Washington: For hikers, football players, endurance athletes, and a growing range of elite and recreational exercisers, the best approach to preventing potentially serious reductions in blood sodium level is to drink when thirsty, according to an updated consensus statement on exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH). 

Washington: University of Southampton scientists have discovered a link between coronary heart disease and osteoporosis, suggesting both conditions could have similar causes.

Gainesville: Muscadine grape seed oil supplies a form of Vitamin E, giving scientists another clue to reducing obesity, a new University of Florida study shows.

Washington: The costs associated with cancer drug prices have risen dramatically over the past 15 years, which is of concern to many top oncologists. 

Washington: Whooping cough has made an astonishing comeback, with 2012 seeing nearly 50,000 infections in the US (the most since 1955), and a death rate in infants three times that of the rest of the population. 

Montreal: Children whose parents smoked when they were toddlers are likely to have a wider waist and a higher BMI by time they reach ten years of age, reveal researchers at the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte Justine Research Centre.