Once-promising drugs that were abandoned in the fight against breast cancer still could be effective in obese patients, new research suggests. In laboratory tests, hormones produced by fat cells stimulate breast cancer cells to migrate and invade surrounding tissues, scientists at Emory University School of Medicine found.

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Bhopal gas tragedy: 24 years on, the trauma continues

Published December 2, 2008, 8:51 am, New Kerala

By Sanjay Sharma, Bhopal, Dec 2: Twenty-four years have passed since the world's worst man-made disaster - Bhopal gas tragedy - occurred.

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CONGO: Government moves to curb food inflation "taking time"

Published December 2, 2008, 8:50 am, AlertNet

Source: IRIN Government measures aimed at reducing the cost of staple commodities in the Republic of Congo, where salaries have remained unchanged for years, have failed to stem food inflation. Many people have been forced to change their diets, which has had an adverse impact on health.

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Public Health Agency of Canada: Note to Editors

Published December 2, 2008, 7:30 am, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance

The Public Health Agency of Canada today released a major report on the health of pregnant women, new mothers and their babies.

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Elsevier announces the 2008 supplement of Reproductive Health Matters

Published December 2, 2008, 7:28 am, EurekAlert!

( Elsevier ) Second trimester abortion: women's health and public policy.

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Wisconsin pro-life group voices support for Sen. Hillary Clintons bill to ban conscience clause

Published December 2, 2008, 6:54 am, Wausau Daily Herald

A Wisconsin pro-choice group has voiced its support for a bill proposed by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, and Patty Murray, D-Washington.

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Miraculous multiplicity

Published December 2, 2008, 6:47 am, Asbury Park Press

Red Bank hospital sees 11 sets of twins delivered since September.

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Early HIV diagnosis and treatment saves lives of newborn babies - UN report

Published December 2, 2008, 6:17 am, Islamic Republic News Agency

HIV - UNAIDS Early HIV testing and treatment procedures have proved to be life-saving for newborn babies exposed to the virus, according to a United Nations report released Monday to coincide with World AIDS Day, as several top UN officials warn that much work remains to be done in combating the epidemic.

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