(HealthDay News) -- Pertussis, more commonly called whooping cough, is a bacterial infection that can be life-threatening in some babies and children who develop complications.

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Maybe it's not so bad that children gorge themselves on candy on Halloween.

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Women in their 40s who are thoroughly confused by recent moves to push back the recommended age for having mammograms to 50 may find clarity in a new study that found having the screening scans in the 40s can save lives.

(HealthDay News) -- Malabsorption can be caused by a number of health problems, from gastrointestinal disorders to some forms of cancer.

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- People with fibromyalgia are 11 times more likely to have restless legs syndrome (RLS) than those in the general population, according to a new study.

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Strength training may help kidney disease patients live longer and healthier lives, according to a new study.

THURSDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A treatment for major depression that uses intense magnetic pulses to stimulate the brain, previously shown to reduce acute symptoms for brief periods, appears to work over the longer term when teamed with antidepressants, researchers report.

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- New insight into how different types of age-related hearing loss may occur could help lead to the development of drugs to preserve hearing, scientists say.

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Among U.S. children younger than 18, hospitalizations for all-terrain vehicle (ATV) injuries increased 150 percent between 1997 and 2006, new research shows.

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Using brain imaging to look at how working memory is influenced by emotions may help identify which children have bipolar disorder and which have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), researchers suggest.

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Children aged 5 years or younger accounted for 68.9 percent of the estimated 100,340 U.S. emergency department visits in 2008 that involved accidental ingestion of prescription medicines and other drugs, says a U.S. government report.

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Family caregivers' greatest concerns about the progression of a loved one's Alzheimer's disease are memory loss (41 percent), personal safety (33 percent) and confusion (27 percent), finds a new survey.

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) As if it weren't fearsome enough already, Tyrannosaurus rex had yet another disagreeable trait, a new study claims.

THURSDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Emergency dispatchers should advise bystanders to use chest-compression-only CPR on heart attack victims, rather than the standard protocol of chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth ventilation, according to a new study.

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- As part of World Osteoporosis Day on Oct. 20, the International Osteoporosis Foundation has issued a new report on the serious but often overlooked problem of spinal fractures, declaring that two-thirds of them go undiagnosed and untreated.

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitalizations for diabetes in the United States rose 65 percent over a recent 14-year span, with young adults -- and young women in particular -- accounting for much of that surge, a new study shows.

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

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- For overweight children, losing just a little weight can significantly lower their blood pressure, according to researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine.

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