[Health] Study: 40 Percent Of Moms Start Babies Younger Than Four Months On Solid Food

Study: 40 Percent Of Moms Start Babies Younger Than Four Months On Solid Food
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/03/25/study-40-percent-of-moms-start-babies-younger-than-four-months-on-solid-food/
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) - According to a new study, forty percent of all mothers start feeding their babies solid food before they are even four months old.

FDA rejects United Therapeutics' oral hypertension drug again
http://www.providencejournal.com/business/press-releases/20130325-united-therapeutics-announces-receipt-of-second-complete-response-letter-for-oral-treprostinil-nda.ece
By Vrinda Manocha. Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:49am EDT. (Reuters) - Biotechnology company United Therapeutics Corp said its oral drug to treat hypertension was rejected for the second time by U.S.

FDA delays approval of GSK bird flu vaccine
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/25/us-glaxosmithkline-birdflu-idUSBRE92O0FC20130325
LONDON | Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:23am EDT. LONDON (Reuters) - Regulators have delayed approval of an H5N1 bird flu vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline, designed to be used in a pandemic.

The 'greatest health care system the world has ever known'
http://campusprogress.org/articles/obamacare_celebrates_its_third_anniversary/
Late last week, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) argued that before the Affordable Care Act came along three years ago, the United States had the "greatest health care system the world has ever known.

Amniotic fluid 'may heal premature baby gut'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21900203
Amniotic fluid may hold the key to healing a fatal gut disease which affects premature babies, doctors say. Severe inflammation, called necrotizing enterocolitis, can destroy the gut's tissues and lead to major organ failure.

VIal Containing Rare Venezuelan Virus Has Gone Missing from Texas Lab
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/20604
A small vial containing a rare Venezuelan virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever, has been reported to have gone missing from a research facility at the University of Texas medical Branch's (UTMB) Galveston National Laboratory.

New, state-of-the-art facility to serve thousands of veterans in Anne Arunde ...
http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/region/anne_arundel_county_/new-state-of-the-art-facility-to-serve-thousands-of-veterans-in-anne-arunde-howard-counties
FORT MEADE - A new Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic is opening up today in Fort Meade that will serve the 80,000 veterans living in Anne Arundel and Howard counties.

Advances have transformed cardiac care
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Advances+have+transformed+cardiac+care/8147691/story.html
Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels.

Rock the Neti Pot and Beat Allergy Season Naturally
http://www.11alive.com/news/article/285048/3/Early-blooms--Cold-Weather--Primed-for-Allergies
From EarthShare.org: According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, if the onset of spring also ushers in your allergy sypmptoms, you're one of nearly 40 million Americans who have indoor/outdoor seasonal allergies.

Researchers rejuvenate mice's blood by reversing blood-producing stem cells
http://www.asianscientist.com/in-the-lab/study-finds-stem-cells-deer-antler-2013/
The blood of young and old people differs. In an article published recently in the scientific journal Blood, a research group at Lund University in Sweden explain how they have succeeded in rejuvenating the blood of mice by reversing, or re-programming, the ...

Why are more children being diagnosed with autism?
http://starherald.net/local/x765746169/Why-are-more-children-being-diagnosed-with-autism
Over the last two decades, the number of children diagnosed with autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), has risen at an alarming rate.

POLL: Is CVS' health-screening policy off base?
http://www.thegloss.com/2013/03/21/beauty/cvs-bmi/
What do you think of CVS requiring employees to undergo a health screening or face a $50-a-month surcharge on their health insurance?