Steven Reinberg, HealthDay News Pregnant women who drink artificially sweetened drinks may be more likely to have heavier babies, who are then more likely to become overweight children.

Dennis Thompson, HealthDay News A man’s risk of aggressive and lethal prostate cancer may be heavily influenced by gene mutations previously linked to breast and ovarian cancer in women.

HealthDay News A mother’s excess weight gain or elevated blood sugar levels in pregnancy may put her child at increased risk for being overweight or obese, a new study finds.

Steven Reinberg, HealthDay News Instead of relying on individual blood pressure readings, doctors should review the pattern to predict risk of stroke or early death, new research suggests.

HealthDay News While many may associate bipolar disorder with episodes of mania followed by periods of depression, a new study suggests that’s often not the case.

HealthDay News Overuse of brand-name drugs may be part of the reason why the United States spends more on medication than any other country, a new study contends.

Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay News Exposure to pesticides and other chemicals may increase the risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a fatal neurological disease, researchers say.

Stephen FellerWASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) — The business practices of medicine are keeping people with hepatitis C sick longer in the interest of saving money in the short term, according to new research.