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• Docs double kids' vitamin D recommendations
That includes breast-fed infants — even those who get some formula, too, and many teens who drink little or no milk. Baby formula contains vitamin D, so infants on formula only generally don't need supplements. However, the academy recommends breast ...
• Breast cancer gene tests — not worth the price?
Fear of breast cancer has created a tempting market for companies to sell genetic testing directly to consumers. The disease kills 40,000 people a year in the U.S., with an estimated 212,920 new cases diagnosed in 2007, according to the Mayo Clinic ...
• After breast cancer, weight stakes are higher
It’s common knowledge that keeping fit and maintaining an optimal weight are great ways to achieve overall health. But for breast-cancer survivors, the stakes are much higher. Research indicates that excess weight can lead to increased levels of ...
• NH hospitals not required to publicize mistakes
Even using the lower estimate, preventable medical errors in hospitals exceed attributable deaths to such feared threats as motor-vehicle wrecks, breast cancer, and AIDS," according to the institute's landmark 1999 study, "To Err is Human." "Among the ...
• Jolie says Pitt changed her mind about pregnancy
The 33-year-old actress is photographed apparently breast-feeding on the cover of W. The black-and-white photo shows a smiling Jolie in a sleeveless top, which has been opened to reveal part of her left breast and a tiny hand ostensibly belonging to ...