Posted 9:28 AM 6/17/2013 by Michael Handler; KSBY News
What your preschoolers eat could predict their risk for heart disease later in life.
Researcher in Toronto studied more than 1,000 three to five year-old children. They looked at the weight and cholesterol levels, as well as surveys their parents filled out about their eating habits.
(More)...Posted 12:46 PM 6/12/2013 by Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) - U.S. health officials say doctors should consider giving a daily AIDS drug to another high risk group to prevent infection - people who shoot heroin, methamphetamines or other injection drugs.A similar recommendation is already in place for gay men and heterosexual (More)
Posted 9:27 AM 6/11/2013 by Michael Handler; KSBY News
A new study adds to the body of evidence linking Type 2 Diabetes to Dementia.
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco studied nearly 800 older adults with diabetes for 12 years.
Those who had periods of low blood glucose levels had a two-fold increased risk for (More)