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There is no simple treatment for the bleeding caused by anatomic defects at the site of C-section scars in uterus. Now the researchers from Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine have evaluated the effectiveness of treatment with oral contraceptive among 11 women. Ten saw a decrease and then cessation of bleeding after three treatment cycles, the team reports in Fertility and Sterility. The eleventh woman became cured after three additional cycles.

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Sleep apnea in kids linked to brain damage

Untreated sleep apnea in children can cause neuronal brain injury, said researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore in Public Library of Science Medicine. Previous reports have tied childhood sleep apnea to deficits in memory, learning, and other mental functions, but until now no studies have demonstrated neuronal injury. MRI scans done during sleep study reveals metabolic changes, suggesting neuronal injury in two specific areas of the brain.

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One in ten teenage girls driven to self-harm

One in 10 teenage girls deliberately harm themselves each year and the problem is far more widespread than previously thought. In a survey of more than 6,000 school students in England, aged 15 and 16, researchers found that girls are four times more likely to have engaged in self-harm than boys. Eleven percent of girls and 3 percent of boys reported that they had harmed themselves within the last year. Although poisoning is the most common method reported in hospitals, the study revealed that cutting was the more prevalent form of self-harm, followed by overdosing.

20 to 50

Men too feel pressured to attain a perfect body

Men are catching up to women in one area. They too are feeling pressure to achieve perfect bodies, and this can lead them down unhealthy paths, says a study by researchers from Ohio State University. 8220;Men are affected by those pressures in the media 8230; or the pressures that others put on them to look more muscular,8221; said researchers. 8220;For some men, this can lead to unhealthy and potentially dangerous behaviours.8221;

50 and ABOVE

For men over 50, a few extra pounds not unhealthy

There is good news for some men over 50: Being just a little overweight is not unhealthy. But if the scales tip higher 8212; say above 168 pounds 76 kg for a 58242; 78243; male 8212; the risk of premature death increases dramatically, according to a study of more than half a million members of the AARP, an advocacy group for US retirees. But for women, there8217;s no late-in-life leeway 8212; being overweight to any degree significantly increases their health risks, said the study in The New England Journal of Medicine.