From Health magazine
We’re ready. A cure for cancer. A safe, long-term weight-loss pill. A dark chocolate that cures what ails us. These are the modern medical breakthroughs we’ve been waiting for. OK, only the chocolate has actually made it onto our list of advances this year.
That’s all right, though—there are 19 other milestones from the front lines of women’s medicine that will make news and change lives. There’s no cure for cancer, but there are several promising developments in cancer treatment and diagnosis, including targeted radiation for breast cancer. There’s no miracle weight-loss pill, but researchers hope that by manipulating the hormone leptin they’ll be able to help those who do lose weight keep it off.
And to make things even more exciting, a Viagra-inspired sex lotion for women has created a big buzz in the lab (and in test bedrooms nationwide). We knew there was a reason we loved science.
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A MRSA infection can start like this.
When I heard that high schools were closing and teenagers were dying because of the MRSA superbug, I felt lucky. Since the middle of 2006, I’ve had methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus six times and somehow managed to avoid the worst: I’ve never been hospitalized and don’t fear for my life. But, please, take my advice and do everything you can to avoid this dangerous infection.
