Health Tip: Coping With Urinary Incontinence (HealthDay) HealthDay - (
HealthDay News) - Urinary incontinence affects millions of women, commonly after childbirth.
Source: news.yahoo.comWHO to recommend ways to reduce harm of alcohol (Reuters) Reuters - World
Health Organization (WHO) experts will recommend ways to fight dangers linked to alcohol, including heart and liver disease, road accidents, suicides and sexually-transmitted infections, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
Source: news.yahoo.comStudy: The Pill protects against cancer (AP) 
AP - Women on the birth control pill are protected from ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it, scientists said. British researchers found that women taking the pill for 15 years halved their chances of developing ovarian cancer, and that the risk remained low more than 30 years later, though protection weakened over time. The findings were published Friday in The Lancet.
Source: news.yahoo.comAnti-Clotting Drug Trial Shortened by Bleeding Problems (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 24 (
HealthDay News) -- A study of the new anti-clotting drug idraparinux for preventing strokes was stopped early because of excess bleeding, a problem that has plagued the medication.
Source: news.yahoo.comIndia worst bird flu outbreak spreads (AFP) 
AFP - India's worst outbreak of bird flu spread as health authorities battled on Friday to stop it reaching the densely populated city of Kolkata amid heavy rain that hampered culling efforts.
Source: news.yahoo.comGeriatrician Care Guards Against Risk of Inappropriate Meds (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 25 (
HealthDay News) -- Elderly Americans taking
prescription medications face a lower risk for being given an inappropriate drug or dosage if they receive care from a geriatrician, new research reveals.
Source: news.yahoo.comSeasonal flu vaccine may help in fight against H5N1 (Reuters) 
Reuters - Animals that have previously been vaccinated against seasonal flu appear to respond far quicker to experimental H5N1 bird flu vaccines, a study has found.
Source: news.yahoo.comOral Contraceptives Cut Ovarian Cancer Risk (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 25 (
HealthDay News) -- Woman who take oral contraceptives greatly reduce their risk of developing ovarian cancer, and the longer they take them the greater the protection, a new study confirms.
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