NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Transcutaneous electrical nerve
stimulation or TENS is a safe and effective treatment for a
type of vaginal pain called vestibulodynia, Italian researchers
report.

Vestibulodynia is commonly described as a burning type of
pain located at the opening of the vagina. Intercourse, tampon
insertion, and wearing tight clothing are among the activities
that may bring on the pain.

[...]

A woman passes by a poster showing the AIDS red ribbon at the Global Village in Mexico City on August 4, 2008 during an the XVII International AIDS/HIV Conference.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)

MEXICO CITY (AFP) -
The campaign to provide universal access to anti-AIDS drugs by 2010 and meet key Millennium Development Goals is at threat from a crippling [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
At least 10 infant deaths in
Arizona in 2006 were linked to over-the-counter cough and cold
remedies — underscoring the danger of giving the medications
to children younger than 2, researchers report.

The investigators found that of 21 infants who died
unexpectedly and had autopsy data available, 10 had evidence
that they been given cough or [...]

Pedestrians walk across the street near Times Square in a 2007 photo. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
If the trends of the past three
decades continue, it's possible that every American adult could
be overweight 40 years from now, a government-funded study
projects.

The figure might sound alarming, or impossible, but
researchers say that even if the actual rate [...]

A view shows the completed electronic eye camera, mounted on printed circuit board (green) for connection to a computer for image acquisition in this undated handout image. (Beckman Institute, University of Illinois/Handout/Reuters)

CHICAGO (Reuters) -
Borrowing one of nature's best designs,
U.S. scientists have built an eye-shaped camera using standard
sensor materials and say it could improve the performance [...]

A man peers through an iris recognition system in 2006. Inspired by the human anatomy, researchers in the United States have created the world's first curved electronic “eye” camera, according to a study released Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)

PARIS (AFP) -
Inspired by the human anatomy, researchers in the United States have created the world's first curved electronic “eye” [...]

A protest against farmaceutical company ABBOTT during the XVII International AIDS/HIV Conference in Mexico City. Twelve million HIV infections could be prevented by 2015 by using a combination of prevention methods including condoms, circumcision and other measures, UNAIDS officials said at a conference here Wednesday.(AFP/Luis Acosta)

MEXICO CITY (AFP) -
Twelve million HIV infections could be prevented [...]

LONDON (Reuters) -
Even viruses can go down with a viral
infection, French scientists reported on Wednesday, in a
discovery that may help explain how they swap genes and evolve
so rapidly.

A new strain of giant virus was isolated from a cooling
tower in Paris and found to be infected by a smaller type of
virus, named Sputnik, after the [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
One in three people who are
prescribed medications may never get them filled, a new study
in patients being treated for skin conditions has found.

Therefore, when a prescribed treatment fails doctors should
consider that a patient may not have purchased the medication
in the first place, Dr. Andreas Storm of Copenhagen University
Hospital in Bispebjerg, [...]

Les hôpitaux anglais sont régulièrement infestés de vermines Un rapport accablant sur la question vient d’être présenté par le parti conservateur. Ces deux dernières années plus de 20.000 infestations de souris, de fourmis, de cafards, de puces, etc. ont été signalées. L’hôpital public de Nothingham compte a nécessité à lui seul plus de mille interventions.
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