SATURDAY, May 19 — More than 4.7 million Americans are bitten by dogs each year, and more than half of those victims are younger than age 14, experts say.
During National Dog Bite Prevention Week (May 20 to 26), the American Academy of Pediatrics…
FRIDAY, May 18 — Female athletes take longer to recover from concussions, a new study says.
Young athletes also have longer recovery times. The findings show that doctors and athletic trainers need to take gender and age into account when treating…
FRIDAY, May 18 — Schools that charge kids to participate in sports may be benching some children, a new survey finds.
One in five parents with an annual household income under $60,000 said sports-related fees have forced their middle- and high…
FRIDAY, May 18 — Personal genetic testing does not lead to an increased use of health services, a new study finds.
The opportunities for people to undergo genetic tests to learn their degree of risk for developing a disease are increasing, and…
FRIDAY, May 18 — One-third of homeless people in the United States are obese, about the same rate as the general population, a new study finds.
It might seem that hunger and lack of food would put homeless people at risk for weighing too little,…
FRIDAY, May 18 — Older men have an increased risk of developing melanoma, but most are careless about sun protection and do not know how to properly check themselves for signs of skin cancer, a new survey reveals.
This is particularly worrisome…
FRIDAY, May 18 — Young people can easily buy alcohol on the Internet, where they’re also exposed to a wide range of advertising and marketing efforts from the alcohol industry, two new journal articles warn.
A commentary from the Center on Alcohol…
FRIDAY, May 18 — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants all Americans born between 1945 and 1965 — the baby boom generation — tested for hepatitis C.
Most cases of the potentially deadly disease occur in this age group, and…
FRIDAY, May 18 — A new test that can detect and predict osteoarthritis before patients experience symptoms was developed by analyzing the joints of dogs with arthritis.
Osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, affects more than 27…
FRIDAY, May 18 — Stephanie Crowe, a mother of three from Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., still remembers dreading a visit to the dentist as a young girl. It was often a painful experience, and her family’s dentist showed little empathy to his smallest…