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Breastfeeding :: Breast milk associated with greater mental development in preterm infants

Extremely low birth weight premature infants who received breast milk shortly after birth, while still in intensive care units, had greater mental development scores at 30 months than did infants who were not fed breast milk, reported researchers in an NIH network. Moreover, infants fed breast milk were less likely to have been re-hospitalized after their initial discharge than were the infants not fed breast milk.

Child Care :: Block-play may improve language development in toddlers

Playing with toy blocks may lead to improved language development in middle- and low-income children, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Breast Cancer :: New methods of beating breast cancer

University of Manchester researchers will reveal new ways of controlling and treating breast cancer at the National Cancer Research Institute conference in Birmingham today Monday, Oct. 1, 2007.

Healthy :: Obesity and eating healthy foods top the list of health issues

Healthy living concerns such as obesity and eating healthy foods top the list of health issues for B.C. children aged 10 to 16 years old, according to a report presented to Health Minister George Abbott today by Child Health BC at the conclusion of the one-year public input into the Conversation on Health.

Multiple Sclerosis :: Patients own stem cells injected to treat multiple sclerosis

Six patients in the United Kingdom suffering from multiple sclerosis are having their own stem cells injected into them as an experiment to see whether this type of treatment can repair the neurological damage that causes MS.

Ovarian Cancer :: Experimental drug boosts survival in recurrent ovarian cancer patients

New clinical data showed an experimental drug called pertuzumab prolonged the survival time for women with recurrent ovarian cancer, a University of Alabama at Birmingham doctor said recently.

Brain Cancer :: Wilmot Cancer Center Adds Gastrointestinal, Brain Cancer Experts

Three specialists in gastrointestinal and brain cancers recently joined the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center to meet the growing need in the Rochester and Upstate New York region.

Prostate Cancer :: Prostate Specific Antigen Test will help detect prostate cancer earlier, says George Smitherman

Ontario Liberals will take another step forward in its battle against cancer by covering prostate specific antigen (PSA) tests for men over the age of 50, said Health Minister George Smitherman from the Columbus Centre Fitness Club.

Medical Negligence :: Towel left in woman’s abdomen during caeserean section, India

In a case of alleged medical negligence, an Indian surgeon left a towel in the abdomen during caeserean operation performed on a woman who later died at her house in Bihar’s Darbhanga district, official sources said.

Ebola :: Ebola haemorrhagic fever in DR of Congo – update 3

The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is continuing to respond to the on-going outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the Province of Kasai Occidental with the support of a wide range of international partners.