HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that airway
injuries account for the asthma that has afflicted many New York City Fire
Department rescue workers who were exposed to dust from the World Trade
Center collapse.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- The obesity epidemic is
hitting children harder than ever, with 7.3 percent of boys and 5.5
percent of girls classified as extremely obese in a California study,
researchers from Kaiser Permanente report.
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Reuters - Virtually all of the experts who wrote favorably about GlaxoSmithKline Plc's troubled diabetes drug Avandia had financial ties to drug makers, a finding that shows the need for reform of such relationships, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- A natural chemical in
bananas may help protect women against sexual transmission of HIV, U.S.
researchers report.
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- People with irritable
bowel syndrome (IBS) aren't at increased risk for polyps, colon cancer or
inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's disease and, in most cases,
don't require a colonoscopy, U.S. researchers say.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials
issued new federal rules Thursday cracking down on the sale of cigarettes
and other tobacco products to children and teens.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- A review of research on
gene expression-based prognostic signatures in lung cancer contends that
the signatures aren't ready for prime time.
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 Reuters - Pregnant women in Australia and New Zealand who had pandemic H1N1 flu were 13 times more likely to become critically ill and be admitted to hospital, researchers said on Friday.
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 AFP - More US children are becoming extremely obese at a younger age, putting them at risk of dying decades younger than normal-weight children and of suffering old-age illnesses in their 20s, a study warned Thursday.
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Just as when they were pregnant,
breast-feeding moms need to monitor the drugs they take, which could reach
their infants.
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LiveScience.com - "Fat Actress" star Kirstie Alley - following a well-publicized
failure as spokeswoman for weight loss company Jenny Craig - has
developed a new diet system called Organic Liaison. So if you want to
look like Kirstie Alley, here's your chance.
But Organic Liaison is not just a diet, since diets per se
cannot be trademarked or copyrighted. ...
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Gays and lesbians are
excluded from many medical studies involving issues of sexual health such
as impotence or low sex drive, a new report finds.
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 AP - An American infertility clinic seeking business in Britain prompted fierce criticism by offering free eggs from a U.S. woman to one participant in a promotional seminar in London on Wednesday.
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 AP - An attempt by the California Legislature to impose what is believed to be the nation's most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks stalled Thursday over objections it would inappropriately punish smokers.
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AP - California's worker safety board voted Thursday to further study a proposal that would require porn actors to wear condoms during sex scenes.
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AP - The World Health Organization says it doesn't have enough information to know if it is winning the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis.
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 AP - Kraft Foods Inc. said Wednesday that it will cut the salt in its products that are sold in North America by an average of 10 percent over the next two years to appeal to health-conscious consumers.
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 AP - Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal Caribbean cruise line, the headquarters of drug giant Merck, the Johnson Space Center and a Department of Energy office in Idaho.
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Long before the first band marched in South Boston's now-famous -parade, and long before Chicago colored its river green, Irish Catholics quietly honored St. Patrick on March 17. 
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The parents of an injured baby girl who was flown to Florida for treatment after Haiti's earthquake have been told what they already know: They are the biological parents of the little girl. 
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A wave of suicides at Cornell University in the past two semesters is a "public health crisis," the school's mental health initiatives director said. 
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Health care reform advocates inched closer to victory Wednesday morning as a high-profile liberal Democrat switched his position and announced his intention to vote for a sweeping $875 billion plan under consideration in the House of Representatives. 
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Democrats' revised health care bill will cost $940 billion over the next 10 years, two House Democratic sources told CNN on Thursday. 
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The House is expected to vote this week on the health care bill passed by the Senate in December. 
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Jasmin Bambur, injured in 2000, skis competitively. He is participating in the 2010 Paralympic Games. Watching the Paralympics on television or on the Internet helps show newly disabled people that they have the potential to become active again in a variety of recreational activities, experts say. 
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Every day, nearly 4,000 children in the U.S. under the age of 18 try their first cigarette, according to the Food and Drug Administration. 
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Doctors still don't know exactly what happens to cause a hangover, but contrary to popular belief, drinking more while hung over is not going to make you feel better, the experts say. 
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President Obama's annual check-up included two op-of-the-line tests that aren't part of your typical physical. Should you get the same treatment? We give you the options and the prices. 
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From fertilisation to birth, an outline guide to a typical pregnancy and how the baby develops inside the womb.
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Information and statistics on common types of cancer
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How serious is David Beckham's injury?
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Confirming a diagnosis of high blood pressure
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Why are there suddenly so many 'legal highs'?
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'They believe Mummy is an angel watching them'
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Can brain scanning tell companies how to sell us more?
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How healthcare debate has changed US politics
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There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn.
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An Indian charity sends a team to Sri Lanka to provide 1,000 amputees in the war-ravaged north with artificial limbs.
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Football fans travelling to the World Cup in South Africa should be vaccinated against swine flu, the Department of Health has warned.
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The bacteria on our hands could be used in forensic identification, in the same way as fingerprints and DNA, say scientists.
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Skin transplant surgery can be an effective way of treating the skin disease vitiligo, say US researchers.
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Too many patients in England and Wales are not getting their medicines in hospital, a safety watchdog says.
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At-home screening tests for the virus responsible for most cervical cancers could detect many more cases, say researchers.
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New York City agrees to pay up to 657m US Dollars (437m Sterling) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the 9/11 attacks site.
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Occasionally high blood pressure may be a greater indicator of stroke risk than consistently high readings, researchers say.
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Women who took the contraceptive pill are less likely to die of cancer and heart disease, a long-term study has found.
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Obese women drinking little more than a glass of wine a day have double the risk of liver disease, experts warn.
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Exercise and diet are key to prevent diabetes, say researchers who found two drug treatments offer no benefit.
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Successful treatment for gum disease cuts the risk of pregnant women giving birth early, say US researchers.
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The latest offering in cosmetic surgery for those seeking a fuller pout is a neck muscle lip graft, say US experts.
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Men who start going bald at a young age are up to 45% less likely to get prostate cancer in later life, a study has found.
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Researchers in the US genetically engineer fruit flies to have glowing sperm in order to track its performance in the female.
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Use of hypnotherapy to ease irritable bowel syndrome could help patients and might save money, says an expert.
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Impotence is a strong predictor of heart attack and death among high risk patients, say German researchers.
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A US study says electrical deep brain stimulation is a promising therapy for epileptics who do not respond to drug treatment.
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