Digital Press Kits 2013

13 in 2013: CDC Looks Ahead

JANUARY 17, 2013

Heads-Up to Parents - From sports fields to schools across the country, CDC's Heads Up program works to get information on how to spot and respond to concussions to every coach, teacher and athlete. Already CDC has disseminated over 6 million copies of Heads Up materials and has trained more than 800,000 coaches through its Heads Up online concussion trainings. In 2013, CDC will launch the Heads Up to Parents initiative, with tools designed to help parents keep kids safe from concussion on and off the sports field.

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Head back to school safer and healthier this year!

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Heads Up: Concussions - Each year, U.S. emergency departments treat an estimated 173,285 sports- and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, including concussions, among children and teens, from birth to 19 years.
 

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Head back to school safer and healthier this year!

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Bullying - Bullying is a form of youth violence and can result in physical injury and social and emotional distress. In 2011, 20% of high school students reported being bullied on school property and 16% reported being bullied electronically through technology, also known as electronic aggression (bullying that occurs through e-mail, a chat room, instant messaging, a website, text messaging, or videos or pictures posted on websites or sent through cell phones) or cyberbullying.

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Mobile device use while driving more common in the U.S. than in several European countries

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

Distracted Driving - According to a CDC study, talking on the phone, texting, and reading email behind the wheel are reportedly more common behaviors in the United States than Europe.

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Our Nation’s Health by the Numbers: 2013

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse and Overdose - Every three minutes, a woman goes into the emergency department for prescription painkiller misuse or abuse. About 18 women die every day of a prescription painkiller overdose in the United States, more than 6,600 deaths in 2010. Prescription painkiller overdoses are an under-recognized and growing problem for women.

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CDC Vital Signs: Prescription Painkiller Epidemic Among Women

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Women are dying from prescription painkiller overdoses at rates never seen before, according to a new CDC Vital Signs. While men are more likely to die of a prescription painkiller overdose, the percentage increase in deaths since 1999 was greater among women (400 percent in women compared to 265 percent in men). Prescription painkiller overdoses killed nearly 48,000 women between 1999 and 2010.

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CDC Looks Back at 2013 Health Challenges, Ahead to 2014 Health Worries

Prescription Drug Overdose: A Growing Epidemic - Deaths from prescription painkillers have reached epidemic levels in the past decade, and more than 16,500 people died from painkiller overdoses in 2010. CDC is working to reduce the misuse, abuse and overdose of prescription painkillers while ensuring patients with pain have access to safe, effective treatment. CDC continues to track prescription drug overdose trends to better understand the epidemic. And, in 2014, will continue to focus on comprehensive state efforts to develop, implement and evaluate promising strategies to prevent prescription drug abuse and overdose.

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