...Session No. 709 Pronouncing the H in HSE Bruce Packard, MD, MPH Axiom Medical Consulting, LLC The Woodlands, TX Introduction According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), between 1900 and 2000, the life expectancy in the US increased from 46 years of age to 74 years of age for men (48 to 79...

... Introduction Drug overuse, abuse, and overdose are a growing and alarming problem within the United States. Startlingly, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that opioid overdose deaths in particular, have quadrupled since 1999. The CDC estimates that 78 people die every day...

..., and with the recent addition of Zika virus, there are now a total of eight that are worthy of discussion. These include: Yellow Fever Malaria Dengue Fever West Nile Virus Japanese Encephalitis Chickungunya Lymphatic Filariasis Zika Virus yellow fever cdc global distribution...

... equipment or personal items such as razors or towels. bacteria infection centers for disease control and prevention vaccination meningitis symptom infectious disease cdc pertussis antibiotic exposure shingles united states measles workplace health & medicine cough virus lyme...

... workstation prevalence ergonomics march 9 human factors obese individual state university body mass index health & medicine cardiology website consumer health category neck circumference heart disease overweight indicator bmi body fat vascular disease obesity cdc...

... and therefore preventive measures to implement. The CDC estimates that seasonal flu was the cause of an average of 36,000 deaths from the 1990–1991 flu season to the 1998–1999 flu season (CDC, 2009a) H1N1 influenza outbreaks was unknown. The severity, timing and numbers of persons to be impacted were uncertain...

... after the confirmation of 20 cases, including eight students in New York who had traveled to Mexico. Alerts are sent by the National Safety Council (NSC) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the smart phones of any employer representative in their networks. The next day...