Health News articles from April 1994

Health News archives from April 1994

Helping children grow up healthy. (includes related information)
April 1, 1994... Parents contribute to their children biologically, socially and psychologically -- in the way they react to and bring them up. The genes inherited from parents determine physical characteristics -- whether a child is male or female, short or...

The worrisome upswing in tuberculosis.
April 1, 1994... Health experts warn of a post-antibiotic resurgence of drug-resistant forms of bacterial diseases such as tuberculosis or TB, which was popularly considered "vanquished" by antibiotics. A potentially fatal disease, tuberculosis cut short...

The diet-cancer story. (includes related information on dietary influences and cancer risk)
April 1, 1994... Cancer is the second leading cause of death in North America (after heart and other cardiovascular diseases) with lung cancer heading the list, followed by bowel, breast, prostate, pancreas and other malignancies. Cancer prevention is...

Beyond Sue Rodriguez - the facts about ALS. (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)(medical update)
April 1, 1994... With her fight for the right to physician-assisted suicide and her recent death, Sue Rodriquez has made ALS almost a household term. Yet few may know what ALS is or realize that it strikes as many people as other muscle-wasting disorders such...