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Summertime means fun for most kids, but lots of the summer activities can also mean more bumps and bruises. CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports there are some natural, but not so well-known, remedies that could soothe your child and put a smile back into summer.

Teenagers' obesity-related medical complications improve just six months after laparoscopic gastric banding surgery, according to outcomes data. The study reports that the small group of extremely obese teenagers who received the minimally invasive surgery, also called the Lap-Band procedure, as part of a clinical trial lost an average of 20 pounds after six months and had significant improvements in abdominal fat, triglyceride measurements (levels of fat in the blood) and blood sugar levels as measured by hemoglobin A1c -- all risk factors for diabetes and heart disease.

Researchers have shed new light how bacteria like the ones that cause Legionnaires' disease and Q-fever raise such havoc in human patients. In order to survive, the gram-negative bacteria use genes that have evolved in tandem with ones in their hosts to essentially disarm immune system cells trying to kill them, the scientists report in the journal Science.

An outbreak  from any of the locations considered for a new virus laboratory would be more devastating to the U.S. economy than from the isolated island laboratory where such research is now conducted, says a new report published Friday.

Texas Senator John Cornyn and Senator Barack Obama are calling for an investigation after media reports claim veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder were given the anti-smoking drug Chantix as part of a government study. The report states the Veterans Administration waited three months before warning study participants about the side effects. The V.A. calls the report inaccurate and misleading. Veterans taking Chantix were closely monitored. The Federal Aviation Administration banned pilots from using the drug last month because of its potentially dangerous side effects.

Stock prices for UnitedHealth, WellPoint and other U.S. health insurers declined after an announcement by Coventry Health Care that it had lowered its earnings estimates for the second quarter and the full year after reporting that it had underestimated claims in Medicare plans.

A new Australian study finds that obese people feel “a culture of blame” against them, which they say has been made worse by media reports about the health risks of obesity. Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne conducted one-hour personal interviews with 76 obese individuals (62 females, 14 males), ranging in age from 16 [...]

House leaders and the White House on Wednesday reached an agreement on a $250 billion supplemental war appropriations bill with a provision that would place a one-year moratorium on six new Medicaid regulations proposed by the Bush administration, CQ Today reports.

One-third of Hispanic women with diabetes living in Connecticut have never seen a registered dietitian or diabetes health educator, and nutrition knowledge was limited even among those who had, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Reuters Health reports.

International Journal of Surgical Pathology