GERMANY-PILL Feb-22-2013 (920 words) With photo. xxxi Vatican official: German bishops’ rule on ‘Plan B’ for rape acceptable By Carol GlatzCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church has long accepted the possibility of preventing ovulation in a woman who has been raped, but withdraws that option if there is a possibility that [...]

Add Your Knowledge ™ Register Today Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. Sign Up Michael Smith North American Correspondent North American Correspondent for MedPage Today, is a three-time winner of the Science and Society Journalism Award of the Canadian Science Writers’ Association. After working for newspapers in several [...]

Lisa Schnirring  Staff Writer Feb 22, 2013 (CIDRAP News) – Some of the key markers that US officials use to track flu continued to tumble last week, though activity was still elevated in most parts of the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today. Nationally, the percentage of doctors visits for [...]

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Editor’s ChoiceAcademic JournalMain Category: HIV / AIDS Article Date: 22 Feb 2013 – 13:00 PST email to a friend   printer friendly   opinions   <!– rate article Patient / Public: 4.5 (2 votes) Healthcare Prof: According to two studies published in this week’s Science journal, ramping up HIV antiretroviral treatments in the South African [...]

Alright, so maybe you smoked a bit of weed in high school or college. Perhaps you even dabbled with something stronger. You want to tell your kids about it so that they can learn from your mistakes. Good idea? According to a new study, no. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign surveyed 561 [...]

LONDON | Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:40am EST LONDON (Reuters) – European regulators rejected a diet pill from Vivus (VVUS.O) for a second time and said the obesity treatment would not be approved unless the U.S. company conducted a large trial to prove its heart safety. The news sent shares in Vivus down more than [...]

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Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:00pm EST (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it has notified healthcare professionals of a Class I recall, the most serious type, of an orthopedic device made by Johnson Johnson. The device, called LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve, is used in reconstructive knee surgery. It was recalled because [...]

An intensive campaign to combat HIV/AIDS with costly antiretroviral drugs in rural South Africa has increased life expectancy by more than 11 years and significantly reduced the risk of infection for healthy individuals, according to new research. The two studies, published Thursday in the journal Science, come as wealthy Western nations are debating how best [...]