WEDNESDAY, Sept. 26, 2018 (American Heart Association) — A mother can pass down a lot of physical traits to her child, such as her smile, eye color, or the shape of her nose. According to new research, she may also be passing along something not as obvious — a vulnerability for developing heart disease. A…
DetailsWEDNESDAY, Sept. 26, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Moms who breastfeed their first child for at least five months are likely to have more kids than women who stop sooner or bottle-feed, a new study suggests. The finding comes from an analysis of data on nearly 3,700 mothers collected between 1979 and 2012. Cornell University researchers…
DetailsTUESDAY, Sept. 25, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Black women are more likely than white women to skip important hormonal breast cancer treatments, new research indicates. Endocrine therapy is used to add, block or get rid of naturally occurring hormones like estrogen and progesterone that trigger certain types of breast cancer, the study authors explained. Previous…
DetailsTUESDAY, Sept. 25, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Heather Kinion never spent much time thinking about her weight. But when she got pregnant, that changed. “My sister had a baby a few years before me and had gained a bunch of weight, and she still hadn’t lost it when I got pregnant,” Kinion said. So the…
DetailsTUESDAY, Sept. 25, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The number of newborns suffering from syphilis has nearly tripled in recent years, U.S. health officials reported Tuesday. Cases jumped from 362 in 2013 to 918 in 2017 — the highest number in 20 years. Cases were seen in 37 states, mostly in the West and South. “We’ve…
DetailsTUESDAY, Sept. 25, 2018 (American Heart Association) — Alice Hinrichs woke up feeling miserable. She was exhausted, nauseated and her left arm hurt. She thought she was sick, so she called her doctor’s office for an appointment. Instead, her doctor urged her to go to a hospital in case her symptoms were warnings for a…
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