AP - Substandard science has hurt a federal agency\'s seven-year effort to document possible links between industrial pollution and health problems in the Great Lakes region, an independent review panel said Friday. [...]
AP - In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants. [...] [...]
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that obese
people who have asthma are nearly five times more likely to be
hospitalized for the problem and to have lower quality of life and worse
control of the disease than those wi [...]
Reuters - Most parents find it acceptable
to be told about their child\'s weight status, and the feedback
has \»minimal\» adverse effects for most families, researchers
from the UK report. [...]
