Babies born at a very low birth weight are more likely to have memory and…
Month: December 2011
More young people are becoming nurses; Trend may help ease future nursing shortage in U.S.
The number of young people becoming registered nurses has grown sharply since 2002, a trend…
Past abuse leads to loss of gray matter in brains of adolescents
Adolescents who were abused and neglected have less gray matter in some areas of the…
Chinese health coverage increases with new government efforts, study finds
A new study of health insurance in nine Chinese provinces shows that individual coverage surged…
Young women may reduce heart disease risk eating fish with omega 3 fatty acids, study finds
Women who seldom or never eat fish may be increasing their risk of cardiovascular disease…
Physical fitness trumps body weight in reducing death risks, study finds
Maintaining or improving physical fitness is linked to lower death risks even after controlling for…
Few parents recall being told by doctors that their child is overweight
A new study finds that among parents of overweight children, less than 25 percent recall…
Childhood maltreatment associated with cerebral gray matter reductions in adolescents
Childhood maltreatment is associated with reductions in cerebral gray matter volume, and even if adolescents…
Mothers are not reaching breastfeeding goals: What needs to change?
More mothers are breastfeeding their newborns, but for too short a duration to gain the…
Facebook hires Gowalla team, will shut it down (AP)
AP – Facebook has hired the team behind Gowalla, the location service that lets people…