HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — A fussy baby may be soothed by a technique
called swaddling, in which the infant is wrapped tight in a blanket with
arms close to the body.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — The inevitable changes brought on by aging
include graying hair, wrinkling skin and weakening senses. Even your
immune system isn’t spared.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) — Women with metabolic syndrome
are at high risk of developing peripheral artery disease, a condition that
dramatically raises the risk of heart disease and stroke.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) — U.S. drug advisors
recommended Wednesday that use of the vaccine Gardasil, already
administered to help prevent cervical cancer in women, be expanded to help
prevent genital warts in young males.
HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com:
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) — Early day care, so the story
goes, exposes kids to more germs and illnesses at an early age, thereby
protecting them from asthma and allergies later on.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) — Twenty-five percent of
children aren’t getting sufficient pain medication from their parents
after common surgical procedures, such as having their tonsils out, a new
study finds.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have found
that nicotine, the addictive component in cigarettes, “tricks” the brain
into creating memory associations between environmental cues and smoking
behavior. This could help explain why former smokers miss lighting up when
they are in a bar or after a meal.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) — A plant with a
particularly malodorous sap has components that show great efficacy in
killing off the H1N1 swine flu virus, Chinese scientists report.