NIH expands safe infant sleep outreach effort
The U.S. national campaign to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome has entered a new phase and will now encompass all sleep-related, sudden unexpected infant deaths, officials of the National Institutes of Health announced today.
No significant difference in asthma control across three approaches to adjust medication dose in mild asthma
A study comparing three common approaches to periodically adjust the dosage of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for people with mild asthma has found no detectable differences in how often a person's asthma worsened. The methods examined in this study...
Indiana Firm Recalls Chicken Strip Products That May Contain Foreign Materials
Risk-Glorifying Video Games May Lead Teens to Drive Recklessly, New Research Shows
Teens who play mature-rated, risk-glorifying video games may be more likely than those who don’t to become reckless drivers who experience increases in automobile accidents, police stops and willingness to drink and drive, according to new research...
Secondhand Smoke Linked to Memory Problems
Stressful Job Might Be Tough on the Heart
Child mortality rates down sharply but more progress needed – UN report
A mother and her newborn baby at the Maternal and Child Health Training Institute for medically needy in Dhaka.
Gestational Diabetes, Poverty Linked to ADHD
Gestational diabetes and a lower socioeconomic status are the latest environmental factors to be associated with an increased risk of...
Mammography's Benefits Outweigh Harms for Older Women: Study
For women between the ages of 50 and 70, the benefits of getting a mammogram every two years outweigh the potential...
No significant difference in asthma control across three approaches to adjust medication dose in mild asthma
A study comparing three common approaches to periodically adjust the dosage of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for people with mild asthma has found no detectable differences in how often a person's asthma worsened.
