New research to be published in BJOG: An worldly Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BJOG) will reveal that some women waiting for in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment would prefer to give birth to a child with chronic disability associated with a multiple birth due to double embryo transfer, than...

A new study shows that obesity is socially contagious, and having obese parents, siblings or friends dramatically increases your chance of fitting obese yourself. The same is true in reverse as well — thin folks are increasingly likely to have thin friends and family, and obese citizens who lose...

Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Tom Davis (R-Va.) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) earlier that week introduced legislation (HR 3158) that would supply female federal employees with eight weeks of paid paternal leave, the Washington Post reports. According to the Post, the degree is similar...

Finding an strange mole can be scary, particularly whether you don’t know the difference amoung ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’. I had one a few years ago on my back, and it turned out to be normal but it freaked me out a bit. Here’s a handy visual guide from Fitsugar on...

If a person smokes one cannabis joint the affect on his/her lungs is the equivalent of smoking up to five cigarettes concurrently, says a report in the journal Thorax.The researchers examined goods on 339 adults from an ongoing study of respiratory health: they were all under the age of 70. [click link...

Gloria Elisa has that to say approximately the gift of cancer: When my twin was diagnosed with cancer, it was certainly a wake up shout. I don’t think I would ever refer to it as a gift — even now. It was two years of so many ups and downs and unimaginable tough lessons, but in turn we finally...

How effective and useful VAC Therapy, or Topical Negative Pressure is in the treatment of long-term wounds is questioned in an write-up in that month’s Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). that treatment has become progressively increasingly popular. Topical Negative Pressure involves placing...

After a debate that has divided officials within the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an advisory committee to the federal agency yesterday voted to keep the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) made by GlaxoSmithKline on the market. that was just after the same panel had overwhelmingly decided...

A new US study based on laboratory mice suggests that drinking low to moderate amounts of caffeine and exercising regularly protects the skin from damaging ultraviolet rays known to cause skin cancer. The caffeine and exercise seem to work together to kill off precancerous skin cells whose DNA has been...

For a week I seemed to be in a limbo amidst hypomania and normal, which I decided to refer to as gentle hypomania, where I’m not fairly regular, but not fully hypomanic either. I’ve plus noticed a mood which feels like a combination of gentle hypomania with gentle depression, which I am going...

Yes, the title conjures up images of a futuristic world in which diabetics puff their way back to health. “New! Insulin Cigarettes!” In fact, it’s rather increasingly innocuous than that: scientists have engineered a type of insulin-containing tobacco plant that could – in theory,...