Tamoxifen, a commonly used breast cancer drug, appears to help treat the manic phase experienced by people with bipolar disorder, a Turkish study has found. Researchers are hopeful that the discovery should help them come up with a more effective drug to treat bipolar patients.

In a small study involving just 50 patients, roughly half of the men and women who took tamoxifen for three weeks experienced a major decrease on their mania compared to people taking a placebo, the study found

New research reveals that a frequent dip in heated swimming pool may benefit patients suffering from fibromyalgia. These findings propose an effective way of making a more desirable condition for patients with this disorder.

Fibromyalgia, more common in women than men, is a chronic condition characterized by pain in your muscles, ligaments and tendons, as well as fatigue and multiple tender points (areas in your body where slight pressure causes pain). Intensity of symptoms may vary and may never disappear completely. However, it is not progressive or life threatening

A teenage mother made headlines in Argentina after giving birth to her second set of triplets. The 16-year-old girl, named only as Pamela, has given birth to female triplets - for the second time.

Her first set of female triplets were born when she was barely 15 years of age. Her first son was born when she was just 14 years old. Though all seven children were born before their due date, they are doing well. They were born without any kind of fertility treatment, BBC reports

One million people will die from tobacco smoking in India annually accounting for nearly one in every 10 deaths from 2010, researchers said Wednesday. The New England Journal of Medicine study found smoking already accounts for 900,000 deaths a year in India.

Some 70 percent of those people will die before they reach the age of 70 and if the Indian government does not take any action, the smoking death toll will rise further

Pregnant Bahraini women will no longer know the gender of their fetus despite the advances of modern technology. The country's health authorities banned medical staff from disclosing the baby's sex to prevent abortion of female fetuses.

Among several cultures, including the Middle East, pregnant women have been known to abort female babies over the possible negative reaction of their husband once he finds out the child is a girl