HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) — It is well-known that
obesity increases the chances of medical complications during pregnancy,
but now a new study shows it also puts a financial strain on the
health-care system.

AP - The House voted Wednesday to triple to more than $10 billion a year U.S. humanitarian spending on fighting AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and other stricken areas of the world.

AP - Maybe men had it right all along: It doesn’t take long to satisfy a woman in bed.

AP - Scientists say they have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more likely to get hooked on tobacco, causing them to smoke more cigarettes, making it harder to quit, and leading more often to deadly lung cancer.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

AP - Authorities in the Austrian city of Salzburg say a measles outbreak has spread to more than 130 people, mostly schoolchildren.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) - Back pain is a common complaint among new
mothers.

Reuters - A pregnant woman who wears a seat
belt greatly reduces the risk that her baby will die or be
seriously hurt in a vehicle crash, according to a study that
debunks the notion that seat belts are harmful to the fetus.

AP - A commonly used AIDS drug appears to nearly double the risk of a heart attack, researchers said Tuesday. In a study published online by the medical journal Lancet, the researchers also said another less frequently used AIDS drug increased the chances of a heart attack by 50 percent. Experts said doctors should be aware of the increased risks, but they did not recommend that patients abandon the two drugs, Ziagen and Videx.