Thursday, May 24 2012 9:47 AM EDT2012-05-24 13:47:07 GMT
Aspirin may help people who have suffered a blood clot. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine found a daily aspirin cut a patients risk of having another clot in half. Every year about half
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine found a daily aspirin cut a patients risk of having another clot in half.
Thursday, May 24 2012 9:44 AM EDT2012-05-24 13:44:46 GMT
Harvard researchers say C-section babies may be twice as likely to become obese by the age of three. Experts believe C-section babies do not receive certain nutrients from the mother which may raise
Experts believe C-section babies do not receive certain nutrients from the mother which may raise the risk of obesity
Thursday, May 24 2012 9:36 AM EDT2012-05-24 13:36:12 GMT
A new study finds calcium supplements may increase the risk of heart attack by 86 percent. Doctors in Switzerland say the risk increased only with supplements, not with food rich in calcium. Researchers
A new study finds calcium supplements may increase the risk of heart attack by 86 percent.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 10:23 AM EDT2012-05-23 14:23:47 GMT
Mothers who put on excess weight before and during a pregnancy are more likely to have bigger babies. Canadian researchers found the risk of larger babies increased as more weight was gained. Big babies
Canadian researchers found the risk of larger babies increased as more weight was gained.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 10:21 AM EDT2012-05-23 14:21:57 GMT
An experimental vaccine is helping patients with pancreatic cancer live longer. The drug uses the body's own immune system to destroy cancer cells. Ohio researchers gave the vaccine to 70 patients
The drug uses the body's own immune system to destroy cancer cells.
A protein that helps regulate appetite may cause obesity.
British researchers found that people who had a defective mutation in that protein were 60 percent more likely to be overweight.
Scientists believe this discovery could lead to drugs that reverse the problem.
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