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Many activities after pelvic surgery appear safe
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many of the activities that are normally restricted following surgery for pelvic-floor disorders are no more taxing than common everyday activities, such ...
Stress may raise women's BV risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Increases in psychosocial stress seem to increase a woman's odd of having, or developing, a vaginal infection termed bacterial vaginosis (BV), researchers ...
Efforts to curb diabetes reduce incontinence rates
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In overweight, pre-diabetic women, intensive lifestyle intervention to prevent diabetes also results in a lower risk of urinary incontinence, a new study ...
Bird flu poses no food safety risk: health expert
LONDON (Reuters) - Bird flu in poultry does not pose any food safety risk because it is unlikely a sick chicken would be slaughtered for consumption and thoroughly cooking meat and ...
Alternative medicine common in kids; docs unaware
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In places as far apart as Wales and Australia, about half of the children seen at pediatric hospitals are using complementary and alternative medicine ...
More than half of Japanese women childless at 30
TOKYO (Reuters) - More than half of Japanese women born in the early 1970s were still childless at 30, intensifying fears about the nation's already low birthrate, Japanese media said ...
Wal-Mart pharmacies to carry morning-after pill
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Friday that all of its pharmacies would carry morning-after contraceptive pills, bowing to pressure from states seeking to force the ...
Two Deaths Linked to Lead-Removal Drug
(AP)
AP - A drug that is sometimes used to treat lead poisoning — and is also believed by some parents to be effective against autism — caused the deaths of two children last year, the ...
House Mulls Bill on Food Label Removal
(AP)
AP - Hundreds of warnings on food labels could vanish under a measure moving toward approval in the House.
Guidelines May Speed Vaccine Development
(AP)
AP - Federal regulators published draft guidelines Thursday on ways to speed new flu vaccines to market for common winter influenza as well as an even deadlier strain of the virus, such as ...
Stroke Victims May Regain Weak Arm Use
(AP)
AP - As long as five years after suffering a stroke, people were able to regain use of a weak arm when their strong arm was restrained during two weeks of intensive therapy, new research ...
Whirlpool baths: enter at your own risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Better think twice before soothing those aching muscles in a whirlpool bath or hot tub. A new study shows that whirlpool bathtubs can be a breeding ground ...
Medicis says skin drug gets added FDA approval
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. on Thursday said U.S. regulators approved its Vanos psoriasis drug to treat several other common skin conditions, such as eczema and ...
EU warns of surge in unsafe consumer products
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The number of products that pose a serious risk for the health and safety of consumers has increased steeply in the European Union, with many such goods imported ...
Arthritis drug may work better second time around
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even if an initial course of methotrexate for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) gives disappointing results, persistence may pay off. A second ...
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