Tag: health
Experts: 89 million people medically uninsured during 2004 to 2007
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Eighty-nine million Americans were without health insurance for at least one month during the period from 2004 to 2007, and...
Hip replacement — who needs it?
BETHESDA, Md. -- Hip replacement is an operation in which a damaged hip joint is removed and replaced with an artificial joint. There are...
Kids with stressed parents eat more junk
PHILADELPHIA -- In a tight economy, with fewer jobs, many people end up working harder and sacrificing more to stay employed. A new study...
Study finds children allergic to eggs can benefit from oral immunotherapy
Giving children with egg allergies increasingly higher doses of the very food they are allergic to can eliminate or ease reactions in most of them, according to results from a federally funded study conducted at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and four other U.S. institutions.
Sanitation making children more prone to allergies
Researchers are saying that exposure to common antibacterial chemicals and preservatives found in soap, toothpaste, mouthwash and other personal-care products may make children more prone to a wide range of food and environmental allergies.
Federal report shows drops in infant mortality, preterm birth rates
WASHINGTON -- The infant mortality rate, the preterm birth rate and the adolescent birth rate all continued to decline, average mathematics scores increased for...
Give me a Big Gulp or give me death
Count me in as one of the many who think New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to limit the container size of sodas is totally asinine.
Study finds milk powder better than liquid drops to treat allergies
BALTIMORE -- A small study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Duke University shows that eating higher doses of milk protein...
Nine million lost health insurance during recession, economists report
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Great Recession of 2007-09 -- the longest and most severe U.S. recession since 1933 -- has cost an estimated 9.3 million American adults their health insurance coverage due to unemployment, reports a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Childhood obesity to be addressed at Farm-City Week annual symposium
READING, Pa. -- Three panelists will share their expertise on healthier lunch nutrition programs for America's youth Nov. 17 at the annual National Farm-City Week Symposium, Childhood Obesity: The School Lunchroom Debate.
