As summer temperatures cool in the United States, fewer mosquitoes whir around our tiki torches. But mosquitoes swarming around nearly 40 percent of the world?s population will continue to spread a deadly parasitic disease ? malaria.
Mothers who cradle their baby to their right hand side are displaying signs of extreme stress, a new study suggests.
The news today that an additional 2.2 million people in the U.S. lost health insurance coverage in 2006 is a shameful reflection of national priorities. Each year the release of new figures by the U.S. Census Bureau highlights the scope and severity of this problem, and yet the situation changes very little.
85 percent of Americans believe that obesity is an epidemic, according to the fourth annual F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2007 report from the Trust for America?s Health (TFAH).
Treating diabetes during pregnancy can break the link between gestational diabetes and childhood obesity, according to a Kaiser Permanente study featured in the September issue of Diabetes Care.
Adult obesity rates rose in 31 states last year, according to the fourth annual F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2007 report from the Trust for America?s Health (TFAH). Twenty-two states experienced an increase for the second year in a row; no states decreased. A new public opinion survey featured in the report finds 85 percent of Americans believe that obesity is an epidemic.
Findings released today by the Health Department shed new light on the health effects of exposure to dust and debris among workers who responded to the World Trade Center disaster on September_11, 2001.
Obesity has long been thought to be a major factor in couples’ inability to conceive, but a University of Adelaide researcher has discovered scientific evidence that obesity affects women’s eggs.
US State officials reported mosquito pools testing positive for West Nile Virus in the following locations: Camp Hill Borough, Cumberland County; Concord Township, Delaware County (3 samples); Thornbury Township, Delaware County; Washington Township, Franklin County; Allentown City, Lehigh County; Bethlehem City, Lehigh County; Philadelphia City; Conewago Township, York County.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting consumers that Mars Petcare US, Inc. has recalled two dry dog food products because of the potential contamination with Salmonella Schwarzengrund.