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Painful Menstruation? You Might Have Endometriosis.

Do you feel like your waist is on fire during your menstrual period? Experience pain during sexual intercourse? Complain of serious abdominal pain before your period begins? Feel extremely tired or nauseous during your period? Can’t stand the pain when urinating during your menstrual cycle? If you answered yes to more than three, then continue with the follow-up questions: Did you start menstruating at an early age? Do you menstruate more than once in a month? Do you consume alcohol? Do you experience an abnormal flow of blood during your menstrual cycle? If you answered yes to any of these, you might be suffering from endometriosis (pronounced as en-doe-me-tree-O-sis). Endometriosis is a gynecological condition in which the lining of the uterus, the endometrium, grows outside of the uterus and attaches itself to another part of the body. This leaves the blood which is supposed to flow out captured thereby causing pain in the pelvic area. Former Miss Nigeria and ta...

War crimes judges award child soldiers $10 million in damages.

International war crimes judges awarded $10 million in landmark reparations to “hundreds or thousands” of former child soldiers conscripted into a Congolese militia and left brutalised by the horrific experience. Warlord Thomas Lubanga, 56, was jailed for 14 years after being convicted in 2012 at the International Criminal Court (ICC) of abducting boys and girls and press-ganging them into his Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) in the eastern Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The judges said Lubanga was also liable for compensation due to 425 victims, identified by the court, and who at the time of the crimes in 2002-2003 were all under 15. But they stressed that “hundreds or even thousands of additional victims” suffered at the hands of Lubanga’s militia. Each of the 425 named victims had suffered harm amounting to $8,000 each, for a total of $3.4 million, presiding judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut said. The judges then awarded a further $6.6 millio...

Putin’s ex-minister gets eight years over $2 mn bribe.

A Russian court on Friday sentenced former economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev to eight years in a penal colony for taking a $2-million bribe from an ally of President Vladimir Putin. Ulyukayev is the highest-ranking official arrested in Putin’s 17 years in power. The Moscow court ruled he must also pay a fine of 130 million roubles ($2.2 million) for taking for taking the bribe from Igor Sechin, head of the state oil giant Rosneft, in a sting operation. Judge Larisa Semyonova said the eight years would be served in a “harsh regime” colony in a sentence which was slightly below the 10 years demanded by prosecutors. Ulyukayev said the sentence was “unjust” and vowed to appeal. Before the ruling he made an effort to appear upbeat with reporters, saying he was expecting a fair hearing and gesturing only to a briefcase of documents when asked if he had brought any belongings with him. Earlier he said a long sentence in a harsh-regime colony, most of which are in remote...

Rain May Not Cause Achy Joints After All.

Many people insist their joints ache more when it rains. But that popular notion might be all wet, a new study suggests. The study of more than 1.5 million older Americans found that people were no more likely to visit the doctor with joint or back pain during rainy weeks than sunny ones. Even among people with arthritis, there was no connection between rainfall and patient complaints about aches and pains. The findings cast doubt on the idea that an achy knee can predict rainfall, said lead researcher Dr. Anupam Jena, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. "No matter how we analyzed it, we didn't see a relationship," Jena said. The idea that weather affects bodily symptoms goes back to ancient times, he noted. And still today, many people firmly believe that certain weather conditions make their joint pain worse. Rainfall, as well as humidity and changes in barometric pressure, are among the conditions that most often catch the blame. "This...

Many With Early Breast Cancer Are Skipping Chemo.

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Fewer women with early stage breast cancer are turning to chemotherapy to fight their disease, a new study finds. "For patients with early stage breast cancer, we've seen a significant decline in chemotherapy use over the last few years without a real change in evidence," said study author Dr. Allison Kurian. She's an associate professor of medicine and of health research and policy at Stanford University. "This likely reflects a change in the culture of how physicians are practicing, and a move toward using tumor biology to guide treatment choices rather than solely relying on clinical measures," Kurian said in a Stanford news release. "We believe this study indicates that physicians are attempting to be more selective in their recommendations and to spare patients toxicity when possible," she said. The researchers looked at nearly 3,000 women treated for early stage breast cancer in Georgia an...

Higher Booze Taxes Might Pay Off for Public Health None.

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Raising one particular tax just might have a public health benefit. The tax in question? States' alcohol excise tax. In the United States, those taxes have not kept pace with inflation, which could limit their public health benefits, researchers report. In inflation-adjusted dollars, the average state alcohol excise tax has fallen by 30 percent for beer, 27 percent for wine and 32 percent for spirits since 1991, the new study found. The average state excise tax on alcohol is 3 cents for a 12-ounce beer, 3 cents for a 5-ounce glass of wine, and 5 cents for a typical shot of liquor, according to the report published in the January issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs . Raising those taxes not only could help states raise more revenue, but also might improve alcohol-related public health issues and costs related to excessive drinking, the researchers suggested. Excise taxes are applied to beer sales in all 50 s...

Firefighters May Face Higher Odds for Skin Cancer None.

FRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to firefighting chemicals may be one reason why Florida firefighters have a higher-than-normal rate of skin cancer, a new study suggests. The researchers analyzed data from almost 2,400 firefighters statewide who'd participated in a cancer survey. They found that 4.5 percent -- 109 firefighters -- had been diagnosed with skin cancer. That included 17 cases of melanoma, 84 cases of other types of skin cancer and 18 of an unknown type of skin cancer. The melanoma rate among the firefighters was 0.7 percent, compared with 0.011 percent in the general population, according to the researchers. "We believe there are chemicals in the work environment that, when firefighters come into contact with them, might be increasing the risk for specific kinds of cancer," study leader Dr. Alberto Caban-Martinez, said in a University of Miami news release. He's with the university's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. T...