Women who smoke may have a higher risk of developing seizures than non-smokers do, a new study suggests.

The number of deaths in mainland France from the H1N1 swine flu virus jumped in the last week, according to official data Thursday.
In an interview with METRO, Liu Peicheng, media relations director of Sinovac Biotech Ltd, producer of China's first A/H1N1 flu vaccine, shares his views on the safety of the vaccine.
Young people concerned about A/H1N1 influenza are taking out insurance against the potentially deadly disease.

A team of Swiss doctors is conducting about 100 autopsies a year without cutting open bodies, instead using devices including an optical 3D scanner that can detect up to 80 percent of the causes of death.

Cutting meat production and consumption by 30 percent would help to reduce carbon emissions and improve health in the most meat-loving nations, scientists said on Wednesday.
Rituxan, a drug used to treat cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, may help slow the development of newly discovered type 1 or juvenile diabetes, researchers reported on Wednesday.
Ireland's implementation of a workplace smoking ban in 2004 appears tied to a decline in maternal smoking rates as well as lower risk for preterm births, study findings hint.
The number of baby boys conceived by a fertility treatment known as ICSI may be lower than what is produced by Mother Nature, a new study suggests.
Researchers in Italy said on Wednesday they have developed a test that identifies most people with autoimmune pancreatitis, which could make it easier for doctors to distinguish it from pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest types of cancer.

Exercise seems to simultaneously make people hungrier, yet more readily satisfied by a meal -- and differences in these responses from person to person may help explain why some exercisers shed pounds more easily than others.
The number of HIV positive people in China probably stands at around 740,000, up from the estimated 700,000 who had the virus in 2007, the country's health minister said yesterday.
Epidemiologists will tell you that for a vaccination program to be effective in preventing a pandemic it is not necessary to inoculate the whole population.
The local health bureau said yesterday that 9,007 Beijingers have been officially identified as suffering from A/H1N1 flu, adding that more than 50 percent were students.

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