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A lack of specialist medics to care for rape victims could be hampering conviction rates, doctors believe.

Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.

The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.

A father persuades the NHS to give his sick daughter a "miracle" drug he found on the internet.

A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US researchers.

Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

The overhaul of the NHS may harm the public health drive, a health think tank is warning.

GPs and other health professionals should tell people they are fat rather than obese, England's public health minister says.

Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm.

Drinking alcohol can reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis symptoms, a study has found

AP - A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines.

AP - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.

AP - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."

AP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.

AP - Master Sgt. Todd Nelson lost his right eye and ear in a flash when a car bomb in Afghanistan exploded, sending fire up his arm and over his head.

AP - Facing surgery? You could receive blood that's been stored for a week, or three weeks, or nearly six — and there's growing concern that people who get the older blood might not fare as well.

Reuters - Despite studies suggesting that birth control pills might not work as well in obese women, a new study suggests that they prevent pregnancy the same no matter what a woman weighs.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects not only against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, but also helps prevent genital warts and low-grade cervical growths.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

AFP - Whether the French woman who killed eight of her newborns suffered from a syndrome known as pregnancy denial may determine if she faces major prison time or intensive psychiatric care.

(MedPage Today) -- The majority of patients 70 and older who have acute myeloid leukemia (AML) may not benefit from intensive chemotherapy, a single-center study showed.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- It's been an unusually hectic July for the FDA, and this past week was no exception. The agency approved a polypill to treat hypertension, and separate FDA advisory committees endorsed an investigational antiplatelet, grappled with safety issues involving a new spine device, and debated when it's okay to change endpoints in clinical trials.

(MedPage Today) -- The use of tumor necrosis blockers in children may increase the risk of malignancy, particularly when these drugs are given for inflammatory bowel disease rather than for rheumatic conditions.

(MedPage Today) -- Having a male relative with breast cancer boosts the family's perception of their own risk but doesn't help the odds that they will do something about it, analysis of national survey data showed.

ADELPHI, Md. (MedPage Today) -- An FDA advisory panel was split this week over whether Pfizer should be allowed to substitute an endpoint in its clinical trial testing sildenafil as a treatment for kids with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

(MedPage Today) -- Tight glucose control did not improve survival in diabetic hemodialysis patients -- suggesting a need for individualized glucose management, long-term data on 25,000 patients suggest.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) will meet in September to consider available evidence for using bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) for a number of on-label and off-label uses.

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has warned consumers not to use a product called Miracle Mineral Solution -- which makes broad health claims -- because it's actually an industrial strength bleach.

(MedPage Today) -- As expected, the U.S. flu vaccine for next fall will include the pandemic flu that has swept the world, the FDA said.

(MedPage Today) -- An estimated 30 million women will be helped by the new healthcare reform law over the next 10 years, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund.