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LODZ, Poland -- In open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass polypropylene mesh used to hold the incision closed prevents hernias despite extreme obesity, researchers here reported.

LONDON -- There are so many ways to look at a woman, including the ratio of the length of her index and ring fingers. It's a way to spot a good female athlete, say British researchers.

HOUSTON -- Children with acute bacterial infections of skeletal muscle caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains are showing up with increasing frequency in pediatric clinics and hospitals, researchers here reported.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- A fracture risk score for osteoporotic women may help clinicians decide how to proceed when multiple-site bone mineral density measurements disagree, researchers said.

IRVINE, Calif. -- Early signs of Alzheimer's disease may show up in subtle changes in the diffusion of water in key brain structures, as revealed by MRI, researchers here suggested.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA has alerted physicians to a new label warning for the anti-angiogenic colorectal-cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) that cites rare cases of a reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Many patients haven't a clue about the meaning of the dietary information in food labels, researchers here reported.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Diabetes is a strong predictor of acute organ failure and early death for obese or non-obese patients alike, eclipsing even obesity without diabetes, researchers here reported.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Smokers whose preferred puff is menthol-flavored may find it harder to quit, and the cool-tasting cigarettes are just as bad for the arteries and lungs as non-menthol brands, but no worse, found a long-running cohort story here.

ST. LOUIS -- Asking parents about adolescents' substance use and abuse is essentially a waste of time, found a research team.

TORONTO -- More than two-thirds of gastric cancer patients received inadequate lymph node assessment, jeopardizing their treatment and survival, researchers reported after an analysis of data on nearly 11,000 cases.

WASHINGTON -- Black women with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer had significantly worse overall survival than white women who received the same therapy in four clinical trials.

WASHINGTON -- The Institute of Medicine has taken the FDA to the woodshed with a scathing report issued today that found the agency had lost credibility in its regulation of the pharmaceutical industry.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Bladder cancer is deadlier in blacks than whites, even when it is diagnosed early.

IOANNINA, Greece -- The aromatase inhibitors should be promoted over tamoxifen to first-line therapy for advanced breast cancer, according to findings from a meta-analysis.

KYOTO, Japan -- Short term exposure to high levels of air pollution in warm weather more than doubles the risk of hemorrhagic stroke among older patients, found researchers here.

PHILADELPHIA -- Epidemiologists have associated vitamins taken by women around the time of conception and in early pregnancy and the risk of brain cancer for their children.

LIVERPOOL, England -- Throwing a raw egg is a prank gone bad all too often, warned emergency physicians here who cited blunt ocular trauma.