Archive: 05/11/2014
Pediatricians' communication with parents critical to overcoming obesity in Latino children
UT Southwestern Medical Center physician-researchers found that 1-in-5 parents of overweight Latino children is not directly told that the child is overweight. Furthermore, sometimes no discussion of weight occurred when ...
Nov 5, 2014
Venezuela in grip of severe tropical disease outbreak: NGOs
Venezuela is in the grip of one of the worst outbreaks of tropical diseases in decades, and the response by public health authorities has been slow and inefficient, two non-governmental groups reported Tuesday.
Nov 5, 2014
One in 10 US women miss cervical cancer screenings
Eight million US women have not been screened in the last five years for cervical cancer, even though regular checkups can help prevent the fatal disease, US health authorities said Wednesday.
Nov 5, 2014