March 3, 2016 18 deaths may be linked to bacterial bloodstream infection State health officials are investigating the outbreak of a bacterial bloodstream infection in southern Wisconsin that may be a factor in 18 deaths.
March 3, 2016 Mother's high cholesterol linked to same problem in grown children Adults are more likely to have high cholesterol if their mothers had it before they were born, a U.S. study suggests.
March 3, 2016 Medicaid linked with better blood pressure control Low-income people with Medicaid health insurance are more knowledgeable about their health status and have better control over some chronic conditions, like high blood pressure, than similar people without Medicaid coverage.
March 2, 2016 Type 1 diabetes tied to risk for a wide range of cancers People with type 1 diabetes are more likely than the general population to develop cancers of gastric organs and the kidneys, as well as endometrium and ovaries for women, according to a large new analysis.
March 1, 2016 History of fainting linked to increased risk of car crashes People with a history of fainting spells or blackouts may be more likely to get into car crashes than the typical driver, a Danish study suggests.
February 29, 2016 Battling outbreak, Hawaii faces small staff, pesticide fears On a farm in the heart of Hawaii's ongoing dengue outbreak, coffee grows wild among the ferns, and vanilla vines climb guava trees.
February 29, 2016 CDC advises pregnant women against travel to Summer Olympics in Rio The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday advised pregnant women to not travel to the Aug. 5-21 Olympics summer games to be held in Rio de Janeiro, citing the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
February 29, 2016 Benzodiazepine prescriptions, overdose deaths on the rise in US Even as opiate abuse has become a growing problem in the U.S., overdose deaths involving sedatives and antiseizure medications in the benzodiazepine category have also risen steeply, according to a recent study.
February 29, 2016 Transgender kids have good mental health when allowed to be themselves Transgender kids who transform their appearance to match their gender identity rather than their sex assigned at birth may not necessarily experience mental health problems more often than other children, a small U.S. study suggests.
February 29, 2016 Researchers with opposing views on salt intake are ignoring each other On the question of whether the population would benefit if people cut back on salt, researchers fall into two camps, according to a new report.