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CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk
ATLANTA (AP) -- Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says....
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Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers
CHICAGO (AP) -- New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers....
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CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. health officials want all baby boomers to get tested for hepatitis C....
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French autistic kids mostly get psychotherapy
LONDON (AP) -- In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in France, they are more often sent to a psychiatrist where they get talk therapy meant for people with psychological or emotional problems....
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Panel debates bioterrorism protection for children
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is asking a presidential panel to help decide an ethical quandary: Should the anthrax vaccine and other treatments being stockpiled in case of a bioterror attack be tested in children?...
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Some patients' fate could hinge on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care law, it wouldn't just be politicians dealing with the fallout....
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More doctors are ditching the old prescription pad
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Doctors increasingly are ditching the prescription pad: More than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic, according to the latest count....
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Study: US clears drugs faster than Europe, Canada
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Researchers say the U.S. approved more new medicines in less time than Europe and Canada in the last decade, challenging long-standing criticisms that the Food and Drug Administration lags behind its peers in clearing important new drugs....
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Antibiotic linked with rare but deadly heart risk
CHICAGO (AP) -- An antibiotic widely used for bronchitis and other common infections seems to increase chances for sudden deadly heart problems, a rare but surprising risk found in a 14-year study....
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Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or d...
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TB patient charged in Calif for not taking meds
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Authorities in California took the unusual step of jailing and charging a tuberculosis patient who they say refused to take medication to keep his disease from becoming contagious....
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Study links vets to brain disease seen in athletes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A small study raises more concern about the long-term consequences of the traumatic brain injuries suffered by thousands of soldiers....
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Healthy eating can cost less, study finds
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Is it really more expensive to eat healthy?...
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US lowers cutoff for lead poisoning in young kids
ATLANTA (AP) -- For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children....
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Feds: Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Claims that Skechers' fitness shoes can help shed pounds and tone muscles are sketchy at best, says the government - and they're going to cost the company millions of dollars....
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Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer's
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The clock is ticking: The first National Alzheimer's Plan sets a deadline of 2025 to finally find effective ways to treat, or at least stall, the mind-destroying disease....
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Iraq veteran uses rap to treat his PTSD
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Iraq war veteran Leo Dunson is using rap music to examine the disappointment he feels since returning to civilian life....
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Ind. diocese denies discrimination over IVF
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- An Indiana diocese asked a federal court on Monday to reject a lawsuit by a former parochial school teacher who claims she was fired for violating Roman Catholic doctrine by using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant....
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French trial opens in diabetes-diet drug scandal
NANTERRE, France (AP) -- Lawyers for a French pharmaceutical group suspected in the deaths of at least 500 people argued Monday that a trial against their client should be halted as two separate cases should be rolled into one before the court can proceed....
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Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy
ATLANTA (AP) -- Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her fingers will be too, her father says, because of the spreading infectio...
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Britain bedeviled by binge drinking
LONDON (AP) -- The girls slumped in wheelchairs look barely conscious, their blond heads lolling above the plastic vomit bags tied like bibs around their necks....
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French trial opens in diabetes-diet drug scandal
NANTERRE, France (AP) -- The first French trial has begun over a diabetes drug that was also used to lose weight and is suspected in the deaths of at least 500 people....
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1 in 3 autistic young adults lack jobs, education
CHICAGO (AP) -- One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said...
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VIDEO: Why I breast-feed my toddler
How old is too old? Katie Hamilton say mothers should decide how long they want to breast-feed their children, not society....
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COLUMN: Try a new spin on strawberries
Strawberries are now in season, as evidenced by the rise in elementary school class trips to pick them at local farms.
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