Pediatricians Warn Raw Milk Poses Serious Risks To Children, Pregnant People

Raw milk can make children and pregnant people seriously ill, and the nation's pediatricians want families to know the risks.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its policy statement on unpasteurized, or "raw," milk and the cheese, yogurt and other foods made from it. The statement will be published in the November issue of Pediatri...

Understanding Adult Obesity

Obesity is one of the most common health conditions in the world and one of the most misunderstood. Today, it affects about 4 in 10 U.S. adults, and the numbers keep rising. 

For a long time, people thought obesity was simply about willpower. But modern medicine tells a different story: Obesity is a long-term, relapsing, complex disease shaped by yo...

HPV Vaccine May Have Benefits Beyond Cancer Protection

The HPV vaccine is best known for protecting against cervical cancer.

But, it may have another major benefit: reducing the risk of serious pregnancy complications.

A team led by Zhongsong Zhang, of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, conducted a large study that looked at more than 624,000 first-time births.

About 93,000 of the women had been vacci...

Bending Over On-The-Job Increases Miscarriage Risk, Study Says

Jobs that require pregnant women to bend over could be increasing their risk of miscarriage, a new study says.

Miscarriage risk increases by 36% for every hour a pregnant woman spends working a job bent forward, researchers reported recently in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

These jobs included waitressing, farm work, gardening ...

Hospitals Not Taking Simple Steps To Avoid Catheter-Related UTIs, Study Finds

Many U.S. hospitals aren’t taking simple steps to lower the odds that patients won’t get a urinary tract infection from their catheter, a new study says.

A set of three key practices can reduce the risk of a UTI caused by catheter when a patient is in the hospital, researchers argue in JAMA Network Open.

But few general hospitals and even fewer VA ho...

Epilepsy Meds Can Reduce Birth Control Effectiveness, Increasing Risk Of Unintended Pregnancy

Women with epilepsy, be warned — your antiseizure medications could be interfering with your birth control.

About 1 in 3 women with epilepsy on hormonal birth control have been prescribed an antiseizure drug that can make those contraceptives less effective, researchers reported Oct. 7 in the journal Neurology.

“These were not simply brief or isolate...