- SUNDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) — With new “extended cycle” and
“continuous” oral contraceptives on the market, women today can choose to
have monthly withdrawal bleeding just four times a year — or not at all.

To many American women of childbearing age, these options have
tremendous appeal. In fact, more than two-thirds of women said they [...]

- SUNDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) — Healthy foods should be
included on the list of back-to-school supplies for your children, says a
University of Michigan Health System expert.

Dietitian Catherine Kraus explained that a healthy, balanced diet
enables neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in the brain) to function
more efficiently, resulting in improved concentration and memory.

“Childhood is a crucial [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Poor treatment may be fueling the
rise of an especially hard to treat form of tuberculosis called
extensively drug resistant or XDR TB, doctors reported on
Sunday.

But they said their project, based at a remote Siberian
prison, showed they could successfully treat nearly half the
patients with XDR TB. It also suggested that better treatment
of patients with [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Researchers have found a gene that
causes most inherited forms of neuroblastoma, a rare and deadly
form of childhood cancer, and say the discovery points to new
treatments.

Mutations in a gene called ALK were strongly linked to
neuroblastoma, the researchers from the United States, Italy
and Belgium reported on Sunday. They said several companies
already are working on [...]

Mit dem Abpumpen der Milch können sich stillende Mütter etwas Freiraum bei der Versorgung ihres Kindes schaffen. Und im Kühlschrank hält sich Muttermilch bis zu drei Tage lang - bei Raumtemperatur kann sie sechs bis acht Stunden aufbewahrt werden, erläutert die Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Apothekerverbände (ABDA) in Berlin. Sogar das Einfrieren ist möglich, allerdings sinke dadurch [...]

NEW DELHI (AFP) - La mort de 49 bébés cobayes dans le plus grand hôpital d’Inde lève un coin de voile sur le boom des délocalisations d’essais cliniques de médicaments de l’industrie pharmaceutique mondiale.
Les décès de ces nourrissons, survenus en l’espace de deux ans et demi, ont été révélés cette semaine par le journal Times [...]