March 13, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Good news for women who have used birth control pills: A long-term study finds that those who took oral contraceptives at some point in their lives hav
March 12, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
By Helen Briggs Health reporter, BBC News Drinkers who are overweight face a "double whammy" impact on their liver, research suggests. Two studies of over a million UK men and women suggest
March 12, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Children with behavioral problems are at increased risk for chronic pain when they reach adulthood, new Scottish research has found. More here:
March 12, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy
AP - Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says. Continued here: Women on the pill may live longer, study say
March 12, 2010 / Cancer, Medical News
Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.
March 11, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
Emma Wilkinson Health reporter, BBC News Fluctuations in blood pressure could be more important than consistently high readings as a warning sign for stroke, researchers have said. Current guidelines
March 10, 2010 / Cancer, Medical News, Pregnancy
Two research teams have independently decoded the entire genome of patients to find the exact genetic cause of their disease. Original post: NYT: Decoded genome gives hope in fighting disease
March 10, 2010 / Cancer, Medical News
A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an exc
March 10, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy
AP - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have
March 10, 2010 / Cancer, Medical News, Pregnancy
A government panel says too many women who want to avoid a second Cesarean-section for child birth are being denied the chance. 8b8fab17ed0d2be0f25782223e27bf22 Read more here: Women need cha
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