Centers For Disease Control And Prevention

Diabetes-related lower limb amputations are declining, study finds

January 26, 2012

The rate of foot and leg amputations in diabetics over the age of 40 fell 65% between 1996 and 2008, according to a recent report.

ALFA: Alzheimer's taskforce ignores assisted living options

January 26, 2012

In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Assisted Living Federation of America said it was "dismayed to see the lack of acknowledgment of the role assisted living has in caring for individuals with Alzheimer's disease," in the HHS taskforce plan released Jan. 9.

Report: Triggered Medicare cuts would hit hospitals harder than nursing homes

November 23, 2011

Nursing homes will be impacted less than hospitals and physicians if the automatic cuts to Medicare providers are implemented, a new report finds. The 2% across-the-board Medicare cuts are scheduled as a result of the failure of the Congressional "super committee" to reach a deal.

U.S. life expectancy drops; death rates rise for Alzheimer's, flu, study finds

December 13, 2010

Americans' life expectancy has dropped by one month, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Early results of the report showed that a baby born in 2008 could be expected to live 77.8 years.

CDC encourages healthcare workers to get vaccinated for flu

September 14, 2010

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging healthcare workers to get the annual flu vaccine.

U.S. life expectancy rises to new record in 2007

August 20, 2009

Life expectancy in the United States reached a new high in 2007, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Meanwhile, the mortality rate fell for the eighth straight year.

CDC predicts H1N1 virus to affect 40% of Americans

July 28, 2009

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet Wednesday to decide on an approach for inoculating Americans against the H1N1 virus. That comes after the agency projected that the virus could affect up to 40% of the U.S. population.

Walker, cane-related falls injure 47,000 elderly each year, CDC reports

July 01, 2009

More than 47,000 elderly Americans experience a walker- or cane-related fall each year. That is an average of 129 falls per day, according to a recent release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.