Women are often deprived of health care in the crucial years of puberty and old age due to social inequalities with men, the World Health Organisation said Monday.
Women are often deprived of health care in the crucial years of puberty and old age due to social inequalities with men, the World Health Organisation said Monday.
Injecting tiny polymer spheres into rats right after a spinal cord injury helped the animals recover movement and prevented secondary nerve damage that often follows such injuries, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
LONDON – In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor’s offices aren’t swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don’t really need it.
NEW YORK – Parents may be setting their daughters up for weight problems simply by allowing them to drink two or more sweetened drinks daily while young, study findings hint.
Night-shift workers should avoid drinking coffee if they wish to improve their sleep, according to new research.
Changes to the earth’s land cover, climate and ecosystems are endangering the health of hundreds of millions, possibly over a billion, of people worldwide and now represent the greatest public health challenge of the 21st century, says international green think tank Worldwatch Institute.
BOSTON - Allowing the heart to keep beating during coronary bypass surgery is riskier than stopping the heart and using a heart-lung machine to keep the patient alive, researchers reported on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON - Vets in the US state of Iowa said Wednesday that a household cat had tested positive for swine flu — the first known case in the world of the new pandemic strain spreading to the feline population.
BOSTON - Allowing the heart to keep beating during coronary bypass surgery is riskier than stopping the heart and using a heart-lung machine to keep the patient alive, researchers reported on Wednesday.
Women who take folic acid supplements during the later months of pregnancy may be increasing their baby’s risk of developing asthma, according to a newly released Australian study.