Can frequent moves contribute to childhood hospitalizations?
Kids who move a lot during their first year of life may end up in the hospital more often than children who stay put in the same home, a recent study suggests. Researchers focused on what they...
‘Fast casual’ restaurant dishes have more calories than fast food
Main courses served at fast-casual restaurants tend to be higher-calorie than traditional fast-food entrees, despite public perception that the offerings at these outlets are healthier, U.S....
Better-trained doctors would improve healthcare for trans youths
Pediatricians rarely receive training in gender-affirming health care, and as a result, few transgender youths who are eligible for such healthcare actually receive it, experts say. Now the authors...
Nestle, on health kick, moves into milk allergy testing
Nestle (NESN.S), the world’s biggest food company, is stepping up its push into medicine with a global deal worth up to 100 million euros ($111 million) to develop and market an experimental...
Extreme weather increasing level of toxins in food
As they struggle to deal with more extreme weather, a range of food crops are generating more of chemical compounds that can cause health problems for people and livestock who eat them, scientists...
This Is What Happens To Your Body When You Don’t Eat Enough Salt
Across the United States, roughly 80 million adults are at greater risk for heart disease and stroke because of high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. But while nearly all Americans...
California now allows HIV-Positive Organ Donation and Transplantation
On May 27, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1408, a new piece of legislation that protects surgeons who transplant organs from HIV-positive donors into HIV-positive patients from being...
Medical experts want Rio Olympics delayed or moved due to Zika
More than 100 medical experts, academia and scientists on Friday have called for the Rio Olympic Games to be postponed or moved because of fears that the event could speed up the spread of the Zika...
