Posted 7:00 AM 6/18/2013 by By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Children of women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol while pregnant don't appear to have any neurodevelopmental problems when it comes to balance, a new British study suggests.
Researchers assessed the long-term health impact of drinking while (More)
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Posted 7:00 AM 6/18/2013 by Robert Preidt
TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- People with a "hardening" of the abdominal aorta are at increased risk for heart attack and stroke, according to a new study.
Atherosclerosis is the medical term for a narrowing and hardening of the arteries caused by a (More)
Posted 5:00 AM 6/18/2013 by Diana Kohnle
(HealthDay News) -- To cut down on fat and calories without sacrificing dietary calcium, experts say you should cook with low-fat or fat-free dairy products.
The Joslin Diabetes Center mentions these examples:
Posted 3:30 PM 6/17/2013 by Tony Spehar
NEW YORK (AP) - By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery.Her cystic fibrosis was threatening her life, and her case spurred a debate on how to allocate (More)
Posted 3:00 PM 6/17/2013 by Robert Preidt
MONDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- Even after they leave the fields at the end of hot day, farmworkers still have to cope with high levels of heat and humidity in their living quarters, a new study shows.
"We found that a majority of the workers are not getting (More)
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