Few U.S. adults get skin cancer screening
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The percentage of adults who have ever had a thorough skin exam to look for signs of skin cancer is low -- with some of the lowest rates seen among those whose jobs keep them in the sun all day, a U.S. study shows. (25/07/2008)

Cake may be the answer to kids' egg allergy
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - To desensitize young children to their allergy to eggs, physicians from Greece say "let them eat cake." (25/07/2008)

Mom's abdominal fat linked with birth defect risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who are obese before they become pregnant may be at increased risk of having a baby with defects of the brain and spinal cord, especially if they tend to put on weight around the waist, according to new research from the March of Dimes. (25/07/2008)

Delaying motherhood linked with more c-sections
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The increase in the rates of cesarean sections reported by many countries appears to be associated, in part, to more and more women deciding to have children later in life, according to a report in the current issue of PLoS Medicine. (25/07/2008)

ADHD children have greater risk of being overweight
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased risk for being overweight, regardless of whether or not they are currently receiving medications for the condition. (25/07/2008)

Breast cancer mortality increases with body mass index
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with lower survival rates in women with breast cancer, according to a report in the July 10th issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. (25/07/2008)

"Reproductive tourism" a growing worry, experts say
LONDON (Reuters) - Thirty years after British doctors delivered the world's first test tube baby, Louise Brown, fertility experts say they must tackle a growing problem of reproductive tourism that puts women and babies at risk. (25/07/2008)