A French court has rejected a plea for doctor-assisted suicide by a female schoolteacher suffering from a rare cancer that disfigures her face.

The ruling against 52-year-old Chantal Sabire's euthanasia petition was issued by a court in the eastern city of Dijon on Monday. The ruling was on grounds that doctor-assisted suicide is a crime under French law and that medical ethics prohibits doctors from helping patients to die

The government of India will reward cash gifts to any family who could bore a baby girl in an effort to reduce the number of abortions to females because of preference to sons. Indian culture considers having a son better than having a daughter because males can later become breadwinners.

Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury said the cash incentive will be given in staggered payments to any family members that could give the country additional female member of the society

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