WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists begin recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York this week for the largest study of U.S. children ever performed — aiming eventually to track 100,000 around the country from conception to age 21.
“We are embarking on the road to discovering the preventable causes of the major chronic diseases that plague American children today,” Dr. Philip Landrigan of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, one Read the rest of this entry »

Tip of the Week: This week I want to discuss not so much a tip, as a bit of news.
In the Dec. 19 online edition of NYTimes.com, columnist Tara Parker-Pope wrote about a piece in the esteemed medical journal Lancet Oncology that revealed a study in which a correlation was made between lean muscle mass and a lowered risk of cancer.
In a study of 250 obese cancer patients, it was discovered that 15 percent of the test group who had low levels of Read the rest of this entry »

The FDA declared milk and meat from cloned cows safe a year ago, but Illinois dairies and consumers aren’t buying it.
Consumer fears continue to ensure that milk from cloned animals stay out of grocery dairy cases in Chicago for the time being.
But even with consumer acceptance, expensive and inefficient technology will hold such products in check for the near future.
Dairy companies all across the country are adhering to a “voluntary moratorium” Read the rest of this entry »

RPA women’s ward to close, says report
The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney is to close its women’s health ward in a move to cut costs.
RPA executives on Thursday told doctors the 20-bed ward would close on November 1, while the children’s ward was also at risk of being shut, Fairfax reported on Friday.
The move could see patients recovering from gynaecological surgery in mixed-sex rooms, while children who need emergency admissions Read the rest of this entry »

This article was reported by Al Baker, Kareem Fahim and William K. Rashbaum and written by Mr. Fahim.
Michael Mineo, the 24-year-old man who has accused police officers of sodomizing him at a subway station in Brooklyn, remained in the hospital on Saturday, attached to a tube that his lawyer said was draining fluid from his abdomen.
Mr. Mineo was visited at the hospital by the Rev.
, who spoke about the allegations on his radio program earlier Read the rest of this entry »

January 11, 2009 – January 17, 2009
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December 28, 2008 – January 3, 2009
December 21, 2008 – December 27, 2008
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December 7, 2008 – December 13, 2008
November 30, 2008 – December 6, 2008
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Health officials are still investigating another salmonella outbreak that has spread into Nevada and 41 other states.
Almost 400 Americans have gotten sick from a single strain of salmonella since early September and health officials still don't know how the bacteria is spreading.
Most of the cases have been reported in California, Ohio and Michigan.
Washoe District Health Department officials say as of now there are not any confirmed cases Read the rest of this entry »

September 17, 2008 8:44 a.m. EST
Los Angeles, CA (CNS) – Toned “RocknRolla” star Gerard Butler shares his four-step foolproof plan for beating stress as he strikes a casual pose on the cover of Men’s Health October issue.
Looking slightly trimmer than his picture on the previous MH March 2007 cover, the “300″ star reveals that he hasn’t “had a drink in more than 10 years” and how he wanted to be an actor just after seeing a stage production of Read the rest of this entry »

Proponents say there are cost savings; critics say there are too many risks.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Nowhere in Texas government has the ideological divide over privatization — and the potential pitfalls — been more pronounced than in the arena of health and human services.
Privatization critics say human services are the absolute last government functions that should be hired out. But in the past decade, the Legislature has Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of
Some Asian patients may suffer severe skin blisters and bleeding whentreated with certain epilepsy drugs such as Dilantin, Phenytek and Cerebyx,the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
Preliminary data indicate that people with a gene called HLA-B1502 may be at increased risk of developing skin problems when taking these drugs. Ten to 15 percent of people Read the rest of this entry »