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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- In U.S. communities with retail health clinics, 1 in 6 parents have used a clinic to provide their child with medical care, a survey indicates.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 14 (UPI) -- Childhood obesity is the top health concern for U.S. children in 2008, topping smoking and drug abuse, The National Poll on Children's Health indicates.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Flu vaccination rates among young U.S. children and high-risk adults are much lower than expected nationwide, a survey indicates.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Many U.S. parents fail to recognize that their children are overweight or obese and, as a result, may not modify their children's diet and activity levels.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Michigan researchers say the chicken pox vaccine has been a far greater public health success in the United States than first expected.

African-American teens are more likely to have at risk, low birth weight babies, the party drug Ecstasy is linked to brain damage in babies even before they are born, and other news of modern health.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 2 (UPI) --