The implications are that many cancers are treatable, the director of the Centers for Disease Control said.

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Cancer Survivors in U.S. Rise by 20% in 6 Years

Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its annual update of sexually transmitted disease (STD) data for the United States. There are more than 19 million STD infections every year in this country. The 2009 data suggest a mixed bag of both progress and ongoing challenges to achieving sexual health in the nation when it comes to the three most commonly reported STDs: Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis. read more

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2009 STD Data in the United States: Not a Pretty Picture

Half of all Americans may be diabetic or prediabetic by 2020, a report from an insurance company warned Tuesday. That’s an even bleaker projection than the Centers for Disease Control’s recent estimate that one in three Americans would have diabetes by 2050.

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If current obesity trends don’t change, one in three American adults will have diabetes by 2050, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday.

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Diabetes cases may triple by 2050

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show discouraging trends in the gay community’s fight against HIV. One in five sexually active gay men is HIV-positive, the CDC found. Even more shocking is that 44 percent of those infected…

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HIV Still Growing in Gay Community

“Hundreds” of Americans have likely become ill from tainted eggs, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC spokeswoman Lola Russell said Thursday.

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