“Female circumcision” raises childbirth risks: WHO
• Childbirth • Jun 02 06

Female circumcision, performed on as many as 3 million girls each year, complicates childbirth later in life and causes higher mortality among their babies,… “Female circumcision” raises childbirth risks: WHO   

 
 

Patients More Open to Treatment Side Effects as Disease Progresses
• Public Health • Jun 02 06

Faced with declining health due to a chronic illness, many patients become more willing to accept treatments that could leave them functionally disabled, a… Patients More Open to Treatment Side Effects as Disease Progresses   

 
 

Are Antibiotics for Suspected Childhood Meningitis Harmful?
• Children's Health • Jun 02 06

Parenteral penicillin for children with meningococcal disease before hospital admission: case-control study BMJ Volume 332, pp 1295-7

Effectiveness of antibiotics given before admission in… Are Antibiotics for Suspected Childhood Meningitis Harmful?   

 
 

Kids’ Chronic Headache and Sleeplessness Go Hand-in-Hand
• Children's Health • Jun 01 06

Frequent headaches in children appear linked with sleep problems, although researchers aren’t sure which comes first.

A team from the Mayo Clinic studied data… Kids’ Chronic Headache and Sleeplessness Go Hand-in-Hand   

 
 

Are Sleepy Kids at Risk for Obesity?
• Children's Health • Jun 01 06

Are Sleepy Kids at Risk for OBESITY?

Kids today tend to sleep less and weigh more than their peers growing up just a few decades ago. Now intriguing new research suggests… Are Sleepy Kids at Risk for Obesity?   

 
 

Injectable Osteoporosis Drug Shows Promise
• Drug News • Jun 01 06

A new drug for osteoporosis increases bone mineral density and decreases the rate of bone destruction in postmenopausal women.

The findings, which appear in… Injectable Osteoporosis Drug Shows Promise   

 
 

Progress in Gene Therapy for Immune Deficiency Diseases
• Genetics • Jun 01 06

A study showing that gene therapy may provide some benefit to certain older X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (XSCID) patients, who remain significantly immunodeficient after… Progress in Gene Therapy for Immune Deficiency Diseases   

 
 

Diet changes can improve diabetic kidney function
• Dieting • Jun 01 06

In type 2 diabetes patients with macroalbuminuria - excessive urine levels of a protein called albumin - replacing red meat with chicken in the… Diet changes can improve diabetic kidney function   

 
 

Antioxidant combo may prevent some migraines
• Migraine • Jun 01 06

Daily doses of antioxidants may reduce the frequency and severity of migraine headaches for patients who don’t response to drug treatment, a small new… Antioxidant combo may prevent some migraines   

 
 
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