baltimoresun.com - Health & Wellness

Inflammatory bowel disease on the rise in kids

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:12:00 -0400

The reason more children being diagnosed with 'adult' disease is a mystery

For 10-year-old Jacob Krause, getting ready for the new school year wasn't a simple matter of back-to-school shopping. It also involved working out logistics for getting to the bathroom as many as 20 times during a single school day.

Obesity raises postmenopausal women's risk of dying from colon cancer, study says

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 10:02:00 -0400

Obesity doesn’t just increase postmenopausal women’s risk of developing colon cancer, it might even raise their risk of dying from it, scientists say

Government says it's back in business of funding embryonic stem cell research _ for now

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:21:00 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says it's back in the business of funding embryonic stem cell research — at least for now — after an appeals court temporarily lifted a judge's ban.

The lessons to be learned from the 'Mammography Wars'

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:43:00 -0400

For those of you who are still worked up by last year’s recommendation that routine mammograms begin a decade later and be done less frequently, we recommend this essay being published in Thursday’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Nothing much works for morning sickness, study finds

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:22:00 -0400

Morning sickness can be one of the most miserable parts of pregnancy -- or, at least, so I am told. Unfortunately, new research reported Wednesday suggests that there is little women can do other than grin and bear it, since there appear to be no effective treatments.

FDA adds warning labels to MRI agents linked to dangerous condition in kidney patients

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:24:00 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are warning doctors that a class of injectable drugs used in MRI medical imaging scans can cause a rare and sometimes fatal condition in patients with kidney disease.

FDA warns 5 electronic cigarette companies about making health claims

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:33:00 -0400

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Thursday to makers of electronic cigarettes, saying some make unproven health claims, but also said the agency wants to work with them to clarify what's legal.

U.S. healthcare costs projected to continue to climb

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

By covering more Americans under the healthcare overhaul, costs will increase over the next decade, but not substantially more than if the law had not been enacted, an independent government analysis finds.

Pushed by a dramatic increase in the number of Americans who will get insurance under the new healthcare law, total U.S. medical spending will continue to gallop upward, consuming nearly 20% of the economy by 2019, according to a new government estimate.

Study: Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 11:52:00 -0400

LONDON (AP) — John Travolta was onto something. Women are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves similar to the actor's trademark style, British scientists say in a new study.

Nighttime sleep patterns in babies linked to later obesity

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:22:00 -0400

Adequate nighttime sleep has been shown in many studies to influence body weight in adults. But the same pattern may also be true for infants and toddlers. A study published Monday found that how much and, here's the key -- when -- babies sleep can be important to weight gain later in life.