Body and Health News

About 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month — and most of those cases likely were swine flu, according to a new government health survey.
By fox5vegas.com

Officials say the White House and senior Senate Democrats at work on health care legislation are strongly considering a requirement for the federal government to compete directly with private industry in the sale of insurance.
By fox5vegas.com

Keeping track of your body’s statistics can help keep you healthy. But you shouldn’t follow the numbers every day.
By fox5vegas.com

The nation’s medical costs will keep spiraling upward even faster than they are now under Democratic legislation pending in the House, a report from government economic experts concludes.
By fox5vegas.com

Safety investigators have sent government agencies a wake-up call about sleep apnea, a disorder that’s showing up in a wide range of transportation accidents.
By fox5vegas.com

Most hospitalized heart failure patients are sent home without widely recommended inexpensive pills, a study suggests.
By fox5vegas.com

A top-ranking official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says production of a vaccine for swine flu virus is behind schedule and people should take precautionary steps to prevent its spread.
By fox5vegas.com

Alzheimer’s disease researchers find that a certain kind of diet could lead to smaller brains. But they’re not sure what it means for disease.
By fox5vegas.com

A record 106 million infants were vaccinated last year against diseases, but nearly 1 in 5 babies still aren’t fully protected, a report says.
By fox5vegas.com

A sperm donor passed on a potentially deadly genetic heart condition to nine of his 24 children, a medical journal report shows.
By fox5vegas.com