http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/National_Center_for_Health_StatisticsFind stories, videos, and photos about National Center for Health Statistics from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:06:15 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2008/SHOWBIZ/09/19/denzel.washington.youth/tztop.denzel.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/National_Center_for_Health_Statistics14433Find stories, videos, and photos about National Center for Health Statistics from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/09/19/denzel.washington.youth/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/09/19/denzel.washington.youth/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith the political season in full swing, much is at stake for America. The economy is in a downward spiral. We have an energy crisis. Our jobless rate is on the rise.Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:48:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1835705,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1835705,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThis year, gasoline climbed over $4 a gallon, and the traffic death toll -- according to one study -- appears headed to the lowest levels since JFK moved into the White HouseMon, 25 Aug 2008 11:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1824260,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1824260,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMore babies were born in the United States last year than ever before, according to preliminary data, but it's not another baby boom just yetFri, 18 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1813589,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1813589,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFor the first time, U.S. life expectancy has surpassed 78 years, the government reported Wednesday, although the United States continues to lag behind about 30 other countries in estimated life spanWed, 11 Jun 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1738116,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1738116,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPeople who sleep fewer than six hours a night -- or more than nine -- are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big belliesWed, 07 May 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/24/dying.from.childbirth.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/24/dying.from.childbirth.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame.Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:56:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/08/pf/cutting_the_cord/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/08/pf/cutting_the_cord/index.htmIt's hard to find someone who doesn't have a cell phone. And now more people are making it their only phone.Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/03/23/allergies.outlook/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/03/23/allergies.outlook/index.htmlA late freeze put a snowy exclamation point on a fairly mild winter for much of the United States, and experts say it's hard to predict what this weird weather means for allergy sufferers.Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:02:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/01/12/real_estate/motherinlaw_houses/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/01/12/real_estate/motherinlaw_houses/index.htmSure, we've all heard the quips: Behind every successful man is a disbelieving mother-in-law.Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:38:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/08/01/8382155/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/08/01/8382155/index.htmCharles Parmalee will still be going to parent-teacher conferences in his seventies. Like a lot of late-life parents, he and his wife Jan didn't plan it this way; it just kind of happened.Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/01/05/pf/retirement_planning/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/01/05/pf/retirement_planning/index.htmYou've worked hard and steadily stashed away savings. But your retirement dream can turn into a nightmare if you end up outliving your nest egg.Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:36:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/18/pf/late_parenthood_0508/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/18/pf/late_parenthood_0508/index.htmQ. You're a couple in your late forties. Which of the following are you most likely to brag to friends about at your next dinner party?Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/parenting/06/14/multiple.pregnancy/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/parenting/06/14/multiple.pregnancy/index.htmlHaving already given birth to two girls, Soledad O'Brien was ready for another addition to her family last winter. Yet she and her husband, Brad, were in for a surprise when, several months into her most recent pregnancy, her doctor told her she had not one, but two babies, on the way.Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:37:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/08/08/79602/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/08/08/79602/index.htmLIKE ALL MY friends, I thought that when we started trying to have a baby it would just happen.'' So says Nancy Ameen today, four years after she and her husband, Toby Hoden, decided it was time to...Mon, 08 Aug 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/11/79494/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/11/79494/index.htmOur Nexis search was ''SMOK! W/25 30 PERCENT AND DATE AFT 6/1/94,'' and it instantly hit pay dirt. We were asking for all news stories since June 1 wherein any references to smokers or smoking appe...Mon, 11 Jul 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/29/78690/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/29/78690/index.htmIt was Irish satirist Jonathan Swift who modestly proposed that his countrymen -- facing a glut of infant mouths to feed -- learn how to fricassee the tykes for supper. Happily, today's sky-high U....Mon, 29 Nov 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/11/02/77065/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/11/02/77065/index.htmDear Mr. Statistics: I am a rich femme, aged 70, who has just discovered she is a victim of sex discrimination and seeks revenge. The news is centered on my IRA account, currently worth $3 million....Mon, 02 Nov 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/05/76918/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/05/76918/index.htmDear Mr. Statistics: At present the U.S. has four living ex-Presidents -- Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan -- but four is not the record. There was a time when our nation...Mon, 05 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/06/01/76485/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/06/01/76485/index.htmWHERE WE GO from here depends on the lessons we draw from the hellish violence that gripped the City of Angels -- 58 dead, 2,383 injured, the worst riot since the Civil War. Those lessons could be ...Mon, 01 Jun 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/02/15/87142/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/02/15/87142/index.htmPortrait Americans ages 65 and up: Ready to relax Sat, 15 Feb 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/05/20/75004/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/05/20/75004/index.htmWhy has the deponent spent hours the past week hovering over data on fatness? What is so fascinating about human blubber? What policy issues can it possibly illuminate? Since the editors around her...Mon, 20 May 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/09/24/74108/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/09/24/74108/index.htm-- Honk if you know anybody anywhere buying or building a home. Many of you, especially Northeasterners, will keep hands firmly away from horn. For as everyone this side of Mars knows, housing is i...Mon, 24 Sep 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/11/11/66571/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/11/11/66571/index.htm''Instantly procure the unexpurgated file on Judicial Activism,'' recently screeched the senior Keeping Up correspondent on the social issues desk, ''and while you are about it also arrange for the...Mon, 11 Nov 1985 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/09/30/66439/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/09/30/66439/index.htmVarious improbable events have been much in the news lately, and Keeping Up's senior handicapper has been laboring overtime to figure out the odds and betting angles on such suddenly interesting lo...Mon, 30 Sep 1985 04:01:00 EDT