Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers (AP) 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. Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:23:03 GMT Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears (AP) 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 the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday. Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:43:31 GMT Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water (AP) AP - The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests. Publ.Date : Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:24:24 GMT China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder (AP) AP - The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged. Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:25:43 GMT Is the US swine flu epidemic over? (AP) AP - If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn't over, it certainly looks as if it's on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its course, they did report Friday that for the fourth week in a row, no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since late October. Publ.Date : Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:55:36 GMT FDA concerned dissolvable tobacco appeals to kids (AP) AP - The Food and Drug Administration is saying in letters to two tobacco companies that flavored, dissolvable tobacco products — that the agency compares with candy and says contain a lot of nicotine — could be particularly appealing to kids and young adults. Publ.Date : Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:30:04 GMT For obese, vaccine needle size matters (Reuters) Reuters - Our ever-expanding waistlines may have outgrown the doctor's needle, researchers say, in what could be another casualty of the obesity epidemic. Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:37:28 GMT Men have key role in ending female circumcision: experts (AFP) AFP - Experts and workers on the ground said Friday that men had a key role to play in the fight against female circumcision in Africa, a day before the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation. Publ.Date : Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:17:22 GMT Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 8, 2010 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:03:41 GMT Older Moms More Apt to Have Autistic Child (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Older moms are more likely to have a child with autism than women who give birth at a younger age, new research shows. Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:03:38 GMT RSS to HTML Backlinks