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CNN.com - Health

Mediterranean diet may help prevent dementia, study says [Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:01:36 EST]
Eating a diet rich in healthy fats and limiting dairy and meat could do more than keep your heart healthier. It could also help keep you thinking clearly.

How to fight childhood obesity in 3 steps [Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:13:54 EST]
Worried about your child's weight? You can do more than just nag him or her about eating too much junk food. Implementing three healthy family habits--eating dinner together, making sure they get enough sleep, and limiting TV--may help.

Study: Older moms' kids have higher autism risk [Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:29:25 EST]
A 10-year study examining 4.9 million births in the 1990s has found more evidence that there's a link between autism and the mother's age at conception.

 
NYT > Health

Ally for the Poor in an Unlikely Corner [Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:31:48 GMT]
Through his work in poor countries, Andrew Witty, chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline, has positioned his company as the leader among drug makers in advancing world health issues.

18 and Under: When to Worry if a Child Has Too Few Words [Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:46:50 GMT]
Every pediatrician knows the frustration of trying to quantify the speech and language skills of a screaming toddler.

A Conversation With Samuel Wang: A Neuroscientist Studying the Structure of Dog Brains [Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:22:04 GMT]
In his Princeton laboratory, Samuel Wang uses dog M.R.I.’s to research the relationship between brain structure and behavior.

 
Yahoo! News: Health News

Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers (AP) [Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:30:30 GMT]
AP - A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.

Ethics debate over blood from newborn safety tests (AP) [Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:08:55 GMT]
AP - A critical safety net for babies — that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn — is facing an ethics attack.

Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears (AP) [Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:43:31 GMT]
AP - High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality — including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal — raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out ... (371 chars)