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A new study in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics explores the effects of pollution from livestock facilities on infant health and finds that production is associated with an increase in infant mortality. Stacy Sneeringer of Wellesley College utilized data on spatial variation in livestock operations from the past two decades to identify the relationship between industry location and infant health.

The American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG), a national nonprofit medical and scientific professional association, announced that it has received a $13.5 million, 5-year contract from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of a National Newborn Screening Translational Research Network.

Over 31% of U.S. births are now by cesarean section although a 5% to 10% rate is best for mothers and babies. The extra cost is well over $2.5 billion per year. The excess cesareans buy no reduction in maternal and newborn deaths. But they cause unneeded exposure to the dozens of adverse effects more common with c-sections. This is just the most striking example of how health care provided to mothers giving birth exposes them to avoidable harm and expense.

Two separate research teams each have developed techniques for noninvasive prenatal blood tests for Down syndrome that have yet to produce a false negative or a false positive result, the new york Times reports.

AP - About one in four teen girls last year got the groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer, federal health officials reported Thursday.

Texas Children's cancer Center today launched Passport for Care, an innovative Web-based application that provides childhood cancer survivors and their physicians with immediate access to a survivor's diagnosis and treatment history. Passport for Care provides detailed, individualized health care recommendations based on the most up-to-date national survivorship care guidelines. Passport for Care inventor and Texas Children's Cancer Center director Dr.

The largest nationwide survey of children's diet and physical activity in more than a decade has found child obesity has stalled. But according to dietitians, similar data is urgently needed on adults to explain why 25 to 30 per cent more adults are overweight or obese, compared with children. DAA Executive Director Claire Hewat said: 'Our food supply is radically different to 1995, when adults were last surveyed.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- About 25 percent of girls aged 11 to 17 have gotten the human papillomavirus vaccine known as Gardasil, which protects against cervical cancer, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.

The health of children is affected by the education and income levels of their parents, according to a state-by-state study published on Tuesday by the Commission to Build a Healthier America at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.