April 6, 2016 Kristin Chenoweth says she weighs 88 pounds, is she unhealthy? “How can one weigh 88 lbs and still have a muffin top?” she wrote on Twitter on March 30, adding that her soda habits may be the issue.
April 6, 2016 Zika mystery deepens with evidence of nerve cell infections Top Zika investigators now believe that the birth defect microcephaly and the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome may be just the most obvious maladies caused by the mosquito-borne virus.
April 5, 2016 Male intellect, memory may deteriorate faster than women's The normal decline in memory and intellect that comes with aging may occur earlier—and faster—in men than women, says a study in Psychology and Aging.
April 4, 2016 What every pregnant woman needs to know about her eyes Between weight gain, morning sickness and fatigue, your body goes through a ton of changes during pregnancy.
April 4, 2016 Targeting social media may increase HIV testing among gay men Promoting HIV testing on some of the same social media sites that men who have sex with men and transgender people use to meet friends and sex partners can raise testing rates in these communities, according to results of a U.S. trial.
April 4, 2016 Overweight teen girls more likely to be depressed as adults Women who were overweight as adolescents are more likely than others to have symptoms of depression at age 65, especially if they were raised in low-income families, according to a new study.
April 4, 2016 Zika mosquito's habits force new strategy by US cities, states U.S. states and cities need to adopt a different mosquito-fighting strategy to battle the species carrying the Zika virus as an outbreak that started in Brazil heads north with warmer weather in the coming weeks, health officials said on Friday.
April 4, 2016 FDA proposes limit on inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it was taking steps to cut inorganic arsenic levels in infant rice cereal, a primary source of arsenic exposure in infants.
April 1, 2016 Menopause hormone clot risk lower for vaginal creams and skin patches Women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to ease menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats may have a lower risk of blood clots if they use estrogens applied vaginally or via skin patches, a Swedish study suggests.
April 1, 2016 'Abortion pill' gets new label: 5 things to know about mifepristone The Food and Drug Administration has approved changes to the label for mifepristone, also known as "the abortion pill," the agency said this week