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A man carries a log to his home in a small hillside settlement ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:11:53 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man carries a log to his home in a small hillside settlement located near the village of Janovce in Eastern Slovakia where none of the houses have running water or a toilet. A surprising 20 million people in the European Union do not have access to decent toilets and suffer from a lack of hygiene, posing serious health risks, experts meeting at World Water Week in Stockholm said.(AFP/File/Joe Klamar)

The EU food safety agency on Thursday disputed claims of health ...

(EFSA) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:02:58 GMT

(EFSA) - The EU food safety agency on Thursday disputed claims of health benefits by food manufacturers, notably that dairy products promote good teeth and healthy body weight in children.(EFSA)

A woman stands outside a sandwich shop. A medicine seen as a ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:08:19 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman stands outside a sandwich shop. A medicine seen as a promising treatment for cocaine and methamphetamine addiction has also been shown to shed weight in laboratory rats, US researchers said here.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)

Children file to go to the toilets in the Center of Community ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:49:03 GMT

(AFP/File) - Children file to go to the toilets in the Center of Community Action for Children (CACE) in Koumassi near Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in 2001. Some 1.2 billion people have no toilets and defecate outside, while aid workers find shame effective in getting them to use facilities once provided, experts meeting in Stockholm heard this week.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)

A world map showing access to sanitary facilities. Some 1.2 ...

(AFP/Graphic/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:49:03 GMT

(AFP/Graphic/File) - A world map showing access to sanitary facilities. Some 1.2 billion people have no toilets and defecate outside, while aid workers find shame effective in getting them to use facilities once provided, experts meeting in Stockholm heard this week.(AFP/Graphic/File/Ed / Gil)

A gynecologist-obstetrician at work during a birth in an operating ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:48:36 GMT

(AFP/File) - A gynecologist-obstetrician at work during a birth in an operating theatre. A 55-year-old Indian woman has given birth to quadruplets in the northern Italian city of Mantua, a local newspaper there reported.(AFP/File/Didier Pallages)

Mother puts sunscreen on her daughter's skin as they sunbath ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:57:37 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - Mother puts sunscreen on her daughter's skin as they sunbath at a beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. US chemists have identified the odor that emanates from skin cancer, a development that researchers hope will advance diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease, said a study out Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)

This file photo shows dogs suspected of carrying rabies, seized ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:33:23 GMT

(AFP/File) - This file photo shows dogs suspected of carrying rabies, seized by Beijing authorities, being locked in cages under quarantine. China has seen a more than twenty-fold jump in the number of human rabies infections over the last decade, according to a Chinese study released on Thursday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

Pregant women subjected to traumatising stress are more likely ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:55:22 GMT

(AFP/File) - Pregant women subjected to traumatising stress are more likely to give birth to children who develop schizophrenia, according to a study published Thursday.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)

A woman stands outside a sandwich shop. Scientists have found ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:59:33 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman stands outside a sandwich shop. Scientists have found two genetic triggers for producing healthful "good" fat in mice, pointing the way to a new treatment for obesity, according to a pair of studies published Thursday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)

Embryonic stem cells are pictured through a microscope viewfinder ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:59:33 GMT

(AFP/File) - Embryonic stem cells are pictured through a microscope viewfinder in a laboratory. Scientists have found two genetic triggers for producing healthful "good" fat in mice, pointing the way to a new treatment for obesity, according to a pair of studies published Thursday.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)

A doctor checks a patient at the parallel outpatients department ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:17:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - A doctor checks a patient at the parallel outpatients department being run by striking doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, July 2006. AIIMS, India's top medical facility, will investigate the deaths of 49 babies in clinical trials that took place from the beginning of 2006 to the present, a hospital official said.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)

A woman stands outside the emergency service at the All India ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:17:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman stands outside the emergency service at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, July 2006. AIIMS, India's top medical facility, will investigate the deaths of 49 babies in clinical trials that took place from the beginning of 2006 to the present, a hospital official said.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)

A lab worker looks at DNA samples. Japan's Matsushita Electric ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:08:55 GMT

(AFP/File) - A lab worker looks at DNA samples. Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it had developed a new way of predicting from a person's DNA their response to medication and risk of developing disease.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)

An obstetrician at work in an operating theatre. A 61-year-old ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:09:06 GMT

(AFP/File) - An obstetrician at work in an operating theatre. A 61-year-old woman in central Japan has given birth to a surrogate child for her daughter, an obstetrician has said.(AFP/File/Didier Pallages)

A French doctor examines a patient's medical results as ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:30:45 GMT

(AFP/File) - A French doctor examines a patient's medical results as he looks for tumours at a hospital in Nancy, France. British researchers have developed a more accurate technique for spotting the most aggressive forms of bowel cancer.(AFP/File/Jean-Christophe Verhaegen)

Blood samples are stored in Caen, France. Scientists at Advanced ...

(AFP) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:32:10 GMT

(AFP) - Blood samples are stored in Caen, France. Scientists at Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) claim to have created a large number of red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, opening up the prospect of having a limitless supply of blood for transfusions.(AFP/Mychele Daniau)

Microscopic view of embryonic stem cells. Scientists from a ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:32:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - Microscopic view of embryonic stem cells. Scientists from a US firm claim to have created a large number of red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, opening up the prospect of having a limitless supply of blood for transfusions.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)

Embryonic stem cells seen through a microscope viewfinder in ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:10:38 GMT

(AFP/File) - Embryonic stem cells seen through a microscope viewfinder in a laboratory. Scientists from a US firm claim to have created a large number of red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, opening up the prospect of having a limitless supply of blood for transfusions.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)

This file photo shows a man drinking water from a public fountain. ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:24:24 GMT

(AFP/File) - This file photo shows a man drinking water from a public fountain. Even low-level exposure to arsenic in drinking water appears to be associated with increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes, according to a newly published study.(AFP/File/Andrej Isakovic)

Oranges are seen for sale at a Safeway grocery store, in Washington, ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:43:21 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Oranges are seen for sale at a Safeway grocery store, in Washington, DC. Grapefruit, orange and apple juices can harm the body's ability to absorb certain medications and make the drugs less effective, said a Canadian study released Tuesday in the United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)

Personalised, genome-based health care could help prevent hundreds ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:54:47 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - Personalised, genome-based health care could help prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths caused each year by adverse drug reactions, genetics pioneer Craig Venter, pictured in 2007, said Tuesday.(AFP/HO/File/Evan Hurd)

Hospital workers stand outside the gates of the general hospital, ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:30:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - Hospital workers stand outside the gates of the general hospital, Lagos. With 100,000 infants dying from sickle-cell anaemia anually in Nigeria, the country accounts for more than half the child deaths from the disease in Africa each year, an expert said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Pius Otomi Ekpei)

A cholera-stricken patient receives treatment at an African ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:28:02 GMT

(AFP/File) - A cholera-stricken patient receives treatment at an African hospital in 2007. The World Health Organisation has warned that floods in western Africa have displaced more than 200,000 people, as it appealed for urgent international aid for the region.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)

Students on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:03:50 GMT

(AFP/File) - Students on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia in 2007. About 15 percent of college students have entertained suicidal thoughts at some point, while five percent have attempted to take their life, according to a study released this week.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)

A man on his mobile phone in Kolkata. A cellphone ringtone that ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:35:44 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man on his mobile phone in Kolkata. A cellphone ringtone that chants "condom, condom!" has been launched in India to promote safe sex and tackle the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic(AFP/File)

Photo illustration of surgery. A hospital in Japan said Tuesday ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:50:33 GMT

(AFP/File) - Photo illustration of surgery. A hospital in Japan said Tuesday that doctors mistakenly removed a healthy woman's left breast because of a mix-up in samples from tests for breast cancer.(AFP/File/Martin Bureau)

A reveler holds a gay pride flag during the 38th Annual San ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:41 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A reveler holds a gay pride flag during the 38th Annual San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Pride Celebration and Parade on Market Street in June 2008. Doctors in California may not discriminate against gay patients on the basis of their religious beliefs, the state's supreme court ruled on Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)

File photo shows a microscope in a laboratory. Australian researchers ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:10:31 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo shows a microscope in a laboratory. Australian researchers have said they have developed a drug which could potentially spell an end to a life-threatening condition caused by diabetes, heart disease and other illnesses(AFP/File/DIBYANGSHU SAKAR)

An Austrian government report charges that clinical trials conducted ...

(The Lancet) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:08:45 GMT

(The Lancet) - An Austrian government report charges that clinical trials conducted by researchers at a major medical school in Austria were riddled with procedural and ethical problems, the Nature Publishing Group said Monday.(The Lancet)

An Australian soldier secures an area in the Iraqi southern ...

(AFP/Pool/File) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:06:18 GMT

(AFP/Pool/File) - An Australian soldier secures an area in the Iraqi southern city of Samawa inJune 2006. More Australian soldiers are likely to have health problems in the future as a result of being deployed to war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan, Veterans' Affairs Minister Alan Griffin said Sunday.(AFP/Pool/File/Mohammed Jalil)

Britain is likely to face a growing problem of "home alone" ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:35:19 GMT

(AFP/File) - Britain is likely to face a growing problem of "home alone" old men as the number of male over-60s living alone in Britain hits one million for the first time, according to research by the Help the Aged charity.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)

Retired soldiers known as 'Chelsea Pensioners' attend ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:35:19 GMT

(AFP/File) - Retired soldiers known as 'Chelsea Pensioners' attend Founder's Day at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, in London, in June. Britain is likely to face a growing problem of "home alone" old men as the number of male over-60s living alone in Britain hits one million for the first time, according to research by the Help the Aged charity.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

An elderly man is escorted past a line of British policemen ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:35:19 GMT

(AFP/File) - An elderly man is escorted past a line of British policemen at the Houses of Parliament in London. Britain is likely to face a growing problem of "home alone" old men as the number of male over-60s living alone in Britain hits one million for the first time, according to research by the Help the Aged charity.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)

People enter an unemployment office in Dresden in 2007. Several ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:24:04 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - People enter an unemployment office in Dresden in 2007. Several thousand long-term unemployed Germans will be trained to care for people suffering from dementia, Suddeutsche Zeitung daily reported Saturday of a scheme that has drawn mixed reactions.(AFP/DDP/File/Norbert Millauer)

Camelback brand water bottles hang on display at an outdoor ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:11:43 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Camelback brand water bottles hang on display at an outdoor supply store in Arcadia, California. Camelback bottles are BPA free, but the controversial plastic chemical does not pose a hazard when used at typical exposure levels, a US Food and Drug Administration draft said according to media reports Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)

A Bissau resident cleans a gutter to prevent the spreading of ...

(AFP/LUSA/File) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:40:21 GMT

(AFP/LUSA/File) - A Bissau resident cleans a gutter to prevent the spreading of the cholera virus. The United Nations gave 400,000 euros (600,000 dollars) in aid to the tiny west African nation of Guinea Bissau to fight a cholera epidemic that has claimed 40 lives to date, the UN said Saturday.(AFP/LUSA/File/Manuel Almeida)