An elderly Palestinian pours coffee near Jenin. Women who drink a lot of coffee may have less risk of developing cancer of the uterus, a Japanese study said(AFP/Saif Dahlah)

TOKYO (AFP) -
Women who drink a lot of coffee may have less risk of developing cancer of the uterus, a Japanese study said Monday.
The study led by [...]

A man holds up a packet of tablets. Big Pharma may be throwing away billions of dollars on ad campaigns in the United States, according to a probe into the effectiveness of media blitzes to promote a drug directly with the public.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)

PARIS (AFP) -
Big Pharma may be throwing away billions of dollars on ad [...]

MUNICH (Reuters) -
Experts clashed over the safety of Merck
& Co and Schering-Plough's cholesterol drug Vytorin on Tuesday
as full results from a controversial study were presented at
Europe's biggest medical congress.

Researchers involved in the so-called SEAS study —
highlights of which were first released in July — said there
was no credible evidence linking Vytorin to cancer and [...]

A Jakarta food vendor offers “Buka Puasa,” or breakfast, during the first day of Ramadan. Fasting can cause serious health problems to those suffering from diabetes — a condition where the body releases too much sugar into the blood(AFP/Jewel Samad)

AMSTERDAM (AFP) -
Diabetic Muslims in the Netherlands are putting their health at risk by ignoring medical [...]

A nurse extracts a flu vaccine from a vial as San Luis Obispo County public healthcare professionals conduct a mass flu vaccination drill at the Veterans building in San Luis Obispo, California October 31, 2006. (Phil Klein/Reuters)

CHICAGO (Reuters) -
With careful monitoring, even children
who have had allergic reactions to a vaccine can still be
vaccinated, a U.S. [...]

A boy plays by the Yangtze river in Chongqing. Beijing hopes to stave off an obesity epidemic among its youth with a dramatic increase in physical education,(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)

BEIJING (AFP) -
Beijing hopes to stave off an obesity epidemic among its youth with a dramatic increase in physical education, state media reported Tuesday.
All students aged seven to [...]

Two boys watch a game at OK Slim summer camp on the outskirts of Beijing August 3, 2006. (Claro Cortes IV/Reuters)

CHICAGO (Reuters) -
Millions of poor children in the United
States may be getting fat before age 10 because their mothers
are stressed out and the youngsters seek escape in unhealthy
comfort food, researchers said on Tuesday.

The stress [...]

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

Angioplasty Needs More Follow-Up Than Bypass:
Study

While bypass surgery and angioplasty offer similar results for heart
patients with clogged arteries, those who have angioplasties are twice as
likely to require another procedure within a year, new research
contends.

For a presentation Monday at the [...]

- (HealthDay News) — When it's time for your baby to get
important vaccines, you should stay calm and keep the baby distracted and
as comfortable as possible.

Here are suggestions to help you and baby get through it, courtesy of
the U.S. National Library of Medicine:

Talk to your child softly and calmly, and don't let yourself get
visibly [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Skin requires frequent preventive care to
ward off conditions such as dermatitis (sometimes called eczema).

Here are suggestions on how to prevent dry skin, courtesy of the
Cleveland Clinic:

Don't take baths or showers that are too hot. Keep the water
lukewarm.
Take short baths or showers of only five to 10 minutes.
As soon as you [...]