FRIDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) -- People are more likely to disapprove of and avoid substance abusers than those who smoke or are obese, according to a new study. Participants were presented with six fictitious scenarios about a person who either abused substances such as alcohol or drugs, smoked, ...

By Jenifer Goodwin HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children born to obese or very overweight mothers are at higher risk of having autism or developmental delays, new research suggests. The study of more than 1,000 children found ...

Troy, N.Y. Most medical imaging equipment is not designed with overweight and obese patients in mind. As a result, these individuals can be exposed to higher levels of radiation during routine X-ray and CT scans. A new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the first ...

Nick and Bobbi Ercoline, the couple depicted on the "Woodstock" soundtrack album cover, have now been happily married for over 40 years. However, a new special issue of The Gerontologist showing the Ercolines as they look today - a portrait of successful aging - finds that their unmarried baby boomer ...

(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) A new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the first to calculate exactly how much additional radiation obese patients receive from a CT scan. Research results show the internal organs of obese men receive 62 percent more radiation during a CT scan than those of normal weight ...

Younger girls are more likely than adult women to report side effects after receiving Gardasil, the human papillomavirus vaccine.

House GOP lawmakers are having a hard time making the case that plans to revamp Medicare have broad bipartisan support.

TUESDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- Taller, heavier women may be at an increased risk of ovarian cancer, research suggests. An international research group examined data from 47 studies conducted in 14 countries involving more than 25,000 women with ovarian cancer and 81,000 women without the disease. Every ...

Patients with papillary renal cell carcinoma, the second most common kidney cancer subtype, face a low risk of tumour recurrence and cancer-related death after surgery. Those are the key findings of a multi-centre study of nearly 600 patients published in the April issue of the urology journal BJUI.

(University of British Columbia) Asian Canadian teenagers who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are 30 times more likely to face harassment than their heterosexual peers -- a factor that is linked to higher rates of alcohol or drug use, according to University of British Columbia research.

A team at R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center, completed a 36 hour operation to replace an entire patient's face, including teeth, both jaws and tongue. The procedure represents the largest face transplant on record. The transplant team was led by Eduardo D. ...

A team of U.S. doctors have carried out what they say is the most extensive face transplant ever performed. The operation at the University of Maryland gave Richard Norris 37, a new face, including jaw, teeth and tongue.