Valencia, Spain - A 39-year-old Spanish former breast cancer patient will become the world's first woman to give birth to twins after receiving a transplant of her own ovarian tissue, officials said Tuesday in the eastern city of Valencia.

Women who are treated with chemotherapy or radiotherapy often experience precocious ovarian failure, health official Manuel Cervera explained.

Washington, Mar 24 : In a breakthrough study, researchers have developed a new stem cell therapy that may help in treating hearing impairment.

Deafness typically involves the loss of sensory receptors, called hair cells, for their "tufts" of hair-like protrusions, and their associated neurons.

Washington, Mar 24 : A new study led by the University of Leicester and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has revealed that people with memory problems are less at risk of developing dementia than previously thought.

The five-year study analysed data from 41 studies and dovetails with a Government focus to establish memory clinics in every town in the UK.

Washington, Mar 24 : Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers have shown that expert advice suppresses areas of the brain responsible for making financial judgments under risk.
 
In uncertain times like that of recession, many people feel unqualified to sort out the implications of their financial decisions, and thus seek the advice of a consultant on what choices to make.
 

Washington, Mar 24 : Osteoporosis patients are more likely to also have vertigo, says a new study.

The study, published in the March 24, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, involved 209 people with benign positional vertigo with no known cause such as head trauma or ear surgery.

Vertigo is an inner ear disorder that is a common cause of dizziness. The disorder is believed to be caused by loose calcium carbonate crystals that move in the sensing tubes of the inner ear.