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Half of Those with Glaucoma Don’t Know It; Are You At Risk?
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Approximately 2.7 million Americans have the potentially blinding eye disease glaucoma, but only half are aware of it.1 Meanwhile, glaucoma incidence is on the rise. Researchers ...
March of Dimes Names 13-year Old Boy From Puerto Rico 2016 National Ambassador
WHITE PLAINS, New York, Dec. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Ismael Castrodad-Torres of San Juan, Puerto Rico, born five weeks prematurely, has been named the March of Dimes 2016 National Ambassador. He's the first child from Puerto ...
Cal/OSHA Cites Kaiser $149,900 for Exposing Employees to Infectious Disease: Collection Box for Used...
AMERICAN CANYON, California, Dec. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Cal/OSHA today cited Kaiser Foundation Hospitals in Vallejo $149,900 for exposing workers to injury and infection from used needles at the hospital's collection box for ...
Preterm Birth Places A Multi-Billion-Dollar Burden On Business Annually March Of Dimes And The...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The reality of preterm birth is heart-wrenching and costly. The statistics are sobering. 1 in 10 babies is born preterm (less than 37 weeks gestation) each year in the United ...
Mood-Altering Drug Use During Pregnancy: The Risks Of Medical Marijuana And Prescription Opioids
NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ --- Marijuana is the most commonly-used illegal drug during pregnancy, and now that it has been legalized in many states, either for recreational or medical use, health care providers are ...
Reducing Infant Mortality And Preterm Birth
WHITE PLAINS, New York, Dec. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- STATEMENT FROM DR. JENNIFER L. HOWSE, PRESIDENT OF THE MARCH OF DIMES, regarding today's release of the NCHS Data Brief, "Mortality in the United States, 2014":
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Rise in Eye Injuries from Toy Guns Prompts Call for Careful Holiday Shopping
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Children's eye injuries from toy guns have increased by more than 500 percent in recent years, a recent study shows. With the holiday toy-shopping frenzy in full swing, the American ...
Cutting edge therapy for Psoriasis patients now available in the Caribbean
PANAMA CITY, Dec. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that affects around 140 million people worldwide. It's more frequent between the ages of 15 and 25, but may develop at any age and highly impacts ...
Stop the Snore: Sleep Apnea Action Urgent for Those at Risk
DARIEN, Illinois, Dec. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Experts agree: obstructive sleep apnea – a potentially life-threatening disease involving episodes of complete or partial airway obstruction during sleep – is dangerously on the ...
(Español) Dejar de Roncar: Es urgente una acción con la apnea del sueño para...
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DARIEN, Illinois, 1 de diciembre de 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Los expertos coinciden; la apnea obstructiva del sueño – un trastorno potencialmente fatal que involucra episodios de obstrucción parcial o completa de las ...
