Catholic Online > Health & Wellness Catholic Home & Family focusing on Health http://www.catholic.org/health Copyright 2012 Catholic Online en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:15:01 PST Birth defects increase four-fold for diabetic mothers http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44683&wf=rsscol Researchers say that the risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes. The ... Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:33:07 PDT Catholic Online http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44683&wf=rsscol Nine-year-old girl recovering from six-organ transplant http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44682&wf=rsscol Nine-year-old Alannah Shevenell is back at home after successfully undergoing six organ transplants. Doctors in ... Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:02:56 PDT Catholic Online http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44682&wf=rsscol Study recommends ban on smoking in cars http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44679&wf=rsscol While fewer kids and teens are being exposed to second-hand smoke while riding in the car, rates of exposure are ... Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:36:36 PDT Catholic Online http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44679&wf=rsscol Malaria deaths may be twice as high as previously reported http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44649&wf=rsscol Global deaths attributed to malaria may be almost twice as high as previously estimated. According to a study ... Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:10:48 PDT Catholic Online http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44649&wf=rsscol One million birth control packets recalled http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44621&wf=rsscol The world's biggest drug maker, Pfizer Inc. has recalled one million birth-control packs after it was ... Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:11:49 PDT Catholic Online http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44621&wf=rsscol The government agency that's holding our hospitals hostage http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44559&wf=rsscol I have been a physician for 43 years. This has instilled in me a sense of duty and compassion for those who are ... Dr. William D. Bezdek, MD Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:56:00 PDT Catholic Online http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44559&wf=rsscol Far more men than women found to have oral cancer virus http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44551&wf=rsscol A new study says about seven percent of adults and teens in the United States are orally infected with the human ... Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:11:31 PDT Catholic Online http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=44551&wf=rsscol