MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Children with a condition known as developmental coordination disorder are at greater risk of being overweight or obese than other youngsters, a new study finds.

(HealthDay News) -- Smoke detectors aren't the only devices that should be kept throughout the home in the event of a fire.

(HealthDay News) -- Getting children who are picky eaters to eat healthy foods may be a challenge.

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- More than 1.5 million adult cancer survivors in the United States are parents who live with one or more children younger than 18 years old, finds a new study.

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Aerobic cardio exercise is safe for patients coping with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a new French review of prior research suggests.

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies suggest there's a connection between parents who smoke and kids who are heavier or misbehave more than other children.

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Toddlers who receive the combination MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella and varicella) vaccine are at higher risk of having a febrile seizure a week to 10 days after receiving the shot than children who get the MMR and varicella (chicken pox) vaccines separately at the same visit, a new study confirms.

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. hospitals need to do more to improve care for dying patients, researchers say.

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Most American doctors believe their colleagues order more patient tests and procedures than needed, to protect themselves against lawsuits, a new national survey shows.

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- A new gender-specific formula for a woman's peak heart rate better predicts the risk of heart-related death, a new study finds.

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Cyclosporine, a drug commonly used to prevent organ rejection following a transplant, has been linked to a significantly increased risk of developing cancer after liver transplant, new Dutch research reveals.

SUNDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have located 12 new genes that seem to be linked with a predisposition for type 2 diabetes, bringing the total number of genetic locations implicated in the condition to 38.

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Riding a bike is as effective as walking briskly at helping premenopausal women keep from gaining more weight, a new study reveals.

SUNDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- School-based efforts at better nutrition, more exercise and improved education about healthy living can help kids who are most at risk for obesity keep the weight off, compared to children in schools without such programs, a new study suggests.

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- According to data pooled from several large clinical trials, the diabetes drug Avandia does raise the odds of having a heart attack, bolstering the argument that the drug's risks might outweigh its benefits in people with type 2 diabetes.

SUNDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that artificial pancreas technology can help diabetics gain greater blood sugar control overnight, even when they have eaten a big meal or had wine for dinner.

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that men who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins are a third less likely to suffer from recurrences of prostate cancer.

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- A simple blood test may one day help predict the age at which a woman will begin menopause, say the scientists who developed the test.

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

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Despite being used widely to lower cholesterol levels, statins don't appear to reduce the chances of death in people at risk of developing cardiovascular disease, British scientists have found.

(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- The continued use of antimicrobial drugs to promote growth in chickens, cattle and other livestock is tied to antibiotic resistance and should be phased out for that purpose, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday.