Reuters - People who are overweight or obese in young adulthood and middle-age are at elevated risk of being disabled in their later years, a new study suggests. -- read full article
AP - Toddlers of moms who took the epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy had lower IQs than the children of women who used other anti-seizure medicines, according to a new study. -- read full article
AP - Twin 5-year-old girls living with a rare disease are among the first in the country being treated for their condition at a Reno hospital after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted special permission to use an experimental drug. -- read full article
AP - Advocates of the female condom are promoting a less costly, more user-friendly version that they hope will vastly expand its role in the global fight against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Reuters - Women who participate in recreational exercise and sports over their lifetime may be lowering their risk of death from breast cancer and breast cancer recurrence. -- read full article
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- The type of brain tumor
can determine whether entry through the nose or the eyebrow is the best
approach for minimally invasive "keyhole" surgery to remove the tumor, a
new study finds. -- read full article
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) Newer antipsychotic drugs
promote weight gain and lower levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol in
Alzheimer's patients, according to a new study of more than 400 elderly
patients. -- read full article
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- When military mothers are
away at war, their teenage children are more likely to slip into trouble,
from getting into fights to earning poor grades at school, a new study has
found. -- read full article
AP - Actor-director Woody Allen has fired back against American Apparel's effort to drag his personal life into a civil court case, saying the clothing company is harassing him.
Reuters - United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp, will require obese passengers bumped from full flights to purchase two seats on a subsequent flight, matching the policy of some other carriers. -- read full article
AP - President Barack Obama's top health care adviser said Wednesday a compromise is within reach on a government health plan for the middle class that wouldn't drive private insurers out of business. -- read full article
AP - Toddlers of moms who took the epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy had lower IQs than the children of women who used other anti-seizure medicines, according to a new study. -- read full article
AP - Mild brain injuries — once considered an under-recognized problem in returning military troops — are being overdiagnosed because the government is using soft criteria instead of hard medical evidence, an Army doctor and two other officials contend.
