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Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.
updated: Feb 8th - 6:30pm

Debate in US over blood from newborn safety tests
A critical safety net for babies _ that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn in the U.S. _ is facing an ethics attack.
updated: Feb 8th - 4:34pm

Ethics debate over blood from newborn safety tests
A critical safety net for babies _ that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn _ is facing an ethics attack.
updated: Feb 8th - 4:09pm

UK's Brown vows more cancer care as race heats up
You know an election is coming when British politicians suddenly promise sweeping improvements to the National Health Service, a simultaneous source of national pride and worry.
updated: Feb 8th - 1:08pm

Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality _ including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal _ raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday.
updated: Feb 8th - 9:43am

300 people diagnosed with mumps in suburban NY
More than 300 people have been diagnosed with the mumps in suburban New York as the nation's largest outbreak of the disease in years spreads.
updated: Feb 6th - 8:56pm

Is the US swine flu epidemic over?
If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn't over, it certainly looks as if it's on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its course, they did report Friday that for the fourth week in a row, no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since late October.
updated: Feb 5th - 5:55pm

Much higher tritium levels found at nuclear plant
A radioactive substance recently found in groundwater monitoring wells at a Vermont nuclear plant has turned up again at levels more than nine times those previously reported and more than 37 times higher than a federal safe drinking water limit, officials said Thursday.
updated: Feb 4th - 6:36pm

2 stores pull necklaces on toxic cadmium concern
The teen fashion chain Aeropostale (air-uh-post-AL) and outlet stores of the upscale Saks Fifth Avenue are pulling from shelves necklaces that tests showed have high levels of the toxic metal cadmium.
updated: Feb 4th - 4:34pm

Gov't moving into central role in health care
Government is poised to become king of the hill in America's vast health care system, with or without President Barack Obama's planned redo, according an economic report released Thursday.
updated: Feb 4th - 11:29am

Healthy baby campaign uses texts to reach mothers
Expectant mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.
updated: Feb 3rd - 11:32pm

Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness
Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them _ findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people.
updated: Feb 3rd - 7:07pm

Report: 40 percent of cancers are preventable
About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say.
updated: Feb 3rd - 11:22am

Glaxo CEO: Time to diversify, help poor countries
Andrew Witty, who took over as GlaxoSmithKline PLC's chief executive in May 2008, has been remaking the company from a pure pharmaceutical business to a diverse healthcare conglomerate, a strategy most rivals now are pursuing.
updated: Feb 2nd - 4:56pm

Gas drilling in Appalachia yields a foul byproduct
Energy companies racing to unlock a huge Appalachian gas reserve are facing pressure to keep polluted drilling water out of public waterways.
updated: Feb 2nd - 12:57pm

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