A team from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported that although cases of hepatitis C – a disease that causes liver failure and cancer – have been dropping across the general population, they started rising in youth aged 15 to 24 between 2002 and 2006, a trend that continued through 2009. "Of cases with available risk data, injection drug use was the most common risk factor for HCV transmission," the team wrote in the U.S.... [read news]

Bottle feeding past one year of life may increase the risk of childhood obesity by promoting the consumption of calories, suggests a study made by the Center for Research and Education Obesity Temple University and State University Ohio in the United States published in the journal "The Journal of Pediatrics. " Experts agree that obesity prevention should begin before children start school.The study suggests that limiting the prolonged... [read news]