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Most breast cancers are found in women who are 50 years old or older, but breast cancer also affects younger women. If you have a higher risk of getting breast cancer at a young age, talk to your doctor.

Lee Hurt, DrPH1,2, Cheryl De Pinto, MD2, Johnna Watson2, Marti Grant, MA2, Julie Gielner3 (Author affiliations at end of text).

* Respondents were asked, "During the past 12 months, have you regularly had insomnia or trouble sleeping?".

MMWR – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report CDC public health news, press releases, government public health news, medical and disease news, story ideas, photos.

Muhammed Bashir, MD1, Nasir Umar-Tsafe, MSc1, Kabiru Getso, MBBS1, Ibrahim M. Kaita, MSc1, Abdulsalami Nasidi, PhD2; Nasir Sani-Gwarzo MD2; Patrick Nguku, MD3, Lora Davis, DVM3, Mary Jean Brown ScD4 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Neil M. Vora1, Modupe Osinubi2, Ryan M. Wallace1, Abimbola Aman-Oloniyo3, Yemi H.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force has posted new information on its website: "Reducing Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Publicized Sobriety Checkpoint Programs." The information is available at http://www.thecommunityguide.

Peep, chirp, quack! Live baby poultry, such as chicks, ducklings, goslings, and baby turkeys, can carry harmful germs called Salmonella. After you touch a chick, duckling, or other baby bird, or anything in the area where they live and roam, WASH YOUR HANDS so you don't get sick!

Tired? Insufficient sleep is associated with a number of chronic diseases and conditions, such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and depression. Sufficient sleep is increasingly being recognized as an essential aspect of chronic disease prevention and health promotion.

Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH.

Cheryl L. Robbins, PhD.

Robert Trimble, MD1, Jane Atkins, MD2, Troy C. Quigg, DO3, Cara C. Burns, PhD4, Gregory S.

Chemicals from your work can come home on your skin, hair, clothes and shoes. When you go home, these chemicals can get onto your floors, your furniture, or in your car where your family members or pets can be exposed. We call this take-home exposure.

As autumn approaches, many children are heading back to school. Because children spend much of their time in classrooms, schools are an ideal setting to teach and model healthy behaviors. As children across the country get ready to return to school, parents and staff can gear up to improve the health of students and help them achieve academic success.

Laurie D. Elam-Evans, PhD1, David Yankey, MS1, James A. Singleton, PhD1, Maureen Kolasa, MPH1 (Author affiliations at end of text).