Young Europeans are using alcohol to promote sexual encounters and drugs to enhance their sexual experiences, but this is leading to increased risk taking behavior and underage sex, particularly among girls.

A study of over 127,000 women found that NSAIDS do not influence total breast cancer risk, however daily aspirin use appeared to offer some protection against estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.

Persian Gulf War related exposures are neither associated with decreases in fertility among French veterans nor with an increased risk of birth defects among children fathered by those veterans.

Identifying drug users most likely to drop out of treatment early, and their reasons for doing so, could help retain vulnerable people enabling them to benefit from harm-reducing interventions and prevent waste of resources.

Reporting of randomised controlled trials conducted in China requires substantial improvement in order to meet the targets of the CONSORT statement, according to a systematic review of 307 trials.