Health Q&A: how much sleep does a 10 year-old need?
Britain's leading health and wellbeing specialists answer your questions telegraph.co.uk |
Patient Money: Cost and Lack of Awareness Hamper Adult Vaccination Efforts
Although the C.D.C. recommends that people 19 and older receive immunizations against as many as 14 infectious diseases, it says far too few get them. feeds.nytimes.com |
Jaundice-autism study raises unanswered questions
By LINDSEY TANNER 2010-10-11T13:15:37ZCHICAGO (AP) -- Autism is more common in children who had jaundice at birth, a big Danish study found, but researchers cautioned they don't know how the two conditions might be related and that new parents shouldn't be alarmed.... hosted.ap.org |
FDA warns 8 companies marketing miracle cures
By MATTHEW PERRONE 2010-10-14T18:48:53ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration warned eight companies on Thursday to stop marketing miracle cures that claim to treat everything from autism to Parkinson's disease by flushing toxic metals from the body.... hosted.ap.org |
Number of diabetic Americans could triple by 2050
By MIKE STOBBE 2010-10-22T22:19:30ZATLANTA (AP) -- As many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050, federal officials announced Friday in a dramatic new projection that represents a threefold increase.... hosted.ap.org |