Planned Parenthood’s Guttmacher Institute has disclosed that a Delaware abortion provider has admitted to greatly underreporting the number of abortions it performs each year-including in statistics that it provided to Delaware’s Department…
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Rare Form Of Stroke During Pregnancies, Post-Partum Underreported
A rare and often underreported form of stroke that involves veins instead of arteries is more common than previously thought, according to the American Heart Association’s first scientific statement on diagnosing and…
Testosterone in womb linked to autism risk
PERTH researchers have uncovered further evidence of a link between testosterone and autism, backing a theory that high testosterone exposure in the womb increases the risk of the disorder. Researchers at Fiona…
Viral infections linked to childhood diabetes
Viral infections could play a role in the development of Type 1 diabetes after researchers found children with the condition were nearly 10 times as likely to have a virus than healthy…
Alternative Method for Chromatography Invented to Measure Medical Doses
Iranian researchers at the University of Kashan used carbon paste electrodes modified by gold nanoparticles to measure the atenolol medicine doses. This method can be an alternative for the complicated and expensive…
Ban call as mothballs hurt babies’ brains
EXPERTS have called for a ban on the sale of mothballs containing the chemical naphthalene, warning that they pose a risk of severe blood problems and even brain damage for significant numbers…
Herbal weight loss pill banned
The Ministry of Health has warned against using Celerite, a herbal weight loss pill that can cause heart palpitations and has ordered its withdrawal from the market. The warning follows a similar…
Scientists find gene that could help body cure itself of HIV
Scientists may have found a way for the body to cure itself of HIV. In a series of tantalising experiments, they were able to harness the immune system to such an extent…
Stomach cancer prevalence is higher in lower classes
The outbreak of death due to stomach cancer has subsided causelessly during the past 60 years, however its prevalence has been higher in lower social and economical classes. Research center of cancer…
Debate swirls around overseas surrogacy
Victor and Mary Hui-Wee, who were having no luck with adoption after they were unable to conceive a child, had all but given up on welcoming a newborn into their lives after…
Lack of iodine, vitamin D in indigenous
Two new studies have shown how the basic nutritional needs of indigenous Australians are not being met. Researchers have detected iodine deficiency – previously thought to occur only in the nation’s south-eastern…
It’s never too late to get your brain off the couch, study finds
It’s never too late to start exercising, especially when it comes to brain fitness. Neurologists have long known that our brains get slightly smaller as we grow older and that this shrinkage…
The UK Could Save 200 Million Pounds In 2011 By Using A Generic Blood Pressure And Heart Drug
Using a generic drug to treat hypertension and heart failure, instead of branded medicines from the same class, could save the UK National Health Service (NHS) at least £200 million in 2011…
Decay warning: Bottles rot baby teeth
DENTAL experts are urging parents to stop bottle-feeding their babies to sleep because of rising rates of severe tooth decay. The call comes after a leading Australian children’s hospital noticed an increase…
Diagnosis Of Fatal Genetic Diseases By Blood-Clotting Agent
University of Manchester scientists have shown that a protein involved in blood clotting can be used to diagnose and subsequently monitor the treatment of a group of childhood genetic diseases. In the…