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Flu Vaccine Protects Mom, Baby MedPage Today By Nancy Walsh, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Explain to interested patients that pregnant women who receive influenza vaccination not only protect themselves against the illness and its complications, but also protect their vulnerable babies. ... See all stories on this topic »

The Checkup: Study reveals Americans' sexual activity, condom use Washington Post By Jennifer LaRue Huget I've just got my hands on the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB). The 118-page report, released this morning in a special issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, features research about the sexual activity ... See all stories on this topic »

Women weigh heart-healthy alcohol, breast cancer risk USA Today By Mark Greenberg, for USA TODAY By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY For Brenda Coffee's friends, choosing a drink at a Mexican restaurant on a recent night out involved simple questions. Salt or no salt on their margaritas? Beer by the bottle or on tap? ... See all stories on this topic »

How the heat from a laptop can 'toast' the skin on your thighs Daily Mail By Fiona Macrae Balancing your laptop on your knees could cause permanent discolouration of the skin and, in rare cases, cancer, doctors have warned. The heat generated by the computers can cause a nettle sting-like rash - a condition named 'toasted ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Sleep loss might thwart dieters' fat loss Reuters By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting too little sleep might prevent dieters from losing as much body fat as they otherwise would have, a small study suggests. The findings, published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, ... See all stories on this topic »

Synthes to Pay Fine, Sell Unit to Settle Criminal Case in Three Deaths Bloomberg By Steven Church - Mon Oct 04 21:49:56 GMT 2010 Synthes Inc., which makes devices to treat spinal injuries, will sell its Norian Corp. unit to settle criminal allegations Norian illegally tested a bone-mending cement that caused the deaths of three ... See all stories on this topic »

U.S. Apologizes for Deliberately Infecting Guatemalans With Syphilis Care2.com (blog) Even as doctors and judges in Europe were developing the Nuremberg Code in response to Nazi doctors' human experiments, US medical researchers were intentionally infecting non-consenting Guatemalans with potentially deadly diseases. ... See all stories on this topic » Care2.com (blog)

Kids, adults learn all about stem cells Detroit Free Press BY ROBIN ERB Her eyes scrunched and focused on the vial of cells just inches from her face, Rebecca Parker took a breath and -- with a quick press of a button -- plunged the 1.5 milliliters of microorganisms into an orange liquid that would help clean ... See all stories on this topic »

Parental Role Aids Anorexia Recovery Wall Street Journal By SHIRLEY S. WANG Anorexia patients' families, once considered partly to blame for adolescents succumbing to the dangerous eating disorder, are increasingly being incorporated into the solution. In the strongest evidence to date to suggest families ... See all stories on this topic »

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