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LONDON (Reuters) - Chronic back pain can be eased by teaching the Alexander technique, an alternative therapy involving learning better posture, British researchers said on Wednesday.

The narrative of the presidential campaign appeared to be set on the issue of abortion: Sen. Barack Obama was the abortion-rights candidate who was reaching out to foes, seeking common ground and making inroads. Sen. John McCain was the abortion opponent whose reticence about faith and whose battles...

Americans are struggling to pay medical bills and are accumulating medical debt at an increasing rate, according to a survey released today.

Two closely watched companies that offer consumers information about their genes have received licenses that will allow them to continue to do business in California.

(Society for the Study of Reproduction) The first highlighted paper by Feng et al., shows an experimental analysis framework for the complex sequelae of events that lead to mature gonadotropic function in animals, and the second paper by Veras et al. discusses urban air pollution's association with poor pregnancy outcomes.

(Commonwealth Fund) The proportion of working-age Americans who have medical bill problems or who are paying off medical debt climbed from 34 percent to 41 percent between 2005 and 2007, bringing the total to 72 million, according to recent survey findings from The Commonwealth Fund. In addition, 7 million adults age 65 and over also had problems paying medical bills, for a total of 79 million adults with medical bill problems or medical debt.

(Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research) Alcohol use can cause reproductive dysfunctions for both teenage and adult females. A new study is the first to examine alcohol's effects on childbearing onset across reproductive development. Findings show that, for women, alcoholism is linked with delayed childbearing.

THIS week I watched Bradley Wiggins and his colleagues smash the world record in Beijing to take gold in the team pursuit - a welcome distraction that provided a ray of sunsh

A cancer sufferer who is terminally ill won a £130,000 damages award yesterday.

SCOTLAND'S record on drug-related deaths does not paint a pretty picture.