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Background: Binge drinking accounts for more than half of the estimated 80,000 average annual deaths and three quarters of $223.5 billion in economic costs resulting from excessive alcohol consumption in the United States.

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Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem due to overuse and misuse of antibiotics.

An MRL is an estimate of the daily human exposure to a hazardous substance that is likely to be without appreciable risk of adverse noncancer health effects over a specified duration of exposure. These substance-specific estimates, which are intended to serve as screening levels, are used by ATSDR health assessors and other responders to identify contaminants and potential health effects that may be of concern at hazardous waste sites.

The ATSDR ToxGuides™ are quick reference guides providing information such as chemical and physical properties , sources of exposure, routes of exposure, minimal risk levels, children's health, and health effects.

ATSDR - Health Effects,Cancer, Organ Systems, carcinogens

CDC report finds large decline in lower-limb amputations among U.S. adults with diagnosed diabetes

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CDC Vital Signs: ACIP recommends all 11-12 year-old males get vaccinated against HPV

MMWR News Summary: October 27, 2011

Information on Lyme disease. Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Information on Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI). Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.