Men are twice as likely as women to test positive for chlamydia but are more reluctant to have a sexual health screening, new figures suggest.
By Nick Collins
Some 13 per cent of men who bought chlamydia tests were found to have the sexually transmitted infection (STI), compared with six per cent of women, according to a survey.
By Jane Elliott Health reporter, BBC News
After a pregnant woman was prosecuted for failing to wear a seatbelt, inventor Stephen Weston’s was inspired to try and find a solution.
The woman had not worn a belt because she was concerned it could harm her unborn foetus in the event of a crash.
Stephen said his wife suggested the project to him.
“I was surprised there was nothing there already. Read More…
Robot-driven procedures are popular, but surgeons say the technology isn’t evolving quickly enough.
By Emily Singer
An eight-year-old girl lies in an operating room in Children’s Hospital Boston, propped up on one side, ready for surgery. She had been complaining of pains in her side, and a scan revealed a blockage in her left kidney.
In most hospitals, she’d get a six-inch slice down her abdominal wall, giving surgeons access to her kidney during open surgery, and would then spend four to five days recovering in the hospital. Read More…
Matthew Herper
When drugs fail, new surgical procedures and devices can help.
Movie legend Elizabeth Taylor, 78, took to the micro-blogging site Twitter last October and announced she was undergoing an experimental heart procedure.
Pregnant women in the workplace affect the inclination of female colleagues to try for children, a new study shows. The same is however not true for expectant fathers.
If a woman at a workplace becomes pregnant, the chance of other colleagues becoming pregnant within 13 to 24 months increases by 10 percent, according to the study of birth patterns by Uppsala University researchers Lena Hensvik and Peter Nilsson. Read More…
High court could refuse recognition to people who flout law by paying disproportionate fees to a surrogate mother overseas
Denis Campbell, health correspondent
Childless couples who acquire a baby using a surrogate mother abroad risk not being recognised as its parents in Britain if they flout British law by paying fees, fertility lawyers have warned.
Light exercise during pregnancy may improve the future health of a child by controlling weight in the womb, New Zealand and US researchers say.
Overweight or obese mums are more likely to have larger babies which could be at higher risk of health problems later in life.
By Lori Bongiorno
The only difference between a brown and white egg is the color of the shell. Despite what you may have heard, one isn’t healthier, more “natural,” or more eco-friendly than the other. And there aren’t any differences in nutritional quality, flavor, or cooking characteristics.
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes BBC News, Russia
Since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, opium production in Afghanistan has risen dramatically. Russia’s geographic proximity to the region has made it a huge consumer – sending thousands of Russians to an early grave every year.
A couple of weeks ago, and three time zones east of Moscow, I sat and watched another mother as she cried over the lifeless body of her 20-year-old son. It felt like an affront being there, intruding on her inconsolable grief.
Synopsis
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that’s been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Read More…
