| |  'Plant from Hell': Giant Hogweed Can Scar, Burn and Blind
By Laura Blue A towering weed with sap that causes blisters and burns is blooming this month across the U.S. ABC's Good Morning America calls it the "plant from hell," and health and environment authorities from coast to coast are warning people to [...] |  Should Parents Lose Custody of Their Extremely Obese Kids?
By Bonnie Rochman One way to manage the nation's childhood obesity crisis might be to take the most severely overweight kids away from their parents, argues Harvard pediatrics professor and obesity expert David Ludwig in a controversial commentary published Tuesday in one of [...] |  Q&A: Etiquette for Gays, Lesbians and Their Straight Friends
By Andrea Sachs Move over, Emily Post! When it comes to etiquette for members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community — as well as their straight friends, family members and coworkers — author and journalist Steven Petrow is the authority. His [...] |  CDC: Women Should Wait Three Weeks After Giving Birth to Use Birth Control Pills
By Sora Song |  Students Sue 'Troubled Teen' School for Systematic Sexual, Emotional Abuse
By Maia Szalavitz Nine former students of Mount Bachelor Academy, a now-defunct school in Oregon for "troubled teens," have filed a $14.25-million lawsuit against the school for emotional, sexual and physical abuse. The suit was filed on behalf of the plaintiffs on July [...] |  The Curious Link Between Allergies and Cancer
By Alice Park Certain environmental exposures are known to increase your risk of cancer: tobacco smoke, UV radiation and even pollution. But what about some common metals and chemicals that cause contact allergies? Curiously, according to the latest research from scientists in Denmark, [...] |  Study: Pets Give Us the Same Warm Fuzzies That Friends Do
By Laura Blue A dog is man's best friend, the old adage tells us — and, indeed, new research shows that when it comes to fulfilling our basic psychological needs, humans do benefit from their pets in much the same way they do from their friends. [...] |  A New Study Details the Effects of Smoking in Pregnancy
By Bonnie Rochman Pretty much everyone knows that smoking is bad for you. It's particularly ill-advised for pregnant women, although data show one in five U.S. moms-to-be still cop to the habit. Lest smokers need another nudge to quit, the first systematic review [...] |  Salt: How Bad Is It, Really?
By Laura Blue Much like cell phones and eggs, salt is one of those things that studies say is bad for you one day, but O.K. the next. Just last year, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine estimated (using previous studies' [...] |  The July Effect: Why Summer is the Most Dangerous Time to Go to the Hospital
By Alice Park You can't control when health emergencies occur, but if you had to go to the hospital, you'd probably be better off avoiding the summer months. At least that's been the conventional wisdom among doctors, who know that the most experienced [...] | | |  | | | | | | |  | | | | Follow Healthland on Twitter |  | Join today to start receiving HEALTHLAND's Twitter updates!
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