Better-Educated Blacks, Lower Odds of Hypertension: Study
World Bank to help improve maternal and child health, prevent HIV infection among 600,000 poor people in Madagascar
The World Bank today approved new financial help to improve maternal and child health services and prevent the further spread of HIV in Madagascar. The Bank will finance a cost-effective program of health, nutrition, and sexually transmitted STI/HIV/...
Sleep Habits in U.S. Vary by Race, Native Country: Study
Sleep Apnea in Teens Linked to Social, Behavioral Woes
Teenagers with obstructive sleep apnea are at higher risk of behavioral and learning problems, according to a new study.
UN health agency re-classifies diesel engine exhaust as ‘carcinogenic to humans’
More than a decade after it was classified as ‘probably carcinogenic to humans,’ the UN health agency...
US health insurer commits to continue Obama health reform plan
WASHINGTON Health insurer UnitedHealthcare Monday assured it would continue to offer some of the important provisions...
UNICEF appeals for urgent funds amid growing crisis in West Africa’s Sahel region
A mother with her severely malnourished child in the Sahel region.
Pneumonia and diarrhoea prevention can save millions of lives – UN
A woman swaddles her crying newborn in a camp in southern Pakistan where she received counselling on home-based...
U.S. High School Students Improve Motor Vehicle-related Health Behaviors
U.S. high school students have shown significant progress over the past two decades in improving many health-risk behaviors associated with the leading cause of death among youth—motor vehicle crashes—according to the 2011 National Youth Risk Behavior...
Treating Prediabetes Might Prevent Full-Blown Disease
