TUESDAY, Jan. 1 (HealthDay News) — Children who get less than nine hours of sleep a night are more likely to be overweight or obese, new research shows.
Sleep-deprived kids also have more than a 3 percent increase in body fat on average compared to youngsters who sleep for more than nine hours nightly.
The researchers also [...]

MONDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) — Something as common and available as sunlight may help prevent some lung cancers, researchers say.
A new study finds that lower levels of the sun’s ultraviolet B (UVB) rays are associated with a higher incidence of lung cancer across 111 countries.
Still, that doesn’t mean that spending more time in the [...]

FRIDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) — Among children younger than 2, receiving the pneumococcal vaccine appears to be associated with fewer hospitalizations for pneumonia and reduced health-care expenses, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Beginning in 2000, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PDV7) became part of the routine [...]