Study Warns Against Unnecessary Episiotomies
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDayNews) -- Episiotomies -- incisions that widen the vagina during childbirth -- don't reduce the risk of injury to babies when their shoulders are stuck in the birth canal, says a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine study.
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Alternative therapies such as reflexology and herbal supplements may reduce a woman's chance of getting pregnant, experts said Wednesday.
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Procter & Gamble's skin patch to boost sex drive in women may pose serious long-term risks and should not be approved without further study, critics told a U.S. advisory panel on Thursday.
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A study of 14,000 children published in the journal &#39;Thorax&#39; has suggested that exposure to cleaning products while in the womb could be linked to persistent wheezing in young children.
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A study by State University of New York researchers says heat generated from laptops can significantly elevate the temperature of the scrotum, potentially putting sperm count at risk.
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Proportion of breast cancer patients who undergo unnecessary double mastectomies increases.
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A study suggests hundreds of unnecessary and risky operations to prevent stroke are being done each year across Canada. A neurologist and dean of medicine at the University of Alberta, is the lead author of the study.
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For years, doctors have warned men having trouble conceiving to stay away from hot baths and whirlpool tubs. Is the concern warranted?
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Senior doctors are warning that emergency Caesareans are often not needed.
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Americans, and especially women, are  three times more likely to suffer premature death and adverse  health due to sexual activity than people in other rich  nations, scientists said on Thursday.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- New research confirms the worst fears of those who worry about putting on extra pounds: Severely overweight people are much more likely to report poor sex lives.
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NEW YORK  - Preliminary results from a study hint that vaginal douching 6 months before pregnancy, but not during pregnancy, may protect African American women from delivering preterm (before 40 weeks).
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Babies delivered by elective Caesarean sections are significantly more likely to have respiratory problems than those delivered vaginally or by emergency surgery, a new study finds.
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[Health India]: London, Dec 23 : A study of 14,000 children published in the journal &#39;Thorax&#39; has suggested that exposure to cleaning products while in the womb could be linked to persistent wheezing in young children.
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Taking regular hot baths may make men infertile, say US researchers.
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Women who have a baby aged 40 or over are at an increased risk of stillbirth, US researchers have warned.
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Teenagers and young men should keep their laptops off their laps because they could damage fertility, an expert said Thursday. Laptops, which reach high internal operating