May 22, 2017 Infertile mice give birth with help of lab-grown ovaries Artificial ovaries grown in a lab might someday be available for women with infertility due to cancer treatments or other conditions, a study in mice suggests.
May 22, 2017 J&J ordered to pay $110M in talc product liability trial Johnson & Johnson on Thursday was ordered by a Missouri state court jury to pay over $110 million to a Virginia woman who says she developed ovarian cancer after decades of using of its talc-based products for feminine hygiene.
May 22, 2017 Who's your daddy? Non-invasive paternity tests Q&A with Dr. Manny: I’m not 100% sure who my baby's father is. Are there any non-invasive options to find out before he/she is born?
May 1, 2017 Long-term health effects of chewing nicotine gum From patches to hypnosis to pills and even gum, there are many ways to quit smoking. But is there a downside to these common treatments?
April 26, 2017 Cheap blood drug could prevent thousands of maternal deaths in developing world A cheap and widely available drug could save the lives of one in three of the 100,000 new mothers who bleed to death after childbirth every year, mostly in poorer countries, according to the first study of its use in postpartum haemorrhage.
April 17, 2017 Mom says stroke was triggered by birth control pills A mom-of-two suffered a stroke after taking the contraceptive pill for just over a year, doctors believe.
April 14, 2017 No, your period doesn't sync with your roommate's Sorry, ladies, but your roommate, sister, or female partner doesn't have an "alpha uterus" that's causing your menstrual cycle to align with hers.
April 7, 2017 Study links parental smoking with increased risk of childhood cancer Parents who smoke may contribute to genetic changes in their kids that are associated with the most common type of childhood cancer, a recent study suggests.
April 6, 2017 Sorority sister accused of faking cancer to scam parents, friends A Northern Kentucky University student is accused of duping her parents and sorority sisters into thinking she had stage 3 stomach cancer, as police investigate what happened to the thousands of dollars raised in her name.