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Stepped-up colon-cancer screening has helped slash death rates from the disease across the U.S. in recent years, but not all regions of the country have benefited equally.

Vaccination rates across the country have failed to meet established goals and, with recent outbreaks of measles and whooping cough, are causing concern. Add Comment

Prescription drug overdose is now the fastest-growing drug problem in the country, surpassing the number of people who overdosed during both the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s and the black tar heroin epidemic of the 1970s combined, the Obama administration says.

The frightening disasters in Japan are mounting. Despite workers’ Herculean efforts to prevent a complete meltdown at the country’s earthquake-ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the situation appears to be growing more serious

Obesity surgery has consistently shown to be the only long-term effective means of weight loss for morbidly obese patients, typically working far better than diet, exercise or drugs. Both tried-and-true and newer innovative methods of surgery are available around the country, but you may have missed some of the up-and-coming weight loss surgery procedures