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Some cancer screening tests can actually help prevent cancers from occurring, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention says, while others help find cancers at an early stage, when treatment can be most effective.
Screening for breast, cervical and colon cancer can save your life - a message from the CDC
Getting screened for some [...]

Did you know that at Denny’s an order of three slices of french toast with syrup and margarine contains 1,261 calories?
Well, these and other shockers will be posted on the menus of local chain restaurants beginning January 1st. 
 The information will include the calorie, saturated fat, carbohydrate and sodium content of the restaurants’ meals.
The information is [...]

Accidents are the leading cause of death and injury among children in the United States, according to a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention.
On average, more than 12,000 children aged 0 to 19 die each year because of accidents, the report finds.

Motor-vehicle accidents were the leading cause of death, [...]

Reports that some of this winter’s influenza viruses are resistant of the drug Tamiflu underscores the importance of getting your flu shot, say Public Health - Seattle & King County officials in a health advisory.
The warning was issued in response to a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention that a [...]

Health-care reform should help individuals live healthier lives
U.S. health-care reform should support social-marketing campaigns to combat obesity and promote preventive care, writes Greg Vigdor, president and CEO of the Washington Health Foundation, in an op-ed article in the Seattle Times.
Vigdor cites a recent report by the United Health Foundation finding that while Washington has moved [...]

The popular dietary supplements selenium and vitamins C and E failed to prevent prostate and other cancers in two large trials published online today by JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
In one study, more than 35,500 older men were randomly assigned to four groups. One group took selenium, one vitamin E, one selenium [...]

Flu season typically kicks in this month, Seattle health officials warn, so the best time to get your flu shot is now.
And for those of you who are shy of needles there is now a painless nasal vaccine that is simply sprayed into each nostril.
Flu is often mild but can be severe, even fatal, health [...]

Seattle health officials have developed a 12-page comic book on pandemic flu that tells the story of one family’s experience of the 1918 influenza pandemic, which killed an estimated 20 million people world wide.
“No Ordinary Flu” is written for readers of all ages. It illusrates what to expect should a pandemic strike again and tips [...]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention has produced an animated video series to encourage Native American children to be active and eat right to reduce their risk of developing diabetes.
 
The series of four videos are based on the four Eagle Books written by Georgia Peres of Nambe Pueblo and illustrated by Partick [...]

Washington is the 10th healthiest state in the U.S.A., according to a new report.
The report, America’s Health Rankings, has been compiled for 19 years by the United Health Foundation.
Vermont was ranked the healthiest state followed by Hawaii, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Utah.

Louisiana was found to be the least healthy state, followed by Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and [...]