HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) -- Obese moms-to-be should
limit their weight gain during pregnancy to between 11 and 20 pounds to
safeguard their health and that of their baby, according to newly updated
expert guidelines. -- read full article
Thu, 28 May 2009 18:03:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Eating for two? New guidelines are setting how much weight women should gain during pregnancy — surprisingly little if they're already overweight or obese when they conceive. -- read full article
Thu, 28 May 2009 16:41:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Health insurance premiums for an average family are $1,000 a year higher because of costs of health care for the uninsured, a new report finds. -- read full article
Thu, 28 May 2009 16:49:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Laid off from her job in Massachusetts, Danielle Marks thought immediately about losing her health insurance. How could she afford the medication and physical therapy she needed to heal after shoulder surgery? -- read full article
Thu, 28 May 2009 17:51:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - A U.S. health official said a swine flu vaccine could be available as early as October, but only if vaccine production and testing run smoothly this summer. -- read full article
Thu, 28 May 2009 18:20:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Children who get the annual
flu vaccine, especially those who have asthma, may be more likely to be
hospitalized than children who don't get the shot, a new study shows. -- read full article
Wed, 20 May 2009 03:48:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- If current trends continue,
cases of type 1 diabetes among European children under 15 will increase by
70 percent by the year 2020, a new study suggests. -- read full article
Thu, 28 May 2009 03:49:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AFP - Incidence of Type 1 diabetes in children aged under five in Europe is set to double by 2020 over 2005 levels while cases among the under-15s will rise by 70 percent, according to a study.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used cancer drug
capecitabine can cause people to lose their fingerprints, which could lead
to problems when they're trying to enter the United States, an oncologist
warns. -- read full article
Thu, 28 May 2009 03:49:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- Some 650,000 people are alive
today who wouldn't be were it not for advances in cancer prevention,
detection and treatment over the past 15 years, new statistics show. -- read full article
Thu, 28 May 2009 03:49:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Time.com - The link seems obvious, but a new study is the first to suggest that inner-ear imbalances, which are common among older adults, may be causing many preventable falls -- read full article
Thu, 28 May 2009 08:05:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AFP - Nearly half of the clothing and a third of the furniture made for children in China's top manufacturing province is unsafe, with many products containing harmful chemicals, state media said.
