Stress at work ‘can increase breast cancer risk by a third’

Women who feel stressed at work could be at a dramatically increased risk of developing breast cancer, a study suggests.
It found women in demanding jobs are 30 per cent more likely to develop the disease than those who feel on top of their work.
The results of the study, which involved 36,000 women, appear to contradict [...]

Breast milk boosts brain development in preemies

Even extremely low birth weight premature babies should be given breast milk while they are in a hospital’s intensive care unit because it appears to boost their mental development, concludes a study in the journal Pediatrics.
The study found that preemies fed breast milk had greater mental development scores at 30 months of age than infants [...]

FDA Safety Review Recommends Banning Cough Medicines for Kids Under Six

Washington, DC: In what is poised to become yet another test of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the release of an exhaustive safety report on children’s cough medicines recommends a total ban for children under 6 years of age.
Given there are more than 800 products on the market directed at children, this could [...]