LONDON (AP) ― More than three decades after Britain produced the world’s first test-tube baby, Europe is a patchwork of restrictions for people who need help having a child.Many countries have strict rules on who is allowed to get fertility treatments. And recent court rulings suggest nothing’s likely to change anytime soon.France and Italy forbid single women and lesbian couples from using artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization, or IVF, to conceive. Austria and Italy are among those

ST. LOUIS ― Jake Watters is a typical teenager who loves listening to music, playing video games and annoying his parents. But he also faces a health challenge that used to only be seen in much older people.Fatty liver disease, a condition historically diagnosed in adults with diabetes or alcoholism, is increasingly diagnosed in obese children and teens.About 6 million young people in the U.S. have the chronic condition that can lead to liver scarring, inflammation and failure. Nearly all of the

Your teeth and jaw are hugely important to your appearance. Think of the many TV personalities and sports stars whose appearances have benefitted from corrective jaw bone surgery. Though your eyes, nose, forehead, eyebrows and lips may be perfect, a simple protrusion or retrusion of your teeth or asymmetrical jaw line can make a huge difference to how you look, says Dr. Lee Jin-gew, oral and maxillofacial surgery specialist at M Dental Clinic.“From an aesthetic point of view to health reasons, o

In spring when all things come to life, buds appear on the trees and pollen fills the air. But there are some patients who fear going outside during this good season. These patients have allergies that include allergic rhinitis, or inflammation of the nasal passage, conjunctivitis and allergic asthma. Allergic rhinitis is defined as the specific response of the nose to a variety of stimuli. In addition, pollen-induced allergies are defined when the pollen acts as an antigen and triggers allergy

People with blood type A may be susceptible to certain strains of rotavirus infections, Science Daily reported Sunday.Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas have found that strains of the virus seem to find their way into human cells by recognizing antigens found in blood type A. Rotavirus is most common cause of severe dehydration and diarrhea in infants, from which about half a million people die every year.The strains of the virus known as P14 and P9 were observed to bind

DETROIT ― The day Sharon Harris graduated from Florida A&M University was supposed to be one of jubilation.But Harris was exhausted and weak.She attributed it to the stress of final exams, preparing for graduation and working three part-time jobs.But the moment her mother arrived from Detroit that December day in 2001, she knew something was seriously wrong. Just one look at her daughter’s face told her it couldn’t be only stress. In addition to exhaustion, Harris’s skin was blotchy and discolor

KANSAS CITY, Missouri ― Lauren Shouse wonders why her third child, Luke, is autistic. Was it his difficult birth? Was it something inherited that made her 6-year-old so stubborn and unwilling to speak?“You would like to know what causes it so you can do all you can to prevent it,” said Shouse, of Weston, Mo. “It would be wonderful if we knew why.”Medical researchers have the same hope, made all the more urgent Thursday with the release of new numbers showing that the prevalence of autism among t

Park Ju-yong, 20, is always conscious of what he eats. He is constantly on a diet, trying to minimize and moderate the foods he eats. Whenever the stress of suppressing his appetite becomes unbearable, he buys loads of food ― bread, butter, instant noodles, pizza, donuts, fried chicken and so forth ― and starts binge eating. But the pleasure of eating does not last long. After feeling a severe sense of guilt, he takes laxatives that will sweep away what he has eaten. “I don’t know what I am doin

Mothers who are obese or have diabetes during pregnancy may be more likely to have babies with autism or other developmental delays, said a US study published on Monday. MCTThe findings "appear to raise serious public health concerns," said the study in the journal Pediatrics, which comes amid an obesity epidemic in the United States with recent research showing autism strikes up to one in 88 chil