Moms Guard Against SIDS And Breastfeed Babies; Formula Won't Work
[Medical News Today, June 14, 2011] <br /> The benefits of breastfeeding infants has long been known to be the most beneficial for infants. In new research, now it may also protect the risk of sudden death syndrome, which is one of the biggest fears for parents raising youngsters.

Facial Wrinkles Linked to Lower Bone Density
[WebMD, June 7, 2011] <br /> Women with deeply furrowed brows in early menopause may also have troubled bones, an early report of a new study shows.

Energy Drinks Not for Kids, Pediatricians Warn
[LiveScience.com, May 30, 2011] <br /> Energy drinks — sweet drinks containing caffeine and often herbal supplements — have been drawing scrutiny over their nutritional value. Now the nation’s largest group of pediatricians is strongly recommending that they not be consumed by children.

Homemade lunches: Is a Chicago school right to ban them?
[CBC.ca, April 11, 2011] <br /> By Community Team By Chicago Tribune A Chicago public school has banned students from bringing homemade lunches, requiring them instead to eat food served in the cafeteria.

Christians Urged to Join Nationwide Foster Care Prayer Vigil
[The Christian Post, May 17, 2009] <br /> Followers of Christ are being called to pray throughout this week for the needs of the children, workers and families of the foster care system. Gatherings have been planned in at least 30 states across the country as part of the 2009 National Foster Care Prayer Vigil, sponsored for the second consecutive year by Focus on the Family, Hope for Orphans, and Show Hope.

Ted Haggard, Wife to Appear on 'Divorce Court'
[The Christian Post, March 19, 2009] <br /> Former evangelical leader Ted Haggard and his wife, Gayle, will appear on the TV show 'Divorce Court' to talk about how their marriage survived the storm of a gay sex and drug scandal that shocked the nation and made the once popular pastor an outcast.

Thousands Urge Obama to Uphold Traditional Marriage
[The Christian Post, January 26, 2009] <br /> Thousands of traditional marriage supporters have contacted President Obama to voice opposition to his plan to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.

'Abortion Hurts Women' Billboard Erected at San Francisco Bay Bridge
[The Christian Post, January 2, 2009]<br /> A pro-life billboard declaring "Abortion Hurts Women" was erected alongside one of the busiest bridges in the country this week ahead of the annual Walk for Life event.

Virginity Pledges Not Enough, New Study Reveals
[The Christian Post, January 1, 2009] <br /> According to a new study, parents should not sit snugly when their teen takes a virginity pledge as pledge takers are not more likely than other teens to delay sexual activity and actually more likely to have unprotected sex.

'Abortion' Certificates Renew Calls to Defund Planned Parenthood
[The Christian Post, December 6, 2008] <br /> Many pro-life advocates are renewing their call to legislators to remove all state funding to Planned Parenthood clinics after they discovered the organization's Indiana affiliate was selling holiday gift certificates that could be redeemed for health services, including abortion.

Arm blood pressure differences 'predict death risk'
[BBC News, March 20, 2012] <br /> By Helen Briggs Health editor, BBC News website A large difference between the blood pressure in each arm suggests a bigger risk of dying early, researchers claim. A study of 230 high blood pressure patients found those with big differences in systolic pressure were more likely to die from heart attack, stroke or other causes.

Report: Myanmar desperate for HIV and TB drugs
[San Francisco Chronicle, February 21, 2012] <br />Some 85000 HIV-infected people in Myanmar are not getting treatment due to a lack of funding, despite renewed international engagement with the government amid a wave of political reform, according to a report released Wednesday..

Pancreatic cancer: Trial drug MRK003 shows promise
[BBC, February 20, 2012] <br /> Scientists say they may have found a new weapon against pancreatic cancer after promising early trial results of an experimental drug combination.

Protein that can knock out HIV identified: Study
[Times of India, February 14, 2012] <br /> WASHINGTON: In a pioneering research, scientists claim to have identified a protein that can knock out HIV, which causes AIDS, by starving it of raw materials it needs to reproduce .

Scientists create multicellular life using gravity and pressure
[The State Column, January 18, 2012] <br />A team of scientists have reportedly performed an experiment which has led to the creation of a single-celled organism, brewer's yeast, to evolve into a multicellular cluster, mimicking one of the first stages of evolution on Earth.

Nigeria's government squeezed by subsidy protests, militant movements
[CNN, January 10, 2012] <br /> (CNN) -- Nigeria's government is facing rising religious violence in the north, a long-simmering separatist movement in the oil-rich south and now a nationwide strike fueled by widespread anger over the end of fuel subsidies seen by many as one of the few benefits of living in the largely impoverished state.

After Nigeria's Church Bombings: The Advent of Christian-Muslim Conflict?
[TIME World, December 27, 2011] <br /> By Monica Mark / Lagos Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. On the blood-splattered front walls of the blasted church, somebody scrawled two messages using wood burnt into charcoal from the flames of the explosion: "Revolution now" and "No more peace in the country."

Malaria: World Health Organization Says Deaths Have Dropped 25 Percent in Last ...
[New York Times, December 26, 2011] <br /> Malaria deaths have fallen by more than 25 percent in the last decade, thanks to a coordinated attack on the disease, but that progress remains fragile, the World Health Organization announced this month.

Security in Flu Study Was Paramount, Scientist Says
[New York Times, December 21, 2011] <br /> The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, concerned about bioterrorism and a worldwide pandemic, has for the first time ever urged scientific journals to keep details out of reports that they intend to publish on a highly transmissible form of the bird flu called A(H5N1), which has a high death rate in people.

Global malaria death toll falling
[BBC News, December 13, 2011] <br /> We all like reports of dramatic medical and scientific breakthroughs but the reality is that most developments are incremental. As a result, important issues can get overlooked.