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Article : Périodique
Death rates from prescription opioid pain reliever overdoses quadrupled in the United States during 1999-2010, whereas rates from heroin overdoses increased byArticle : Périodique
Les statistiques présentées ici sont établies à partir des données recueillies par les services de santé mentale et d'abus de drogue (SAMHSA) et par le réseau de surveillance des grandes villes et des services d'urgence des hôpitaux (DAWN). La t[...]Article : Périodique
On April 21, 2006, increases in overdoses were reported among illicit drug users in Camden, New Jersey, via the CDC Epidemic Information Exchange (Epi-X). This alert elicited reports of similar increases in overdoses in other parts of New Jersey[...]Article : Périodique
During 1999-2006, the number of poisoning deaths in the United States nearly doubled, from approximately 20,000 to 37,000, largely because of overdose deaths involving prescription opioid painkillers. This increase coincided with a nearly fourfo[...]Article : Périodique
Secondhand smoke (SHS) causes premature disease and death in nonsmokers, including heart disease and lung cancer. The Surgeon General has concluded that no risk-free level of SHS exposure exists; the only way to fully protect nonsmokers is to co[...]Article : Périodique
Binge drinking, defined in this study as consuming five or more alcoholic drinks on one occasion, was responsible for 43,731 (54.9%) of the estimated 79,646 alcohol-attributable deaths each year in the United States during 2001-2005. 'Healthy Pe[...]Article : Périodique
Article : Périodique
Secondhand smoke (SHS) contains more than 50 carcinogens. SHS exposure is responsible for an estimated 3,000 lung cancer deaths and more than 35,000 coronary heart disease deaths among never smokers in the United States each year, and for lower [...]Article : Périodique
Secondhand smoke (SHS) causes premature death and disease in children and nonsmoking adults. The home is the primary source of exposure to SHS for infants and children and a major source of SHS exposure for nonsmoking adults. To assess trends in[...]Rapport
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Rockville, MD : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | 2006Nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke at home or work increase their risk of developing heart disease by 25 to 30 percent and lung cancer by 20 to 30 percent. The finding is of major public health concern due to the fact that nearly half of all[...]Rapport
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office on Smoking and Health | 2014Major conclusions from the report: 1. The century-long epidemic of cigarette smoking has caused an enormous avoidable public health tragedy. Since the first Surgeon General's report in 1964 more than 20 million premature deaths can be attribute[...]Article : Périodique
Two of the national health objectives for 2010 are to reduce the prevalence of any tobacco use during the preceding month toArticle : Périodique
World No Tobacco Day - May 31, 2005. Tobacco use causes approximately 5 million deaths worldwide each year. Since 1987, the World Health Organization (WHO) has sponsored World No Tobacco Day to encourage countries to implement comprehensive prog[...]Article : Périodique
Persons who engage in unprotected sexual intercourse or use injection drugs are at increased risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Changes in HIV- and STD-related risk behaviors among hig[...]Article : Périodique
Syringe exchange programs (SEPs) provide sterile syringes in exchange for used syringes to reduce transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other bloodborne infections associated with reuse of contaminated syringes by injection-drug[...]