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Many parents become anxious toward the end of a pregnancy, when women are sleepless, fatigued and finding it difficult to perform their daily activities. Technology during the past 10 years has made labor induction easier and more successful, and now, more than ever before, deliveries are planned during the last few weeks of pregnancies. But studies are showing that a delivery even two weeks early can be associated with newborn complications, according to a maternal-fetal medicine specialist.

Specific immune therapy works for many people and it is becoming increasingly popular in Europe. When it is green and the flowers have returned, the allergy season has hit its peak. And the number of people affected is still rising. At least 1 in 5 people in get hayfever, and up to half of the population react at least sometimes to airborne allergens like pollen or house dust mites.

To do complex cardiac repairs while the heart is still beating, surgeons need images that show depth -- especially when navigating inside the hearts of children and newborns. Now cardiac surgeons report good results with a technology borrowed from the gaming industry: flickering glasses that provide stereoscopic vision.

Estrogen therapy may limit stroke damage if started close to, but not long after reproductive cycles are over, according to a new animal study.

New research may explain why some people who are stressed or depressed overeat. While levels of the so-called "hunger hormone" ghrelin are known to increase when a person doesn't eat, new findings suggest that the hormone might also help defend against symptoms of stress-induced depression and anxiety.

Low melatonin levels are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to a prospective case-control study.

New analysis of a drug approved for osteoporosis prevention and treatment has provided definitive evidence that the medication is also effective as a breast cancer preventative for certain cancers. Women who took the drug raloxifene were less likely to develop invasive, estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer compared with women who did not take the drug.

A drug commonly used to treat alcohol addiction has a similar effect on pathological gamblers -- it curbs the urge to gamble and participate in gambling-related behavior, according to new research.

Scientists have found impulsivity, a trait often associated with addicts' behavior, predicts whether casual drug use will lead to compulsive drug use. Many individuals take addictive drugs at some point in their lives -- not just illicit drugs like cocaine and heroin, but also legal and commonly available substances such as alcohol and nicotine. But only a sub-group of those who take drugs eventually lose control over their drug use and become 'addicted'.

The prevalence of pre-cancerous masses in the colon is the same for average-risk patients who are 40 to 49 years of age and those who are 50 to 59 years of age, according to a new study.