Women who work more than 40 hours a week or routinely liftheavy loads takea longer to get pregnant, a study has found. Working more than 40 hours a week was linked with taking 20% longer to get pregnant compared to women who worked 21 to 40 hours per week.
Officials at Yosemite National Park iare temporarily closintg a popular campsite because two squirrels were found dead of plague in the area. The campsite will be treated with a flea-killing insecticide.
The death rates for children from bicycling accidents have fallen dramatically from 1975 to 2012, according to the CDC. But during those years, the bicycling death rates for middles-aged men have risen sharply.
If you have been out on a hike or just sitting in the backyard, make a habit of checking for ticks when you come inside. Check your children and yourself every day.
A walker that has wheels on it an help people withCOPD walk outdoors more easily and for a longer distance, allowing them to get more exercise, according to a small study.
A study has found that four out of five pregnant women are given a prescription and that more than 40% of them may be prescribed a drug that could harm their fetus.
Thirteen teenaged rowers on the American team at the World Junior Rowing Championships, and some staff members, were sickened after competing at the lake that will be used next year.
The outbreak of Legionnaires' disease has peaked, but has caused 12 deaths and sickened 113 people. Even though the outbreak is subsiding, inspection and cleaning of the cooling towers in the affected area will continue.
Women who experience a stillbirth or who have a late-term abortion because of severe fetal anomalies go through a heartbreaking event. Such events post challenges for all members of a healthcare team because they must provide empathic and supportive care.
Myocardial infarction refers to a dynamic process by which one or more regions of the heart muscle experience a severe and prolonged decrease in oxygen supply because of insufficient coronary blood flow. This causes chest pain and lack of oxygen that might lea…