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Resources on MRSA and its signs, symptoms, treatment and prevention.

June 04, 2008 - While 89 percent of Americans say they are willing and able to help if they witness a medical emergency, only 21 percent are confident they could perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and only 15 percent believe they can use an automated external defibrillator (AED).

May 28, 2008 - A new study finds that almost half of patients with a history of heart disease are unfamiliar with the symptoms of a heart attack. In addition, these patients do not see themselves as being at increased risk for one.

May 21, 2008 - US blood collection centers face a conundrum: at a time of decreasing blood donations, a new study shows that an important source of current and future donations, 16- and 17-year-olds, are more likely to bruise, faint, or experience other complications when they donate.

May 14, 2008 - Sunscreens are one of the most popular protections people use as the summer sun sizzles and threatens to burn their skin with harmful ultraviolet rays.

May 07, 2008 - Doctors coaching new nursing mothers will find little practical advice to share from some of the classic obstetrics textbooks, a new study suggests.

Apr. 30, 2008 - New statistics reveal that more than a quarter of American toddlers may be under-vaccinated.

Apr. 23, 2008 - Declining cancer death rates in the US appear to have halted, according to a new annual report from the American Cancer Society (ACS).