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Pregnant Indians risk passing diabetes to babies (Reuters)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 8:58am EST
Reuters - Up to 15 percent of pregnant women in India are developing diabetes, raising the risk of their children developing the disease, said experts on Sunday, who blamed factors including malnutrition. -
China pledges to fight AIDS discrimination (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 7:34am EST
AP - Chinese health authorities and the U.N. AIDS agency pledged to fight discrimination against people with the disease in China with the unveiling Sunday of a massive red ribbon, the symbol of AIDS awareness, at the Olympic Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing. -
Bases brace for surge in stress-related disorders (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 7:31am EST
AP - Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military health officials are bracing for a surge in brain injuries and psychological problems among those troops.
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India's hijras spread safe sex message in life or death AIDS fight (AFP)
Posted: November 29th, 2008, 11:25pm EST
AFP - Savitha was born a boy but became a girl at the age of 16. Nine years on, she sells cheap sex to lorry drivers at a dusty truck stop outside the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
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Bases brace for surge in stress-related disorders (AP)
Posted: November 29th, 2008, 9:44am EST
AP - Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military health officials are bracing for a surge in brain injuries and psychological problems among those troops.
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India minister wants all school kids to learn yoga (Reuters)
Posted: November 29th, 2008, 8:06am EST
Reuters - India's health minister on Saturday said he wants to push all school-going children to learn yoga, in the hope that it can reduce the prevalence of diseases such as diabetes and hypertension in years to come. -
Obesity fuels fears of faster diabetes rise (Reuters)
Posted: November 29th, 2008, 6:36am EST
Reuters - The prevalence of diabetes worldwide will far outstrip even the sharp increase currently projected unless rising trends of obesity are controlled, health experts said on Saturday.
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FDA sets safe level for infant formula contaminant (AP)
Posted: November 29th, 2008, 12:42am EST
AP - Two months ago, federal food regulators said they were unable to set a safety threshold for the industrial chemical melamine in baby formula. Now, however, they found a way to settle on a standard that allows for higher levels than those found in U.S.-made batches of the product.
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Health Tip: Medications and Pregnancy (HealthDay)
Posted: November 28th, 2008, 11:47pm EST
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- You may take certain over-the-counter supplements and medications without thinking twice. But when you're pregnant, even drugs that you can buy without a prescription can affect the developing fetus. -
Study Recruiting From Alzheimer's-Prone Families (HealthDay)
Posted: November 28th, 2008, 11:47pm EST
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- The adult children of people with the rarer, inherited form of Alzheimer's disease are being sought for a new study to better understand the biology of the brain disorder.