Anti-estrogens as therapy for breast cancer may also reduce the risk of death from lung cancer, according to study results presented at the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held here Dec. 9-13, 2009. "We found a reduction in lung cancer mortality among women treated with...
The Washington Post on Saturday examined marriage of young girls and maternal mortality in Yemen, a country that represents the "most vivid manifestations of how tribal doctrines prevail over modern attitudes." According to the Post, there is no minimum age for marriage in Yemen, and girls as...
Cell Phone Program Reduces Maternal Mortality In Ghana IRIN looks at local programs in Ghana that "have cut dramatically the number of women dying during childbirth" by facilitating medical care through cell phone use. The publication writes that three years ago as part of the...
UNICEF and the government of Zimbabwe announced Tuesday that, according to new social development data, the mortality rate for children under age five has risen by 20 percent since 1990, Reuters reports. The data suggest that the mortality rate is increasing at a slower rate than in March 2005...