Chronic Kidney Disease Soars in United States - CDC
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The number of Americans suffering from  chronic kidney failure more than doubled in the 1990s due to  rising rates of diabetes and hypertension, an aging population  and improved survival of kidney patients, a federal study said  on Thursday.
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Prescription drug use among Americans has hit an all-time record high, according to the US Department of Health and Human Servicesâ annual check-up on Americansâ health.
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Americans made an estimated 890 million visits to the doctor in 2002, a 1 percent increase from the previous year, according to a survey released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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West Virginia and Kentucky &#151; states known for high levels of obesity, diabetes and smoking &#151; have the highest proportion of people with heart disease in the nation, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
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Kidney disease need not be severe to cause an increased risk of death and cardiovascular disease, according to the findings from two studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Both reports "reinforce the importance of early detection of chronic kidney disease, not only to slow the progression to end-stage disease but also in this case to identify risk factors for cardiovascular disease," notes an editorialist.
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Older, heavier and sedentary, more and more Americans are suffering from high blood pressure, the latest government report shows. And while the numbers in the report are
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The number of Americans who got sick  from swimming or bathing in tainted pools, spas and other  facilities jumped 21 percent to a record high during 2001 and  2002, the government said on Thursday.
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A handful of conditions such as  mental illness, stroke, diabetes and lung disease accounted for  much of the huge increase in health-care spending dating back  to the late 1980s, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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PHILADELPHIA Oct. 6, 2004 - A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that people with kidney failure that&#39;s severe enough to require dialysis deserve some of the workplace protections offered by the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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Life expectancy in the United States has increased to almost 78 years, the country's highest on record, amid a downturn in deaths from heart disease, cancer and stroke, according to new federal estimates published on Wednesday.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- For people with type 1 diabetes, obesity is also associated with an increased risk of kidney disease, a U.S. study finds.
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Influenza-related hospitalizations have increased dramatically in the US in the last two decades, in part because of the aging population, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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The number of newly diagnosed HIV  infections in gay and bisexual men has risen in many U.S.  states, according to a federal study on Wednesday which stoked  concerns AIDS may be poised for a resurgence in the country.
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Out-of-wedlock births in the United States have climbed to an all-time high, accounting for nearly four in 10 babies born last year, government health officials said Tuesday.
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A new report by government researchers finds the number of Americans with high blood pressure has climbed to almost one in three over the past decade, as Americans have gotten older and fatter.
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NEW YORK  - Men with chronic kidney disease are at increased risk of sustaining a hip fracture, researchers report.
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As Americans get older and heavier, the number of adults with high blood pressure has climbed to almost one in three over the past decade, putting more people at risk of a stroke