NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Some of the harmful effects on
early child development attributed to postpartum depression may
be caused in part by depression during pregnancy, a UK study
shows for the first time.

Maternal depression during pregnancy “has a negative impact
on children's cognitive development, even when postnatal (after
delivery) depression has been taken into account,” Dr. Toity
Deave told [...]

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Substandard science has hurt a federal agency’s seven-year effort to document possible links between industrial pollution and health problems in the Great Lakes region, an independent review panel said Friday.
The Institute of Medicine said drafts of a report still under development by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Treatment for cancer takes an emotional and
physical toll on your body. But you can take steps to prepare for the
treatment that will help make the process easier.

The American Cancer Society offers these suggestions:

Try to think positive, and talk to others about what you're feeling
and how you're coping.
Stick to a very [...]

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The list of drugs under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration, what they are used for and the potential problem.
_R-Gene 10, a growth hormone, pediatric overdose due to labeling/packaging confusion.
_Suprane, an anesthetic, cardiac arrest.
[...]

- (HealthDay News) — As you begin recovery from delivering a
child by Caesarean section, you should avoid certain activities to give
your body time to heal.

Here are suggestions on what to avoid in the short term, courtesy of
the American Pregnancy Association:

Having sex — at least until your doctor tells you that it's medically
safe.
Using tampons or [...]

- FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) — While lead has been phased out of
U.S. gasoline, paint and other products, lead levels in dirt — maybe
even the soil in your yard or the local playground — are still a public
health hazard, warns an Indianapolis researcher.

“In urban areas — Indianapolis, Detroit, St. Louis — soil [...]

- FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) — A new lung cancer risk
assessment designed specifically for black Americans suggests that chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a much greater lung cancer risk
factor for blacks than for whites.

Researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in
Houston analyzed data from 491 black lung cancer patients [...]

- Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Fablyn Increases Risk of Blood Clots: FDA
Document

While the new osteoporosis drug Fablyn has been shown to be effective
in postmenopausal women with a higher risk of bone fractures, the drug
also increased the risk of blood clots and invasive gynecological visits,
says [...]

- FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) — New research shows that obese
people who have asthma are nearly five times more likely to be
hospitalized for the problem and to have lower quality of life and worse
control of the disease than those with asthma who are normal weight.

Researchers from Kaiser Permanente, Massachusetts General Hospital and
Harvard Medical [...]

This undated photo released by South Dakota Tourism shows people viewing the fossilized remains of mammoths at the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs in Hot Springs, S.D. (AP Photo/South Dakota Tourism)

- FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) — The last woolly mammoths had
exclusively North American genetic roots, according to Canadian
researchers who say their [...]