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Mental illness in youth a common problem
WASHINGTON - Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3 percent to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that he or she considered…
Cancer warning for young people proposed for tanning beds, booths
WASHINGTON - The nearly 3 in 10 white girls of high school age who use indoor tanning beds likely will soon come face-to-face with a new and stiffer warning aimed at young people eager to get that sun-kissed glow in a hurry: Don't.
Physicians debate whether to tell patients they're dying
WASHINGTON -In the days when American physicians dispensed oracular commands and their judgments were rarely questioned, a doctor could take it upon himself with few ethical qualms to keep from a patient the bad news of a terminal diagnosis.
A ban on supersized sodas likely to have backfired, study finds
After New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled his plan to ban the sale of sodas larger than 16 ounces, comedian Jon Stewart complained that the proposal "combines the draconian government overreach people love with the probable lack of results they expect."
Nicotine gum, patch safe if you slip up and smoke, FDA says
WASHINGTON - Millions have worn the nicotine patch, chewed the gum or sucked on the lozenge as a way to wean themselves off cigarettes. But millions more have ripped off the patch or spit out the gum or lozenges because they slipped and smoked a cigarette, and believed the warning labels tha…
Use caution in giving ADHD drugs, docs told
WASHINGTON - Prescribing psychotropic medications to normal, healthy kids who want to boost their academic performance is "not justifiable" because it contravenes a physician's responsibility to promote a child's "authentic" development and to protect him or her against coercion by parents o…
Blinking is more than just a mere reflex, study finds
WASHINGTON - Why do we spend 10 percent of our waking hours with our eyes closed - blinking far more often than necessary to keep our eyeballs lubricated?
Autism linked to early exposure to traffic pollution
LOS ANGELES — In a finding that points to a link between environmental toxins and autism, a new study shows that children who were exposed to the highest levels of traffic-related air pollution during gestation and in early infancy were three times more likely to be diagnosed with the neurod…
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