Children born to women exposed to high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) appear to have slightly lower IQs and more behavioral problems than children whose

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and drugmaker Pharmacia are advising doctors that the firm’s COX-2 inhibitor valdecoxib (Bextra) has been associated with serious

A small pilot study reported in the November issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings demonstrated the benefit of gabapentin for the treatment of hot flashes

Growth hormone (GH) alone or in combination with sex steroids should not be used outside of controlled trials, according to the results of a study

Britain’s Medicines Control Agency (MCA) has advised doctors to investigate the potential risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with breast cancer before prescribing tamoxifen.

Alcohol may have cardioprotective effects, but daily consumption of alcoholic beverages can increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer, according to a report published in

There is no specific medical reason to exclude women over age 50 from becoming pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF) with donated oocytes, the results

שר הבריאות החליט להקים ועדה אשר תדון ותקבע כללים הנוגעים לקביעת מין העובר, שיבוט עוברים, לרבות כללים והנחיות הנוגעים למחקרים על עוברים. את הועדה ירכז

Results of a large prospective study suggest that pregnant women who engage in vigorous leisure activity during the first and second trimester may be at

In Austria, neither mercury nor lead are present in significant concentrations in breast milk, study results indicate. In the November issue of the journal Pediatrics,

Although the common teaching is that doctors should not use lubrication when obtaining specimens for cervical cytology, women have complained that the pain is significant.

Men and women with depression demonstrate similar response rates when treated with tricyclic antidepressants or fluoxetine, according to a recent report. Although the response to

The rate of vaginal births among women who have had a previous cesarean section dropped during the late 1990s in California–a decline that mirrors national

Doctors working in private hospitals and clinics across France began an open-ended strike today in an action that is splitting the medical community. The main

Women with fasting hyperglycemia associated with gestational diabetes, as well as those with pregestational diabetes, have a three- to four-fold increased risk of bearing infants

Conceptus Inc.’s Essure, a device that works something like an IUD but sterilizes a woman, has been cleared for marketing by the US Food and

Non-diabetic women with recurrent vaginal candidiasis have a discretely impaired glucose metabolism, researchers in Belgium have found.  Glucose tolerance testing in these women is of

A supportive presence by mothers of children who were exposed prenatally to alcohol may lead to improved levels of attachment.  Young children, exposed prenatally to

Excessive bleeding, a troublesome side-effect that causes many women to stop taking hormone replacement therapies (HRT), is less likely with progesterone than with more commonly

Second twins born of vaginal delivery are at higher risk of death than first-born twins from complications during labor and delivery, according to the results