Swine flu is still circulating nationwide but seems to be more highly concentrated in the southeast U.S., according to officials at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

States like Georgia, Florida and Mississippi are seeing the highest rates of…

So St. Louis makes another seasonal jump from monsoon season to death valley days. Since the hot weather popped up so fast you might want to keep track of children, elderly relatives and neighbors who may be vulnerable to heat…

A study out of Johns Hopkins University finds that middle-aged white men are an emerging high-risk group for suicide.
Before 1999, white middle-aged men were the least likely to kill themselves.
However from 1999 to 2005 the group experienced a significant increase…

Aging is catching up with weight loss as the impetus behind a lot of snake oil. Most of it doesn’t work. But here’s what the medical community knows but no one listens to when it comes to the secret to…

Before we start burning the homes of everyone who’s child comes home from school coughing, or unholstering the pitchforks and torches to chase people who have colds, we need to look at a couple of things.

The U.S. Center for Disease…

Missouri health officials are meeting now to discuss their response to an outbreak of swine flu that so far has infected 40 Americans. No cases have been reported in Missouri or Illinois. Swine flu symptoms are similar to other influenza…

What modern singles have in common, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, generally includes higher blood pressure, more colds and flu, a higher susceptibility to depression and bleaker results from any health challenge. Subsequently, single people’s health lags…

Finally, some good news about health. You’re going to get old. Average life expectancy has jumped again in the United States to 78.1 years, a .03 percent increase from 2005, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, an agency of…

So I’m putzing around the Web looking for story ideas, checking on updates on the federal health sites major and minor. I run across the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s regular reports on sexually transmitted diseases. OUCH!

After scrolling through…

Flu season has been slow to normal this year, but in the week of Jan. 4-10, cases are beginning to step up, compared to previous weeks, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The good news is the deaths this…