Pregnancy lifestyles could be better   Reported June 05, 2009 Women need more support to adopt healthier lifestyles when they are pregnant, a Queensland study suggests. Only 10% of women quit smoking when they became pregnant and those who continued to smoke only reduce their average intake from 16 to 13 cigarettes per day, a study carried out at …

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Deadly bird flu strain in FranceJuly 6, 2007 Three swans found dead in the north-east of France have tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, suggesting the virus may once again be spreading across Europe. At least five other European nations have reported avian influenza outbreaks this year, according to the Paris-based World …

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‘Indian couple still shy to openly discuss sex’ Reported October 01, 2008 New Delhi, October 1: Noting that Indians still find sex a behind the doors topic, a new survey shows that one out of two men in the country do not have optimal erection hardness and over 60 per cent of women feel their partner's erections are inadequate. According to the …

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Spinal cord research shows promiseReported November 13, 2007 MONTREAL - Montreal researchers have identified what may be a pivotal first step toward regenerating injured spinal cords using the body's own stem cells. The repair mechanism that works well in a developing or embryonic nervous system seems to work in reverse in adults following injury, explained …

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In Russia, 2% Are Heavy Drinkers Reported September 18, 2008 The concept, which draft is currently considered at ministries and departments, provides for “restricting the alcohol consumption, excluding appearance of poor-quality alcohol product on the market, arrangement of comprehensive system of alcohol prevention and alcohol abuse amid the …

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Sweden Says Gender Based Abortions are Legal   Reported May 26, 2009 (ChattahBox) — Swedish health authorities have ruled that under the current law, a woman is allowed to have an abortion, solely for the purpose of ending a pregnancy when the gender of the fetus is not what a woman wants. Health officials also decided that …

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U.K. Urges Pregnant Women to Take Precautions Against Swine Flu   Reported July 20, 2009 July 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. government urged pregnant women to take precautions against swine flu after one person with the virus died after giving birth prematurely last week. “Anybody in pregnancy is more careful about where they go, what they do,” Health …

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New Quebec website helps people deal with post-traumatic stressReported May 05, 2009 MONTREAL — The thousands of people in Canada suffering from post-traumatic stress have been offered new help in the form of a website started by a Montreal mental health institute. The bilingual info-trauma.org site was developed by the Douglas Mental Health University Institute …

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Swine Flu Cases Still Rising   Reported June 06, 2009 Philippine officials have postponed the start of college classes on concerns over the rising number of swine flu cases in the country, as several nations reported more incidences of the H1N1 virus. In Australia, the number of confirmed swine flu cases rose to 1,009 Saturday, more than triple the …

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France Best, U.S. Worst in Preventable Death Ranking Reported January 08, 2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - France, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States worst in new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers said on Tuesday. If the U.S. health care system performed as …

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About One-Fifth Of Women In India Experience Menopause By Age 41, Study SaysJuly 12, 2007 About one in five women residing in India are likely to experience menopause by the age of 41, according to a study conducted by Bangalore, India-based Institute for Social and Economic Change, London's Times reports. According to the Times, the onset of …

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Skip Mouth-To-Mouth In CPR, Study SaysReported December 26, 2007 Many people who have been trained in CPR believe that if they are assisting someone in cardiac arrest, they need to do mouth-to-mouth breathing and chest compressions. But two studies in the journal Circulation say that survival chances may be worse when people do mouth-to-mouth. The studies from Sweden and …

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