Your Pet's Food Dish Could Serve Up Salmonella
MONDAY, Aug. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Dry pet food may be a little-known source of Salmonella bacterial infection among humans, and young children seem to be especially at risk, a new study finds.

Health Tip: Teach Kids to Swim
(HealthDay News) -- For children aged 4 and older, one of the best ways to help prevent drowning is to teach them to swim.

Menstrual Cycle May Affect Reaction to Breathing Tube
MONDAY, Aug. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A woman's heart rate and blood pressure response to receiving a ventilation tube when undergoing surgery varies at different times of the menstrual cycle, researchers have found.

Spinal-fluid biomarkers accurately predict Alzheimer's: study
Alzheimer's disease can be predicted with up to 100 percent accuracy several years before its onset using biomarkers found in spinal fluids, a study published Monday showed.

Scientists Unravel Secrets of Sound Sleep
MONDAY, Aug. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Ever wonder how some people can sleep through thunderstorms and traffic noise, while others wake up at the slightest sound? Differences in people's brain rhythms during sleep may hold the answer, scientist...

China to vaccinate 100 million children to fight measles
Nearly 100 million children in China will be vaccinated against measles this month to help eliminate the disease, a leading cause of avoidable death and disability in developing countries, the WHO said on Wednesday.

South Korean firm to develop healthier kimchi
A South Korean firm said Wednesday it plans to develop a healthier, low-salt version of the country's signature dish kimchi in line with global trends.

Some donated malaria drugs being stolen in Africa
Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the donated medication is being stolen and resold on commercial markets.

Drug costs would push millions more into poverty: study
Tens of millions of people in low and middle income countries would be pushed below the poverty line by buying common but vital medicines which are already unaffordable to hundreds of millions more, a study has found.

Botox maker to pay $600 mln for off-label misuse
Allergan, the maker of the popular anti-wrinkle treatment Botox, said Wednesday it had agreed to pay 600 million dollars to settle a US probe into illegal marketing for so-called off-label uses.