Updated : Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:47:13 GMT
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Ice skating is a winter ritual for many children in colder climates, but unless precautions are taken it can be fraught with the possibility of injury. Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:47:13 GMT
Reuters - Kids who were breastfed as babies may have better lung function, and a lower risk of asthma, than those who were formula-fed, two new reports suggest. Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:52 GMT
AP - Bread and rolls are the No. 1 source of salt in the American diet, accounting for more than twice as much sodium as salty junk food like potato chips. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:15:49 GMT
AP - NASA astronaut Janice Voss, who first worked for the space agency as a teenager and flew five shuttle missions in seven years, has died. She was 55. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:21:04 GMT
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women with HIV can prevent passing the AIDS-causing virus to their babies by taking antiretroviral drugs, but there remains a possibility that some of these medications might cause birth defects, such as cleft lip and palate, according to a new study. Publ.Date : Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:47:03 GMT
Reuters - Health regulators granted a priority review for an experimental Roche breast cancer drug that in clinical trials added six months to the time before the disease worsened. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:15:24 GMT
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Getting and staying physically fit might help fend off heart disease even if you've put on a few pounds, new research suggests. Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:47:09 GMT
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that the pancreas has sweet-taste receptors -- like those found on the tongue -- that can "taste" fructose. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:47:18 GMT
AP - Smokers not only have more problems with their teeth than non-smokers, they also go to the dentist less often. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:32:55 GMT
AP - Students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine, an idea that has drawn the attention of federal regulators and raised questions about how accessible emergency contraception should be. Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:58:51 GMT
Reuters - Healthy People Co is recalling 15 lots of seven different dietary supplements because they contain appetite suppressants or a drug for male erectile dysfunction, the Long Beach, California, company said. Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:50:29 GMT
Reuters - Sanofi said on Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration had approved a lotion to treat head lice after clinical trials, which compared it with a placebo. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:06:58 GMT
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A drug used to prevent breast cancer in women at high risk for the disease appears to cause bone loss in some postmenopausal women, a new study finds. Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:47:04 GMT
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of dying from a hormone receptor-positive breast cancer increases with age, according to new research. And one reason might be that older women with breast cancer are undertreated compared to their younger peers. Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:46:57 GMT
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- In certain people with Parkinson's disease, mutations in the parkin gene disrupt the proper function of dopamine, the brain chemical that controls body movement. Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:47:05 GMT
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