Health Issues

Selected BICNews Articles - sorted by date

Study finds some pregnant smokers have bad boys
Breast-fed Pima Indians less prone to diabetes
Cattle stun gun may heighten "madcow'' risk
China faces health disaster from smoking
U.S. scientists produce basic human "stem'' cells
Australian scientists see healing power of milk
U.S. doctors warn against "health" label on wine
Russian men drinking more, dying younger
Drug, alcohol abuse rising among adolescents
Study says submissiveness better for women's health
Antibiotic misuse causing frightening new bugs
Study suggests smoking damage may be long-lasting
Eating soy reduces women's cancer
U.S. doctor calls for universal circumcision
Smoking, weight gain linked to diabetic pregnancy
Cigarette ads to go off air in Japan
Smoking is bad for your hips
Eat little and often to lose weight, seniors advised
Be a woman, be optimistic, work hard -- live long
Study casts doubt on pigs for organ transplants
Living with a smoker called 'major health hazard'
Human genome project halfway through
Brain's 'God module' may affect religious intensity
Was Dracula victim of unusual disease?
Smoking fathers raise children's risk of cancer
Now an unsaturated fat is dangerous
Health experts blame TV for overweight kids
U.S. doctors strongly recommend breast-feeding
Alcohol a factor in 1 of 5 U.S. child traffic deaths
Holiday overeating can lead to digestive problems
Suicide rate among elderly rises as people live longer
New blood pressure measure predicts death
Passive smoking is major EU health problem
Treat smoking like other addictions - U.S. experts
The Kidney Snatchers
Study recommends anesthesia for circumcision
Eating fish prevents sudden heart attack
Cocaine found to constrict arteries in brain
Specimen of 1918 flu recovered from frozen body in Alaska
Smoking, drink kill more than Sri Lanka war

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