Guidelines to reduce C-section births urge waiting
Friday, 14 March 2014, 14:23
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
U.S. obstetricians are being told to show more patience in the delivery room. New guidelines say doctors should give otherwise healthy women more time to deliver their babies vaginally...
Gene therapy seems safe, may help control HIV
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 14:21
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Scientists have modified genes in the blood cells of HIV patients to help them resist the AIDS virus, and say the treatment seems safe and promising. The results give hope that this approach might one...
A sign that US preschooler obesity is falling?
Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 14:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Toddler obesity shrank sharply in America in the past decade, a new study suggests. While promising, it's not proof that the nation has turned a corner in the battle against childhood obesity,...
4 women with new wombs are trying to get pregnant
Tuesday, 11 March 2014, 14:13
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A Swedish doctor says four women who received transplanted wombs have had embryos transferred into them in an attempt to get pregnant. He would not say on Monday whether any of the women...
Study links older dads, kids' psychiatric problems
Saturday, 8 March 2014, 16:34
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Older fathers may face higher risks than previously thought for having children with psychiatric problems, including bipolar disorder, autism and attention deficits, according to the largest study to...
US eases concern about certain diabetes drugs
Friday, 7 March 2014, 16:31
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
People who take Januvia, Byetta or certain other widely prescribed medicines for diabetes can breathe a little easier — U.S. and European regulators have found no compelling evidence of a link...
UK seeks public input on making 3-parent embryos
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 16:30
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Britain is inviting the public to weigh in on draft rules allowing scientists to create embryos using DNA from three people — a man and two women — to prevent mothers from passing on...
Teen helps scientists study her own rare disease
Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 16:28
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
First the American teenager survived a rare cancer. Then she wanted to study it, spurring a study that helped scientists find a weird gene flaw that might play a role in how the tumor...
Study: MERS virus infecting camels since 1992
Tuesday, 4 March 2014, 16:22
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Scientists say the mysterious MERS virus has been infecting camels in Saudi Arabia for at least two decades, and early human cases probably went undiagnosed. Since the Middle East...
Test could predict which teen boys get depression
Saturday, 1 March 2014, 16:29
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A saliva test for teenage boys with mild symptoms of depression could help identify those who will later develop major depression, a new study says. Researchers measured the stress hormone...