A study released in the August edition of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research reveals that drinking low amounts of alcohol during pregnancy could leave harmful permanent damage to the baby.

"In the past, much focus was placed on studying the full-blown foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). More recent research has considered those individuals damaged by lower levels of exposure. This is an important focus," says Julie Croxford, from Wayne State University in Detroit

A study released in the August edition of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research reveals that drinking low amounts of alcohol during pregnancy could leave harmful permanent damage to the baby.

"In the past, much focus was placed on studying the full-blown foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). More recent research has considered those individuals damaged by lower levels of exposure. This is an important focus," says Julie Croxford, from Wayne State University in Detroit

Although many doctors remain skeptical, there is some rays of hope in the fight of the HIV virus according to details released in the August 13 edition of The Lancet.

Researchers have discovered that the drug valproic acid (Depakote) may be able to reduce the pool of dormant HIV-infected cells in the body

President Bush signed the "National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005" bill into law.

The Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to establish or improve programs to electronically monitor dispensing of controlled substances

A new treatment strategy shows promise in helping transform HIV into a curable infection.

Preliminary research detailed in this weeks Lancet medical journal, outlines how scientists use an anti-convulsant drug to awaken dormant HIV hiding within the body, where it is temporarily invisible, but remains extremely dangerous