Science news articles about 'epidemic levels'

Heart failure is reaching epidemic levels among seniors in the United States, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008. "Both the number of patients ...

... obese, according to an article in the November 19 issue of JAMA. "Obesity has reached epidemic levels in the United States and is a leading cause of health-related disorders. Rates of surgical weight ...

... knew what the benefits were of listening at lower levels had less hearing loss risk, which is why ... don't seem to be at an epidemic level for hearing loss from music players," Portnuff said. The new ...

With obesity reaching epidemic levels, researchers at the Ohio State University Medical Center are studying a potentially long-term treatment that involves injecting a gene directly into one of the ...

... new biomarkers and treatments for liver disease. Those include hepatitis and liver cancer, which is at epidemic levels in China and affects millions of people worldwide. Part of the China Human Liver ...

MOSCOW, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Russia said Wednesday it had counted 11,633 cases of the H1N1 flu and 46 cities in which the disease is at epidemic levels.