| |  Is Your Toddler Slow to Talk? Don't Worry, Study Says
By Alice Park A toddler's first years are paved with milestones — the first smile, the first step and perhaps most importantly, the first word — all indicators of how well an infant is developing. But the latest research suggests that parents need [...] |  'Baby Einstein' Creators Say a Study Slamming Their Product Was Flawed
By Sora Song |  Medicare Will Continue to Pay for Avastin
By Meredith Melnick The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said Medicare will continue paying for Avastin for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer, despite a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel's recommendation to withdraw the drug's approval for that use. "The [...] |  New Use for Duct Tape: Fighting Infection
By Maia Szalavitz Duct tape seems to have infinite uses, from the silly to the sinister. It's an essential tool in any handyperson's arsenal. But a Midwest hospital system seems to have found a genuinely unique way to utilize the ubiquitous sticky stuff: [...] |  Snack Attack! Americans Are Eating More Between Meals
By Meredith Melnick Americans love to snack. We do at the movie theater, at our desks at work, in front of the TV, in the car, even on the subway. There's hardly a time during the day when we aren't putting food in [...] |  Choosing a Sunscreen: Some Tips from an Expert
By Bonnie Rochman Is there anything worse than trying to make informed decisions in the sunscreen aisle? The very attempt is an exercise in frustration: on a recent trip to Target, I scanned the dozens of products on the sunblock display alongside a [...] |  The Healthland Podcast: We Debate Avastin, Marriage and Spanking
By John Cloud Join us for a lively discussion of the biggest health and science news this week. First, the bitter fight over whether breast-cancer patients should have access to the controversial drug Avastin. Also: should you live together before marrying? And I [...] |  Could Amanda Knox Have an Autism Spectrum Disorder?
By Maia Szalavitz Amanda Knox, the 23-year-old American college student who was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Italy in 2007, allegedly after an orgy gone wrong, got good news this week. Independent experts working on her ongoing appeal [...] |  Does a New Mammogram Study Affect Screening Guidelines?
By Meredith Melnick In women's ongoing dilemma over when to start routine mammogram screening for breast cancer, a large new, longitudinal study may add a wrinkle. The Swedish Two-County Trial, which began in the late 1970s, followed 133,000 women who were divided into [...] |  Studies Backing a Popular Bone Growth Product Called into Question
By Meredith Melnick In an unusual tactic, The Spine Journal has dedicated its June issue to a series of papers that carefully reject previous research supporting the use of Infuse, a controversial, but popular bone growth product commonly used in spinal fusion surgeries. [...] | | |  | | | | | | |  | | | | Follow Healthland on Twitter |  | Join today to start receiving HEALTHLAND's Twitter updates!
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