Archive: 21/12/2017
Alarmed by arsenic in baby food? Try this easy fix
A slew of recent studies have found scary amounts of arsenic in baby food, frightening many new parents already stressed out by all-night feedings and endless diaper changes. In a world where environmental dangers seem to ...
Dec 21, 2017
Philippines probes deaths after dengue vaccine suspended
Philippine officials are investigating whether three deaths were linked to an anti-dengue vaccine that the country's regulators have suspended, health officials said Thursday.
Dec 21, 2017
British girls skip school over period poverty: campaigners
Some girls in Britain are forced to skip school each month because they cannot afford sanitary products, campaigners said Wednesday as they called for more government support.
Dec 21, 2017
220,000 children threatened by mines in Ukraine's east: UN
Hundreds of thousands of children are at imminent risk of being hit by mines and other explosive weapons in war-torn eastern Ukraine, one of the most mine-contaminated places on earth, a UN report said Thursday.
Dec 21, 2017
New recall of Lactalis baby milk over salmonella fears
French baby-milk maker Lactalis on Thursday ordered the recall of all of the production of one of its factories since February over fears of possible contamination with salmonella.
Dec 21, 2017
After obesity surgery, general practice should do more follow-up with patients on key areas
The number of obesity (bariatric) surgery operations performed yearly worldwide has increased by five times over the past 15 years, peaking close to 200,000 procedures in 2017. New guidelines released by the European Association ...
Dec 21, 2017