Overweight babies may have delayed motor skills
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 31 10
Pudgy babies may be adorable, but being overweight may delay a baby’s ability to roll over, crawl, or conquer other important physical skills,…
Fast machines, genes and the future of medicine
• Cancer • • Diabetes • • Public Health • Mar 31 10
Francis Collins, who helped map the human genome, did not get around to having his own genes analyzed until last summer. And he was…
Stroke risk goes up with each childbirth
• Gender: Female • • Neurology • • Stroke • Mar 31 10
Going through childbirth more than once appears to raise a woman’s risk of having a stroke due to bleeding in the brain, Korean researchers…
Alternative remedy use common among infertile in US
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 31 10
A substantial number of American couples are looking beyond just state-of-the-art fertility treatments to therapies dating back centuries in hopes of improving their chances…
Cigarette makers defend menthol to U.S. FDA panel
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 31 10
Tobacco companies defended menthol cigarettes to a U.S. advisory panel on Wednesday as health advocates called for a government ban on the popular flavoring.
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Songbird genome may shed light on speech disorders
• Children's Health • Mar 31 10
Scientists have cracked the genetic code of a songbird for the first time, identifying more than 800 genes linked to song learning in a…
That headache could be caused by food
• Food & Nutrition • • Headaches • Mar 31 10
It’s not an allergy, but some foods might not quite agree with you. Wondered why, after lunch, you sometimes feel sluggish? Have you ever…
Massive under diagnosis of obesity
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 31 10
An analysis of 1,234 U.S. adults indicates a substantial under diagnosis of obesity when body mass index was used, researchers said.
Primary author…
Sharp rise in use of drugs to treat smoking and obesity
• Obesity • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 31 10
A RISING number of prescriptions for drugs to treat obesity and to help people stop smoking are being handed out in Scotland.
Figures yesterday…
Australian Obesity Summit offers no clear solution
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 31 10
The inaugural Australian Obesity Summit took place in Sydney on March 29-30, 2010. Despite consensus as to the severity of obesity in Australia, there…
Swine flu season not over, US health officials warn
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Mar 30 10
While swine flu has waned across much of the United States, the southeast is reporting an increase in cases of the H1N1 virus, U.S.…
Resistance can develop fast with swine flu: report
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Mar 30 10
The H1N1 swine flu virus can develop resistance quickly to antivirals used to treat it, U.S. doctors reported on Friday.
Government researchers reported on…
Kids everywhere too sedentary: study
• Children's Health • Mar 30 10
American kids aren’t the only ones being couch potatoes these days, according to new study of more than 70,000 young teens from 34…
Junk food addiction may be clue to obesity: study
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Mar 30 10
Bingeing on high-calorie foods may be as addictive as cocaine or nicotine, and could cause compulsive eating and obesity, according to a study…
Codeine ban will induce headaches: pharmacists
• Headaches • Mar 29 10
BIG changes to the way codeine tablets such as Nurofen Plus and Panadeine are sold are expected to cause a headache for pharmacists and…
Child mortality highlights China’s urban-rural divide
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Mar 29 10
Children born in rural China are three to six times more likely to die before they turn 5 than those in the cities, a…
Cutting fat—and calories—from cakes and frostings
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Mar 29 10
Delicious new cakes and frostings may someday contain less fat and fewer calories, thanks to work by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists such as…
One Step Closer to Personalized Medicine: Researchers Find First Bio-Marker for MS
• Neurology • Mar 29 10
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have found the first bio-marker for multiple sclerosis (MS) that might predict which patients will…
Childhood Obesity Causes - Facts & Dangers
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 29 10
Losing weight can look like an unwinnable war for those who are suffering from overweight. Be aware from several childhood obesity causes, Facts and…
Fighting childhood obesity a community effort
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 29 10
A one-size-fits-all approach will do little to reshape the health habits of a growing number of children who are overweight or at risk for…
ND health program tackles childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 29 10
Childhood obesity is a growing health risk many children face in this country, and a new mentoring program at Companions for Children aims to…
Job Stress Harmful for Health, Leads to Obesity
• Neurology • • Obesity • Mar 29 10
A new study conducted by the researchers at University of Rochester Medical Center found that chronic job stress and deficit of exercise could lead…
Few drive well while yakking on cell phones
• Public Health • Mar 29 10
A new study from University of Utah psychologists found a small group of people with an extraordinary ability to multitask: Unlike 97.5 percent of…
Inequities exists in disease burden, health care and access for minority children
• Children's Health • Mar 29 10
Minority children in the U.S. face a pervasive gap in the quality and extent of health care received compared to Caucasians, according to a…
Doctor Says Sports Events and Cell Phones Can Harm Voice
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Mar 29 10
From the first tip-off during March Madness to the championship’s final buzzer, and with start of the 2010 Major League Baseball season, on Sunday,…