According to an editorial published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, due to the fact that medical journals began to pressure pharmaceutical companies to enter research in a US government registry, manufacturers of drugs have done a better job of providing significant information concerning their studies.

According to two American senators, the US Defense Department ought to scrutinize the use of the blood-clotting medication Factor VII on wounded troops in Iraq.

The Associated Press reported that Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) called for the careful scrutiny after it had been revealed that the medication may have led to life-threatening clots.

Usually, people have bowel movements at quite regular intervals, and stool passes out of the body without difficulty, without much straining or the feeling of discomfort. Even though the usual frequency of bowel movements is different for each person, around 95 per cent of healthy adults have a pattern ranging from three times a day to three times weekly.

What if one method of treatment could help protect against addiction, depression, stress and even Alzheimer disease, all the while keeping you slim and feeling wonderful?

That mental-health "treatment" is as close as your own two feet - exercise.

According to the latest study, reducing the level of cholesterol may be helpful for women in lowering their risk of stroke.

Harvard scientists have discovered that even healthy women having no history of heart disease or stroke are at an elevated risk of experiencing stroke if they have high level of cholesterol. The research is published in the February 20 issue of Neurology. It demonstrates that these women were at over double risk of having a stroke than women with normal levels of cholesterol.

According to the report of British scientists, breathing second-hand smoke turns out to increase levels of two warning symptoms for heart disease, fibrinogen and homocysteine.

Stress is an inescapable part of life. From being stuck in traffic to falling behind on paying bills, excessive stress can lead to serious disorders. If you suffer from a chronic sickness, even simple tasks, like preparing the meal or picking up the children from school, can be perceived as overwhelming. Study concerning the issue how stress wreaks medical problems is still in its early stage. However, we know that stress can result in physical symptoms, and may boost the rate of progression of a disease. Here are several ways to decrease the level of stress.

According to the research in the current issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, for healthy women, Caesarean section may appear three times more dangerous than natural childbirth.

According to the latest research, bad sleeping can influence in a negative way teens’ report cards.

Scientists from the University of Colorado School of Medicine examined 238 surveys completed by students of middle-school and high-school. The results of the study proved that students with lower grade point averages (GPA) were at greater risk of experiencing: restless, aching legs when they were trying to fall asleep; problems with concentrating in the course of the day; snoring each night; problems with waking up in the morning; falling asleep in the daytime; and problems with falling asleep in class.

According to the report of the Associated Press, an almost one-month-old boy born with his heart lying outside his chest successfully underwent serious surgery in Miami on Wednesday, with physicians easing the organ inside his body.