Health News
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Flip-Flops: Your Arch Enemy?
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM July 05, 2012 CommentToo little foot support can lead to pain and injury, doctors say
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Treating Irritable Bowel Poses Challenges
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM July 05, 2012 CommentNo diagnostic test and limited meds are among hurdles faced by those with digestive disorder
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California Woman Finds Ways to Control IBS
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM July 05, 2012 CommentCareful eating, practicing yoga and not internalizing stress prove key to her success
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Health Tip: Giving Your Child Medicine
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM July 05, 2012 CommentMake sure you read the label first
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Health Tip: Don't Spread Germs at Work
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM July 05, 2012 CommentAvoid contact with others who are sick
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Mystery Disease Kills 61 Kids in Cambodia
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:17AM July 05, 2012 Comment
A nine-month baby girl, who is HIV positive, drinks milk in a hammock at Opot Health Care Center sponsored by Partners in Compassion Cambodia (PCC),a non-governmental organization, at Takeo province some 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A World Health Organization expert says it's too early to know whether a mixture of known diseases or something new is responsible for the deaths of more than 60 children in Cambodia.
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Higher Doses of Vitamin D Prevent Fractures in Older Women
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM July 04, 2012 CommentBut evidence review found less than 800 IUs a day didn't seem to make a difference
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Post-Op Delirium's Toll on Mental Function May Linger: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM July 04, 2012 CommentOlder heart patients who experienced confusion took a long time to recover thinking skills
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Puerto Rico sees sharp spike in dengue cases
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:34PM July 04, 2012 CommentSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The number of detected dengue cases is running at above-average levels as Puerto Rico enters the peak season for the painful disease.
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UN limits melamine in formula after China scandal
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:07AM July 04, 2012 CommentROME (AP) — A U.N. commission has set a recommended limit on the amount of melamine allowed in liquid infant formula after a 2008 scandal in China in which six babies died from drinking formula and milk products containing the industrial chemical.
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Leave 4th of July Fireworks to Professionals
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM July 04, 2012 CommentReport shows about 6,200 people went to the ER for holiday-related injuries in 2011
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Russia fears new epidemic of synthetic marijuana
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:58AM July 04, 2012 CommentMOSCOW (AP) — Russia's leading anti-drug crusader says the abuse of synthetic marijuana is turning into a "horrible" epidemic in his country.
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Health Tip: Bonding With Your Infant
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM July 04, 2012 CommentIt's a key part of baby's development
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Health Tip: Encouraging a Picky Eater
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM July 04, 2012 CommentOffer a variety of foods
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Exercise Might Keep Menopausal Hot Flashes at Bay
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM July 03, 2012 CommentFewer benefits seen in women who were overweight, less fit or had more intense symptoms
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FDA approves first rapid, take-home HIV test
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:35PM July 03, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will soon be able to test themselves in the privacy of their own homes for the virus that causes AIDS, now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid, over-the-counter HIV test.
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Shingles Vaccine Safe for Those With Autoimmune Diseases: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM July 03, 2012 CommentStudy allays fears that the shot might raise shingles risk in people with psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis
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'Superbug' MRSA Making a Retreat in Communities
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM July 03, 2012 CommentLarge study also found drop in serious MRSA blood-system infections
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Methadone for Pain Relief Leading Cause of Fatal Overdoses: CDC
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM July 03, 2012 CommentDrug is complex, overprescribed, CDC director says
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2 paths forward for uninsured, 1 clouded by ruling
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:48PM July 03, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Really? The Supreme Court's big health care decision means 30 million or more uninsured Americans are soon going to have coverage? It's far from that simple.
