Exercise During Pregnancy Has Baby Benefits, Too

TUESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise does a body good -- two bodies when the one exercising is a pregnant woman.

  Health Tip: Taming a Temper Tantrum

(HealthDay News) - Temper tantrums are a child's means of expressing anger at an age where they haven't learned or adopted other coping methods.

  Health Tip: Having Neck Pain?

(HealthDay News) - Neck pain has a variety of causes, often muscle strain or tension.

  Kidney Dysfunction Puts Women at Risk of Sudden Death

TUESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Older women with malfunctioning kidneys are at increased risk for sudden cardiac death, says a U.S. study.

  A Month of Exercise Helps Ease Heart Failure

TUESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Just four weeks of moderate exercise is enough to boost the cardiac performance and breathing capacity of patients with heart failure, a new study finds.

  Food as Medicine?

TUESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Caffeine, green tea and tart cherries may guard against multiple sclerosis, cancer and cardiovascular troubles, respectively, new research suggests.

  Green Tea, Mushroom Extract Combo Slows Sarcomas

TUESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of the active ingredients in reishi mushrooms and green tea inhibited the growth of tumors and extended survival time of mice with sarcomas, two Chinese studies show.

  Genes' Influence on Fears Changes Over Time

TUESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic factors may help drive common fears, and new study finds, but the impact of these factors change with age.

  Aggressive Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Treatment Shows Some Benefit

TUESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- A new study that weighed whether aggressively lowering cholesterol levels and blood pressure in people at high risk of heart disease is worth the effort did not produce a definitive answer to the question.

  Scientists Block Prostate Cancer Cells' Spread

TUESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Interrupting communication between cancer cells and cells that promote inflammation blocks an early step in prostate cancer cell's spread, a U.S. study finds.

  Medical Errors Costing U.S. Billions

TUESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- From 2004 through 2006, patient safety errors resulted in 238,337 potentially preventable deaths of U.S. Medicare patients and cost the Medicare program $8.8 billion, according to the fifth annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

  Estrogen Supplements May Raise Odds of Benign Breast Disease

TUESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Women who took a common form of estrogen as hormone replacement therapy during menopause more than doubled their risk for certain types of benign breast disease compared with women who took a placebo, researchers say.

  Too Little Sleep Leads to Too Much Weight for Kids

MONDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Babies who get less than 12 hours of sleep a day face twice the risk of being overweight as preschoolers.

  Probable Case of Human-to-Human Bird Flu Transmission Reported

MONDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified a probable case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in China.

  Clinical Trials Update: April 8, 2008

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

  Omega-3 Fatty Acids Won't Prevent Crohn's Relapse

TUESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Omega-3 free fatty acids don't help prevent relapses in patients with Crohn's disease, concluded two studies published in the April 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

  Health Highlights: April 8, 2008

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

  Two Liver Cancer Treatments Better Than One

TUESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- By combining a special type of chemotherapy (TACE) with another treatment called radiofrequency ablation (RFA), Chinese researchers boosted the survival of people with advanced liver cancer by an average of 13 to 15 months compared to either treatment alone.