If you’re not getting proper shut-eye, you’re not alone, as one third of Americans are not getting enough sleep which is ultimately detrimental to their health. Researchers studied over 444,000 U.S. adults across all states Hawaii ranked the worst, with only 56.1% claiming they get enough sleep South Dakota ranked the best, with 71.6% of […]
CDC Will Be Looking Into Palo Alto Teen Suicides
After disturbingly high rates, the CDC will be looking into Palo Alto teen suicides that have occurred at five times the national average. While it’s not normally a situation where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would investigate, the dire circumstances have called for federal action. Between 2009 and 2015, 10 teenagers in […]
Officials Are Investigating Artificial Turf For Cancer Risk
Officials are investigating artificial turf for cancer risk that the materials may be exposing professional players and children to all around the country. If a link is discovered, a replacement will be incoming. The CDC, EPA, and CPSC will be investigating the matter The three organizations will invest $2 million into research, to be conducted […]
The CDC Told Fertile Women To Quit Drinking, But Not Really
Reports had it that the CDC told fertile women to quit drinking, but not really, as their words were unfortunately twisted in the most insensitive way. Welcome to 2016. The CDC reported that 3.3 million women risk exposing their unborn children to alcohol 3 out of 4 women report that they continue drinking even after […]
Update on the Zika Virus Outbreak
Over the last couple of days, we were all bombarded with information regarding the spread of a new contagious agent called the Zika virus. While the pathogen isn’t as deadly as Ebola, but the disease has been known to cause severe birth defects. Here is an update on the Zika outbreak. Zika fever is very […]
Ticks Carrying Lyme Roll out In Greater Numbers
Besides the fact that the little buggers can ruin a family vacation, they can also infect us with Lyme disease. Although all of us have taken all the necessary precaution in order to drive the pesky critters away from our homes, it will seem that they won’t easily give up. A new report from the […]
Kansas: New Tick-Borne Virus Supposedly Caused Mysterious Death
A so called “Bourbon Virus,” named after the Kansas county they discovered it in, was successfully isolated by researchers after the mysterious death of a 68-year old man in the spring of 2014. According to investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Kansas man is supposedly the only individual who contracted the Bourbon […]
Teenagers’ Sleep Patterns Prove Insufficient
According to a recent study, teenagers are not getting enough sleep. And generalising the data is not an exaggeration. It appears that once they turn 15 or older, teens are beginning to get less and less sleep. This phenomenon also has a name given by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health: The […]
Why Diet and Exercise Not Enough to Beat Obesity?
According to a new study, one is obese or overweight mostly because of the genetic structure. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have reported that over 33% of the United States adults are obese, while obesity among school children has been also increasing during the late years. The scientists involved in this study found that once a person has […]
