Pandemic Flu Vaccines Should Go to Pregnant Moms Early, Panel Urges.

Pregnant women are among several groups who should get pandemic flu vaccine as soon as it becomes available this fall, the government’s leading vaccine advisory group ruled Wednesday.

Panel Recommends Priority for Swine Flu Vaccine.

A federal panel recommended Wednesday that pregnant women and others at high risk for serious complications from the swine flu get priority for a vaccine when it becomes available in the fall.

Pregnant Women Told to Limit Western Alaska Pike Intake.

State and federal officials are advising pregnant women and young children to limit the amount of northern pike they eat from the Kuskokwim and lower Yukon rivers because the fish contain a toxic form of mercury.

FDA Warning About Steroid-like Bodybuilding Supplements

FDA.gov – The FDA is notifying the public about new safety information concerning products marketed for body building and increasing muscle mass.  The FDA has sent a Warning Letter to a manufacturer of body building supplements that claim to contain...

Skin Pigmentation Changes in Skin of Color – a Dermatologist’s Recommendations

AAD.org – As we age, brown spots and splotchy skin are all too often a fact of life. But for people with darker skin, changes in pigmentation can occur without warning at any age and can be very difficult to treat. Fortunately, dermatologists can...

Study Finds Pesticide Link to Childhood Leukemia.

Patients with childhood leukemia have elevated levels of household pesticides in their urine, according to a new study by the Georgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Physical Activity At Age 5 Protects Against Obesity Later

UIowa.edu – Being active at age 5 helps kids stay lean as they age even if they don’t remain as active later in childhood, a new University of Iowa study shows. “We call this effect ‘banking’ because the kids benefit later...

Leisure Activities Promote Health And Wellness

CFAH.org – Taking time for leisure activities apart from the demands of work and other responsibilities helps people function better physically and mentally. In fact, the more time spent doing different types of enjoyable activities, the better...

Preventing Preemies.

When a baby is born too soon, it’s hard to imagine that the infant would do better anywhere else in the world than in America. And yet for all the technology and expense, roughly 30,000 American babies under age 1 die each year. What explains such...

Group Win Legal Action for Disabilities Caused in the Womb.

A group who blame their disabilities on their mothers’ exposure to toxic materials before their birth won a legal action today against a council it blames for their condition.