Even infants can exercise, say new guidelines in U.K.
Young children have no excuse not to exercise—even if they can’t walk yet.
More...Texas baby weighs in at 16 pounds, 1 ounce: There are health risks for big babies
This one’s big, even for Texas. The birth of a 16-pound, 1-ounce baby boy in Longview, Texas, on Friday may be the largest bundle of joy the state has ever seen. The baby boy, JaMichael Brown, measured 2 feet long and had a 17-inch chest, according to reports.
More...Alcohol and cancer: Is any amount of drinking really safe?
How much alcohol is it really safe to drink? ย
More...Salt plus potassium is an equation to ponder
The salt content of your diet is important -- we've heard that from health experts over and over again. But a new study suggests that it's the relationship between salt and potassium that matters, not just how much salt you consume.
More...Kate Hudson, Victoria Beckham and the C-section question
Kate Hudson and Victoria Beckham both gave birth this weekend -- Hudson to a second son and Beckham to the first daughter after three boys.
More...Doctors in Spain perform the first double-leg transplant
Spanish surgeons said Monday that they had performed the world's first double-leg transplant, giving an accident victim two new legs. Experts said it will be a month at least before the team will know if the procedure was a success. If the legs should be rejected, however, that will probably happen almost immediately, they said.
More...New 'superbug' strain of gonorrhea resistant to all available antibiotics; researchers fear global outbreak
Japanese and European researchers have identified a new strain of Neisseria gonorroeae that is exceptionally resistant to cephalosporins, the last remaining family of antibiotics available to treat the sexually transmitted disease. Although physicians have identified only a handful of infections by the new strain of gonorrhea, called H041, they fear that its ability to grow even in the presence of the cephalosporins may allow it to spread rapidly throughout the world. "This is a large public health problem and the era of untreatable gonorrhea may now have been initiated," the team wrote in their abstract for the report presented Sunday at a Quebec City meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Disease Research. The report comes only days after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a growing incidence of gonorrhea infections that require unusually high doses of cephalosporins to cure them.
More...Secondhand smoke linked to chance of ADHD, learning disabilities in kids
Here’s another reason not to light up around little ones: Not only are children who are surrounded by secondhand smoke at greater risk for asthma and other health problems, but they may be more likely to have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or learning disabilities too.ย
More...It may be free Slurpee day, but those calories will cost you
Hey, boys and girls, it's free Slurpee day at 7-Eleven stores! To celebrate the company's sort-of birthday (check the date — it's 7/11. Get it?) the company is giving away 7.11-ounce Slurpees at participating stores.
More...Are Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey and Colin Farrell truly 'Horrible Bosses'?
The madman, the manipulator and the maneater -- three managers from hell call the shots in this weekend's new dude-centric comedy, "Horrible Bosses." Aside from Jennifer Aniston's sex-crazed character, the other two are probably archetypes many people have seen or been
More...Obese people can handle heavy exercise after bariatric surgery, study finds
Having bariatric surgery doesn't mean you have to take it easy on exercise. A study finds that after surgery, exercising regularly at a moderate to vigorous pace may be perfectly fine -- and might improve one's quality of life.
More...Derek Jeter may reach 3,000 hits -- but is he a clutch hitter?
As Derek Jeter inches ever-closer to 3,000 hits, sports commenters are heaping praise on the Yankee shortstop who has, over the years, earned the nickname Captain Clutch for his ability to hit that winning run when the bases are loaded and it's all on the line.
More...Medtronic warns of battery issues with drug delivery pump
Not every electrical device can keep going and going. Take Medtronic’s SynchroMed II Implantable Drug Infusion Pump, for example. The batteries that power the implanted drug delivery device have been reported to fail, Medtronic announced Friday, though such occurrences are rare.ย
More...Adult stem cell's successes don't eliminate need for embryonic stem cells
Angina relief and an artificial windpipe. No doubt about it: Stem cells have had a big week.ย But any time stem cells show up in the news, there’s bound to be a lot of controversy and misunderstandings.
More...Learn how to manage diabetes with exercise
A diagnosis of diabetes can be devastating, but there are ways to manage the disease--andย exercise is one of them. Join a live Web chat on diabetes and exercise Monday, July 11, at 11 a.m. Pacific time (1 p.m. Central time, 2 p.m. Eastern time) with Dr. Ruchi Mathur and learn how even moderate workouts such as walking can go a long way toward controlling blood sugar and maintaining health overall.
More...Transplanted trachea, born in lab, is one of several engineered-organ success stories
The windpipe transplanted into a terminal cancer patient in Sweden is garnering much buzz – and small wonder. The surgery marks the first time a trachea grown from a patient’s stem cells and seeded onto a synthetic, rather than a donor, structure has been transplanted in a human. And it saved a 36-year-old man’s life.
More...Stem cells show promise for patients with severe angina
Some severe forms of angina, chest pain caused by insufficient blood supplyย to the heart, can make light jogging or even walking difficult. Now a small study indicates that injecting patients with their own stem cells might offer some relief.
More...Atrial fibrillation trial halted; Multaq linked to other heart problems
A trial of the drug Multaq, used to treat abnormal heart rhythm, has beenย halted over concerns of other heart-related side effects, drug maker Sanofi announced Thursday.
More...Chantix, painkillers and the lessons learned
The stop-smoking drug Chantix and common-as-candy pain relievers are both making headlines this week. And they both offer a reminder of something most people ignore: Drugs, even seemingly benign ones, aren’t -- they can all have side effects. Don’t believe us? Pick a drug, any drug.
More...Women less likely than men to fake soccer injuries, study finds
Faking injuries is a time-honored — albeit widely frowned-upon — way to slow down an athletic event, catch a breather or disrupt an opponent's rhythm. A new study issued Thursday hints that the practice may be somewhat testosterone-driven. Women soccer players, the study finds, are significantly less likely than men to fake an injury on the field, researchers from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., reported.
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