- Experts Concerned as NIH Axes Critical Vaccine Study Funds
- Brain Implant Lets Woman Talk After 18 Years of Silence Due to Stroke
- Major Job Cuts at NIOSH Pose Risks to Worker Safety, Critics Warn
- Microplastics Linked To High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Stroke
- Pregnant Women, New Moms Dying More Often From Heart Conditions
- Navigators Help Patients Get Colonoscopy For Suspected Cancer
- GLP-1 Drug Use For Weight Loss Has Soared, Costing Billions
- Fasting Outperforms Calorie Cutting, Clinical Trial Says
- Cardiac Arrest Deaths During Marathons Down By Half
- Local Outbreaks Can Motivate the Vaccine-Hesitant, Poll Finds
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Health Highlights: Feb. 27, 2014
Major Chain of Child Care Centers Adopts First Lady's Guidelines
- Posted February 27, 2014
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Getting Teeth Pulled Before Heart Surgery May Pose Serious Risks
Study found 8 percent of those who did suffered a heart attack, stroke, kidney failure or death
- Posted February 27, 2014
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Secondhand Smoke Linked to Miscarriage Risk
Study found that as exposures rose, so did risk for a number of serious obstetric complications
- Posted February 27, 2014
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Health Tip: Do You Have Bronchitis?
Usually characterized by cough lasting 10 days or more
- Posted February 27, 2014
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Health Tip: When Food and Drugs Interact
The medications may not behave as intended
- Posted February 27, 2014
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Common Strep Bacteria May Be Morphing Into ‘Superbug’
Doctors report on antibiotic resistance in two unrelated cases
- Posted February 26, 2014
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A Better Test for Down Syndrome?
New gene-based screen for chromosomal disorders is more accurate than current methods, study says
- Posted February 26, 2014
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Study Sees No Evidence Linking Diabetes Drugs With Pancreatic Cancer
But FDA assessment calls for further look at injectable type-2 treatments
- Posted February 26, 2014
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C-Section Birth May Raise Risk of Adult Obesity: Study
But the research doesn't prove cause-and-effect
- Posted February 26, 2014
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Teens Who Indoor Tan Often Take Other Health Risks: Survey
CDC study tied practice to binge drinking, drug use and extreme weight control measures
- Posted February 26, 2014