| |  Face-Off: Botox Vs. Dysport. Which Works Better?
By Meredith Melnick Like Kleenex and Band-Aid, Botox is a brand name that's become indistinguishable from the product. But in a new randomized study, Botox's newer competitor, Dysport, appeared to have the edge in smoothing wrinkles. Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA) was approved by the Food [...] |  Decent Health Care Without the Insurance
By Anita Hamilton Monica Vigna-Bony was at the drugstore picking up a prescription for Advair, an asthma inhaler, when she finally lost her cool over the astronomical price of being uninsured. "I thought, 'This is crazy. I can't believe it is $240 for [...] |  Should Prenatal Care Be Extended to Dads?
By Bonnie Rochman Perhaps it's because mom has the burgeoning belly, but dads have largely been left out of prenatal care. That could be damaging to the family's health, contends research in a recent issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Stressed-out, anxious [...] |  Study: Driving May Contribute to Left-Side Skin Cancers
By Meredith Melnick Is there anything that says summer in America like cruising with the windows low and the tunes on high? Too bad the activity may be a health hazard, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Washington, [...] |  FDA Approves an Abuse-Resistant Painkiller, Oxecta
By Associated Press Pfizer Inc. and Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Monday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a powerful painkiller that is designed to be harder to abuse. The FDA cleared marketing of Oxecta as an immediate-release treatment for acute or moderate-to-severe [...] |  Study: Could Diet Help Prevent Vision Loss?
By Meredith Melnick Here's another reason to get your daily recommended allowances of vitamins and minerals: to lower the odds of vision loss in midlife. Researchers from several universities in the Netherlands, including Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, found that people who got the [...] |  Study: Portable Kiddie Pools Kill a Child Every Five Days
By Meredith Melnick Colorful kiddie pools look innocuous enough, but a new study finds that a child drowns in an inflatable, portable pool every five days in warm-weather months. "Because portable pools are generally small, inexpensive and easy to use, parents often do [...] |  Food Allergy Affects 1 in 12 American Kids, More Common in Minorities
By Sora Song |  Study: Most Addicts Get Painkillers from Friends or Family, Not Doctors
By Maia Szalavitz Only 1 in 5 people who misuse opioid painkillers like Vicodin get their drugs exclusively from doctors, and 69% never obtain any of these drugs from medical sources, according to a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. [...] |  News Flash: Moms Resent Dads for Not Doing Enough at Home
By Bonnie Rochman We feel a little guilty dissing Dad so soon after Father's Day. But a new survey of more than 1,200 mothers by ForbesWoman and the pregnancy website TheBump.com reveals that most of them resent their partners because they handle far [...] | | |  | | | | | | |  | | | | Follow Healthland on Twitter |  | Join today to start receiving HEALTHLAND's Twitter updates!
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