has gained a new wrinkle: A federal study suggests that the people most at risk are those who also get too little potassium.

European E. coli confirmed in Arizona death

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 1:27pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Health officials have confirmed the first American death tied to the food-poisoning outbreak in Europe.

Colon cancer deaths down except in Mississippi

Posted: July 5th, 2011, 11:08am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Colon cancer deaths continue to drop across America — except in Mississippi, health officials said Tuesday.

Quit line calls spike after cigarette labels debut

Posted: July 1st, 2011, 1:37pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Graphic new cigarette warning labels may already be having the desired effect: Calls to a national smoker's quit line more than doubled the day they hit the media.

Arizona death may be linked to European E. coli

Posted: June 23rd, 2011, 11:50am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The death of an Arizona man who recently visited Germany may be linked to the food-poisoning outbreak in Europe, health officials said Thursday.

Panel to pregnant moms: Get whooping cough shots

Posted: June 22nd, 2011, 3:48pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A federal advisory panel is recommending that pregnant women get vaccinated against whooping cough.

Cancer death rate gap widens based on education

Posted: June 16th, 2011, 11:02pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The gap in cancer death rates between college graduates and those who only went to high school is widening, the American Cancer Society reported Friday.

CDC: 1 in 4 high schoolers drink soda every day

Posted: June 16th, 2011, 11:39am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A new study shows one in four high school students drink soda every day — a sign fewer teens are downing the sugary drinks.

US births down for 3rd year; economy may be factor

Posted: June 15th, 2011, 11:06am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

U.S. births apparently have declined for a third year in a row, probably because of the weak economy.

5 in US now linked to German E. coli outbreak

Posted: June 10th, 2011, 5:43pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Health officials say the count of U.S. cases linked to the food poisoning outbreak in Europe has grown to five.

Salmonella outbreak tied to chicks, ducklings

Posted: June 9th, 2011, 7:21pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Health officials say 39 people have been sickened from a salmonella outbreak spread through handling baby chicks or ducklings.

CDC: Food poisoning from salmonella up in US

Posted: June 7th, 2011, 11:13am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

More Americans got food poisoning last year, with salmonella cases driving the increase, the government reported Tuesday. Illness rates for the most common serious type of E. coli fell last year. There was a rise in cases caused by other strains of the bacteria, although that bump may just reflect more testing was done for them, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

CDC study: Gay, bisexual teens do riskier things

Posted: June 6th, 2011, 9:14am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Gay and bisexual high school students are more likely than their heterosexual classmates to smoke, drink alcohol or do other risky things, according to a government study released Monday.

CDC: More have HIV as treatment prolongs lives

Posted: June 2nd, 2011, 11:59am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

New government statistics show about 1.1 million Americans were living with the AIDS virus in 2008, an increase of about 71,000 from 2006.

Is a repeat flu shot needed? This fall, maybe not

Posted: May 27th, 2011, 3:04am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Vaccine makers said this month they plan to make a record amount of flu vaccine for this fall and winter — enough for more than half the population. It's just not clear all those people will need it.

Study: 6.5 percent of adults active enough at work

Posted: May 26th, 2011, 11:08am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

If you think you do enough physical activity at work to keep you healthy, you're probably wrong.

CDC's 'zombie apocalypse' advice an Internet hit

Posted: May 20th, 2011, 12:03pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

"Zombie apocalypse." That blog posting headline is all it took for a behind-the-scenes public health doctor to set off an Internet frenzy over tired old advice about keeping water and flashlights on hand in case of a hurricane.

Home births up, driven by natural birth subculture

Posted: May 19th, 2011, 11:11pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Home births rose 20 percent over four years, government figures show, reflecting what experts say is a small subculture among white women toward natural birth.

Swimmer's ear medical costs total $500M a year

Posted: May 19th, 2011, 11:16am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The first national estimates of swimmer's ear say it causes about 2.4 million trips to doctors and hospitals in a year.

CDC: New regimen drastically shortens TB treatment

Posted: May 16th, 2011, 9:15am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Health officials on Monday celebrated a faster treatment for people who have tuberculosis but aren't infectious, after investigators found a new combination of pills knocks out the disease in three months instead of nine.

Alarming combo: Bedbugs with 'superbug' germ found

Posted: May 11th, 2011, 11:00am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Hate insects? Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combination: bedbugs carrying a staph "superbug." Canadian scientists detected drug-resistant staph bacteria in bedbugs from three hospital patients from a downtrodden Vancouver neighborhood.

US on track for most measles cases in a decade

Posted: May 5th, 2011, 4:39am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The United States seems to be on track to have more measles cases than any year in more than a decade, with virtually all cases linked to other countries, including Europe where there's a big outbreak.

Official known for '76 swine flu fiasco has died

Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 4:54pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A prominent former federal health official whose career was tainted by controversy over a swine flu campaign in the 1970s has died.

Blacks more willing to spend all for cancer care

Posted: April 25th, 2011, 11:02pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Blacks and other minorities with cancer are more likely than whites to say they would spend everything they have on aggressive treatments that might prolong their lives, a study found.

CDC predicts smoking bans in every state by 2020

Posted: April 21st, 2011, 11:13am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

By 2020, every state may have bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and the workplace, federal health officials predicted Thursday, based on the current pace of adopting anti-smoking laws.

Study: Half of supermarket meat may have staph bug

Posted: April 15th, 2011, 1:03pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A new report estimates that half the meat and poultry sold in the supermarket may be tainted with the staph germ.

CDC: Half of US adults take vitamins, supplements

Posted: April 13th, 2011, 11:24am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

About half of U.S. adults take vitamins and other dietary supplements — a level that's been holding steady for much of the past decade, new government figures show.

FDA won't stop cheap version of preterm birth drug

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 12:41pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Pregnant women will still be able to get a drastically cheaper version of a new expensive drug that prevents premature birth, federal health officials said Wednesday.

Papers: Guatemalans welcomed US syphilis doctor

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 11:26am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

As U.S. doctors in Guatemala were wrapping up one of the most unethical medical experiments they had ever conducted, a Guatemalan medical official praised the lead researcher as noble and thanked him profusely.

Ranks of cancer survivors growing fast, CDC says

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 11:05am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The number of cancer survivors in the United States is increasing by hundreds of thousands a year, and now includes roughly one in 20 adults, health officials said Thursday.

Preemie birth preventive spikes from $10 to $1,500

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 3:24pm CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The price of preventing preterm labor is about to go through the roof.

Trend reversal: Big drop in kids' ear infections

Posted: March 4th, 2011, 11:43am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Ear infections, a scourge that has left countless tots screaming through the night, have fallen dramatically, and some researchers suggest a decline in smoking by parents might be part of the reason.

CDC: A third of Americans don't sleep 7 hours

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 12:11pm CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writers

More than a third of U.S. adults sleep less than seven hours a night, and many of them report troubles concentrating, remembering and even driving.

US teens, young adults 'doing it' less, study says

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 10:32am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writers

Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a government survey shows, and theories abound for why they're doing it less. Experts say this generation may be more cautious than their predecessors, more aware of sexually spread diseases. Or perhaps emphasis on abstinence in the past decade has had some influence.

Study: US has much higher obesity rate than Canada

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 9:36am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

American adults have a significantly higher rate of obesity than their neighbors to the north, a new study says.

Panel told no guarantee against unethical research

Posted: March 1st, 2011, 2:46pm CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Experts say that the kind of unethical medical studies that occurred half a century ago could still happen again despite more than 1,000 rules and regulations that should prevent such abuses.

AP IMPACT: Ugly US medical experiments uncovered

Posted: February 27th, 2011, 11:01am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, squirting a pandemic flu virus up the noses of prisoners in Maryland, and injecting cancer cells into chronically ill people at a New York hospital.

AP IMPACT: Past medical testing on humans revealed

Posted: February 27th, 2011, 11:01am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, squirting a pandemic flu virus up the noses of prisoners in Maryland, and injecting cancer cells into chronically ill people at a New York hospital.

21,000 had whooping cough last year, CDC says

Posted: February 23rd, 2011, 11:59am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

More than 21,000 people got whooping cough last year, many of them children and teens. That's the highest number since 2005 and among the worst years in more than half a century, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.

Test gets almost 1 in 5 syphilis cases wrong

Posted: February 10th, 2011, 12:10pm CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Hundreds of people may have been told they tested positive for syphilis when they didn't actually have the disease, health officials say.

'Fat cancers' also hitting developing nations

Posted: February 3rd, 2011, 11:01pm CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

"Fat cancers" usually associated with wealthy countries are becoming more common in the developing world, too, according to new reports.

Feds checking post-vaccine seizures in young kids

Posted: January 20th, 2011, 1:37pm CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Government officials are investigating an apparent increase in fever-related seizures in young children after they got a flu shot.

CDC: Asthma rate in US up a little to 8.2 pct

Posted: January 12th, 2011, 10:31am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Asthma seems to be increasing a little, and nearly one in 12 Americans now say they have the respiratory disease, federal health officials said Wednesday

AP EXCLUSIVE: US says too much fluoride in water

Posted: January 7th, 2011, 7:01am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Fluoride in drinking water — credited with dramatically cutting cavities and tooth decay — may now be too much of a good thing. Getting too much of it causes spots on some kids' teeth.

Will autism fraud report be a vaccine booster?

Posted: January 6th, 2011, 4:58pm CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

This week more shame was heaped upon the discredited British researcher whose work gave rise to the childhood-vaccines-cause-autism movement, as a prominent medical journal published a report that the man had faked his data. But will it make a difference?

US teen birth rate still far higher than W. Europe

Posted: December 30th, 2010, 1:11pm CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The rate of teen births in the U.S. is at its lowest level in almost 70 years. Yet, the sobering context is that the teen pregnancy rate is far lower in many other countries. The most convincing explanation is that contraceptive use is much higher among teens in most Western European countries.

Audit finds CDC misplaced $8 million in equipment

Posted: December 29th, 2010, 4:17pm CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lost or misplaced more than $8 million in property in 2007, losing track of items including computer and video equipment, government auditors say.

US teen birth rate at all-time low, economy cited

Posted: December 21st, 2010, 10:37am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The U.S. teen birth rate in 2009 fell to its lowest point in almost 70 years of record-keeping — a decline that stunned experts who believe it's partly due to the recession.

1 in 10 US kids have ADHD; more awareness cited

Posted: November 10th, 2010, 11:22am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Nearly 1 in 10 U.S. children has ADHD, a sizable increase from a few years earlier that government scientists think might be explained by growing awareness and better screening.

US survey: 1 in 10 kids has ADHD, awareness cited

Posted: November 10th, 2010, 11:22am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A government survey says 1 in 10 U.S. children has ADHD, a sizable increase from a few years earlier that researchers think might be explained by growing awareness and better screening.

Wyoming, W. Va. lead in chewing tobacco use

Posted: November 4th, 2010, 11:08am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Wyoming tops the nation in chewing tobacco use, with nearly 1 in 6 adult men in that state using the product.

Panel: Gramps, get whooping cough shot

Posted: October 27th, 2010, 4:14pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A federal advisory panel is recommending that people 65 and older who are around infants get vaccinated against whooping cough.

CDC: High blood pressure awareness, treatment up

Posted: October 27th, 2010, 10:44am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

More American adults are aware they have high blood pressure, and more are taking medicine to try to control it, according to a new government report released Wednesday.

Panel: Teens need another meningitis shot

Posted: October 27th, 2010, 10:32am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A federal advisory panel is recommending that teens get a booster dose of the vaccine against bacterial meningitis.

CDC panel: Teens need another meningitis shot

Posted: October 27th, 2010, 10:32am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Teens should get a booster dose of the vaccine for bacterial meningitis because a single shot doesn't work as long as expected, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.

Number of diabetic Americans could triple by 2050

Posted: October 22nd, 2010, 9:23am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

As many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050, federal officials announced Friday in a dramatic new projection that represents a threefold increase.

Fatal car crashes involving teen drivers drop

Posted: October 21st, 2010, 11:05am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Fatal car crashes involving teen drivers fell by about a third over five years, according to a new federal report that partly credits the drop to tougher state limits on younger drivers.

Fatal crashes involving teen drivers drop

Posted: October 21st, 2010, 11:05am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Far fewer people are dying in car crashes with teens at the wheel, but it's not because teenagers are driving more cautiously. Experts say laws are tougher, and cars and highways are safer.

Study: Obesity care costs twice previous estimates

Posted: October 15th, 2010, 4:30pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Nearly 17 percent of U.S. medical costs can be blamed on obesity, according to new research that suggests the nation's weight problem may be having close to twice the impact on medical spending as previously estimated.

In US, Hispanics outlive whites, blacks by years

Posted: October 13th, 2010, 10:31am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

U.S. Hispanics can expect to outlive whites by more than two years and blacks by more than seven, government researchers say in a startling report that is the first to calculate Hispanic life expectancy in this country.

CDC chief picks 6 'winnable battles' in health

Posted: September 30th, 2010, 12:34pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Where would you start if you were charged with keeping the nation healthy? Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has chosen six priorities — winnable battles, he calls them.

Study: 1 in 5 urban gay and bisexual men got HIV

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 11:22am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A government study found one in five sexually active gay and bisexual men is infected with HIV, and nearly half of those infected don't know they have the disease.

44 pct of gay, bisexual men with HIV don't know it

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 11:22am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

One in five sexually active gay and bisexual men has the AIDS virus, and nearly half of those don't know they are infected, a federal study of 21 U.S. cities shows.

Smoking bans help curb kids' severe asthma attacks

Posted: September 15th, 2010, 4:00pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

New research shows that smoking bans spare many children with asthma from being hospitalized, a finding that suggests smoke-free laws have even greater health benefits than previously believed.

CDC: One-third of sex ed omits birth control

Posted: September 15th, 2010, 10:33am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Almost all U.S. teens have had formal sex education, but only about two-thirds have been taught about birth control methods, according to a new government report released Wednesday.

CDC: Adults eating less fruit, not enough veggies

Posted: September 9th, 2010, 11:16am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

An apple a day? Apparently not in the United States.

US smoking rate still stuck at 1 in 5 adults

Posted: September 7th, 2010, 12:30pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

U.S. smoking rates continue to hold steady, at about one in five adults lighting up regularly, frustrated health officials reported Tuesday.

Can home cooking be hazardous to your health?

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 11:26am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?

Are Americans now more honest about their weight?

Posted: August 3rd, 2010, 11:02am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Are Americans becoming more honest about their weight?

Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers

Posted: July 28th, 2010, 4:01pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.

CDC: 15 US deaths tied to rare tropical fungus

Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 11:23am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A fungus usually found in the tropics has taken root in the Pacific Northwest and has been blamed in the deaths of 15 people over the last six years, health officials said Thursday.

Study: Poverty, more than race, tied to HIV

Posted: July 19th, 2010, 1:01am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the first government study of its kind.

In US cities, HIV linked more to poverty than race

Posted: July 19th, 2010, 1:01am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the first government study of its kind.

Experimental diet pill shows promise, little risk

Posted: July 14th, 2010, 4:00pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

An experimental diet pill helped about half the people who tried it lose some weight and keep it off a year later, without the heart problems that some earlier drugs caused, a study found.

Yuck: Few people correctly cover coughs, sneezes

Posted: July 12th, 2010, 11:03am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Alas, here's more proof that most people have habits that aren't very sanitary — and sometimes can be plain disgusting.

Colon cancer screenings up, breast rate stalled

Posted: July 6th, 2010, 11:04am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

More older Americans are getting tested for colon cancer, with nearly two out of three getting recommended screenings.

AP IMPACT: Millions of vaccine doses to be burned

Posted: July 1st, 2010, 4:35am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

About a quarter of the swine flu vaccine produced for the U.S. public has expired — meaning that a whopping 40 million doses worth about $260 million are being written off as trash.

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Small fraction of Americans meet salt guidelines

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 11:08am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Most U.S. adults should eat less than a teaspoon of salt each day, but a new government report says just 1 in 18 meet that goal.

Abuse of meds sends as many to ER as illegal drugs

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 11:36am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

For the first time, abuse of painkillers and other medication is sending as many people to the emergency room as the use of illegal drugs.

Study: Millions of cancer survivors put off care

Posted: June 13th, 2010, 11:01pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Millions of cancer survivors have put off getting medical care because they couldn't afford it, according to a new study.

Wash off tarballs, but brief encounters not risky

Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 2:55pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Oil has now washed up on the beaches of three Gulf states. How dangerous is it?

Teen sex: More use rhythm method for birth control

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 10:41am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A growing number of teen girls say they use the rhythm method for birth control, and more teens also think it's OK for an unmarried female to have a baby, according to a government survey released Wednesday.

Dieting for dollars? More US employees trying it

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 11:06am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

How much money would it take to get you to lose some serious weight? $100? $500?

CDC: 1 in 8 swimming pools closed, many too dirty

Posted: May 20th, 2010, 11:25am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Health officials say many public swimming pools aren't as clean as they should be.

Swine flu fears push seasonal shots to record high

Posted: April 29th, 2010, 11:06am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Fears of swine flu helped boost vaccination for ordinary seasonal flu last year, with a record 40 percent of adults and children getting the vaccine, federal health officials said Thursday.

FDA stepping up oversight of drug pumps

Posted: April 23rd, 2010, 10:04am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Federal health regulators on Friday announced steps to improve the design and safety of drug pumps that have been linked to more than 700 deaths in the past five years.

CDC: E.coli food poisoning down last year

Posted: April 15th, 2010, 11:22am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Americans suffered a bit less food poisoning last year.

CDC: Cigarette taxes rose in 14 states last year

Posted: April 8th, 2010, 11:06am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Fourteen states, the nation's capital and the federal government hiked their cigarette taxes last year, but health officials worry tobacco company discounts are keeping prices down.

In down economy, older moms' births still up in US

Posted: April 6th, 2010, 10:30am CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

U.S. births fell in 2008, probably because of the recession, updated government figures confirm. The one exception to the trend was the birth rate among women in their 40s, who perhaps felt they didn't have the luxury of waiting for better economic times.

CDC: New England tops in swine flu vaccinations

Posted: April 1st, 2010, 12:05pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

New England leads the nation in swine flu vaccinations, while the South has the lowest rates, U.S. health officials said Thursday in the first state-by-state report on turnout.

Study: Small soda taxes don't dent obesity

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 11:01pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Small taxes on soda do little to reduce soft drink consumption or prevent childhood obesity, but larger levies probably would, according to new research.

CDC: Not too late to get swine flu vaccination

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 3:07pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Health officials are renewing their push for Americans to get swine flu vaccinations following a recent uptick in hospital cases in Georgia.

CDC: Breast-feeding varies by race, place

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 2:05pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A new study confirms that Hispanic women generally breast-feed more than white and black women do. But it finds surprising regional differences in U.S. breast-feeding rates.

Testing overseas may explain big drop in TB cases

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 4:57pm CDT by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

An unexpected big drop in new U.S. tuberculosis cases is probably because of stepped up screening and treatment of immigrants before they leave their native countries, health officials say.

CDC: MRIs, other medical scans in ER quadruple

Posted: February 17th, 2010, 10:47am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

The use of high-tech diagnostic imaging in emergency rooms has quadrupled since the mid-1990s, according to a new government report released Wednesday.

Mumps outbreak in NY, NJ tops 1,500 cases

Posted: February 17th, 2010, 10:40am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

A mumps outbreak among Orthodox Jews in New York and New Jersey has now surpassed 1,500 cases and shows no sign of ending soon, health officials said Thursday.

CDC: Swine flu made 57 million Americans ill

Posted: February 17th, 2010, 10:32am CST by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

Swine flu cases are down, but health officials say the disease's cumulative impact has grown to 57 million U.S. illnesses, 257,000 hospitalizations and 11,690 deaths.

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