Health officials and breast-feeding advocates are urging hospitals to stop giving away formula samples to new mothers, saying the easy access affects the length of breast-feeding.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/2481e145/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583915210/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2481e145/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583915210/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2481e145/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/147583915210/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2481e145/a2t.img" border="0"/
Methadone treatment helps addicts to avoid risky behavior like sharing needles and prostitution, and to stay on antiretroviral drugs, a study finds, which lowers the chance they will infect others.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/2481981a/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583912704/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2481981a/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583912704/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2481981a/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/147583912704/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2481981a/a2t.img" border="0"/
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has focused attention on the reformulation of drugs, a prevalent practice that leaves many patients and even some doctors unclear about the origins of medications.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/24812b50/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583921422/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24812b50/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583921422/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24812b50/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/147583921422/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24812b50/a2t.img" border="0"/
A steroid drug tainted with a fungus has been recalled in a meningitis outbreak, but more cases are expected, even as experts examine why only a fraction of the people exposed have fallen ill.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/248138a9/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583910506/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/248138a9/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583910506/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/248138a9/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/147583910506/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/248138a9/a2t.img" border="0"/
Finnish researchers who tracked men for 12 years found those with the highest blood levels of lycopene - abundant in tomatoes - were 55 percent less likely to have a stroke than those with the lowest.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/2480ee21/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583910796/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2480ee21/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583910796/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2480ee21/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/147583910796/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2480ee21/a2t.img" border="0"/
Anticholinergic medicine and Botox injections are equally effective in reducing episodes, a study shows, with those who took Botox more likely to see symptoms completely disappear.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/2480ebbb/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583910504/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2480ebbb/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583910504/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2480ebbb/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/147583910504/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2480ebbb/a2t.img" border="0"/
While prenatal exposure to mercury, found in fish, is linked to A.D.H.D. symptoms, the greater a mother's consumption of fish, the less likely her child is to have the symptoms, a study has found.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/2480ebbc/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583910502/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2480ebbc/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583910502/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2480ebbc/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/147583910502/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2480ebbc/a2t.img" border="0"/
Seasonal vegetables like Chinese broccoli, mushrooms, cabbage and carrots bring a taste of fall to these quick and easily adaptable meals.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/24803713/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583905407/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24803713/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583905407/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24803713/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/147583905407/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24803713/a2t.img" border="0"/
Too many people who are free of symptoms associated with stroke are undergoing surgery to clear carotid arteries, or are having stents inserted, than is justified by available evidence, experts say.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/24794e2c/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583879472/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24794e2c/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583879472/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24794e2c/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/147583879472/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24794e2c/a2t.img" border="0"/
Researchers found no evidence that girls who were vaccinated beginning around age 11 went on to engage in more sexual activity than girls who were not vaccinated.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/24794e29/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583879473/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24794e29/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583879473/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24794e29/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/147583879473/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24794e29/a2t.img" border="0"/
Too many people who are free of symptoms associated with stroke are undergoing surgery to clear carotid arteries, or are having stents inserted, than is justified by available evidence, experts say.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/24794e2c/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583879472/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24794e2c/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/147583879472/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24794e2c/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/147583879472/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/24794e2c/a2t.img" border="0"/
