TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Successful treatment of major depression in mothers also leads to improved mental health for their children, according to a new study.

(HealthDay News) -- Healthy cooking doesn't have to be bland and boring. The American Heart Association offers these healthy cooking techniques to help you prepare delicious, heart-healthy meals:

(HealthDay News) -- Pain in the shoulder can impact most moves you make, so it's important to identify the source and treat it.

MONDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors today are more likely to advise obese arthritis patients to lose weight than 10 years ago, but they still fall short on counseling patients to exercise or learn about pain-management techniques, a new study finds.

TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Efforts to refer surgical patients to hospitals that handle a large number of such procedures did not improve patient outcomes, according to the results of a study in Washington state.

TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Guidelines for children's heart and breathing rate reference ranges need to be updated, say researchers who reviewed 69 studies that included a total of about 143,000 children.

TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Having a bad, short-term or poorly paid job can harm your mental health as much as having no job, according to a new study.

TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- The cholera epidemic in Haiti this year will be far worse than the 400,000 cases predicted by the United Nations, new study findings indicate.

TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans aged 65 and older are not receiving potentially lifesaving preventive health services, says a new report by several U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agencies.

TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- The likelihood of Medicare patients being diagnosed with a chronic disease may depend on where they live, a disparity that makes it more difficult to assess the quality of care patients receive, a new study finds.

TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- The crisis at Japan's stricken complex of four nuclear reactors deteriorated dramatically Tuesday as explosions continued to rock the site and reports emerged that water in a pool used to cool spent fuel rods may be boiling.

TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Most U.S. states are poorly prepared to deal with a major nuclear plant crisis such as the one now unfolding in Japan, suggests a survey of state health departments.

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

TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- The number of people who smoke a pack or more a day has dropped significantly in the United States, and perhaps nowhere more than in California, a new study finds.

TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Owning a dog may do your heart good, literally.

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

TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Although remnants of the tsunami that devastated the nuclear complex in Japan did manage to reach America's shores, it's highly unlikely that any radiation from the unfolding disaster across the Pacific Ocean will make it to North America, experts say.

TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Gadavist (gadobutrol) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a contrast agent for people having magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the central nervous system.

TUESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- People with chronic kidney disease routinely undergo tests to measure blood levels of phosphorous, calcium and parathyroid hormone, to assess their risk of heart disease.