AHRQ.gov - Obese school-age kids and teens can lose weight or prevent further weight gain if they participate in medium- to high-intensity behavioral management programs, according to a new report.
Children in the medium- to high-intensity behavioral management programs studied met for more than 25 hours, usually once or twice a week, for 6 months to [...]

NationwideChildrens.org - As the school year starts up again, parents, school nurses and pediatricians often have to respond to increased complaints of stomach pain. Many of these seasonal belly-aches are dismissed as nothing more than a case of the back-to-school blues or nervousness. However, in many instances the pain kids feel is the result of [...]

Baby girls who are of larger than average length and weight at birth grow up being at increased risk of breast cancer, analysis suggests.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis say they have developed a new way to accurately predict treatment outcomes for women with breast cancer.

Breastfeeding for a year over the course of a woman’s life helps cut the risk of breast cancer, research says.

Nicotine gum doesn’t help pregnant smokers quit smoking, but it may help them smoke fewer cigarettes — reducing their risk of having a premature or low-birth-weight baby, according to a small study.

First-line treatment for stress incontinence may be Kegel exercises, supervised by physical therapist.
APTA.org - In response to a new study in JAMA showing that pelvic floor disorders, such as urinary incontinence, affect up to one-quarter of American women, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging women who suffer from this widespread disorder to consider [...]

APTA.org - The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging female athletes - particularly soccer players - to consider a new program of warm-up exercises to help lower their growing risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries by as much as 41 percent.
Concurring with a new study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine [...]

Ashkenazi Jewish people originally came from North and Eastern Europe, but have emigrated all over the world. Due to the tradition of marrying within the Jewish population, the BRCA gene faults have been passed between generations.

Mothers who spend a year breastfeeding are almost five per cent less likely to develop breast cancer, an expert claims today.