Fri Mar 27, 7:57 pm ET LOS ANGELES – Federal prosecutors in California have charged a South Korean national with illegally importing almost a kilogram of bear bile to sell as an aphrodisiac. ...
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Woman accused of illegally importing bear bile (AP)
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Circumcision reduces risk of venereal disease (AFP)
Wed Mar 25, 5:11 pm ET WASHINGTON (AFP) – Men who have been circumcised have a significantly reduced risk of contracting genital herpes or papillomavirus infections, data published Wednesday...
Friday, March 20, 2009
Men's Sex Lives May Suffer as Waistlines Expand (HealthDay)
TUESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- The more obese a man, the greater his hormonal changes and the worse his sex life, a new study finds. On the up side, the study's authors found that gastric bypass surgery can...
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Better drugs encouraging AIDS complacency: Nobel doctor (AFP)
NEW DELHI (AFP) – People are forgetting to practise safe sex because they no longer fear dying from HIV/AIDS, says the doctor who won the Nobel prize for helping discover the virus. Treatment advances mean "some people...
Mammograms Are No Joke - They Can Save Lives
Mammograms Are No Joke - They Can Save Lives By: Lynn Roodbol There are so many jokes about mammograms! Have you heard the one about the fridge door ... or the bookends ... or the garage floor? Thanks to all the jokes, "Mammogram" has become a household...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Weight loss enhances obese men's sexual well-being (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Obese men who undergo gastric bypass surgery will not only lose weight; their sex lives are likely to improve, too, new research shows. "We wanted to know if obesity was biologically associated...
A Different Picture Of Heart Disease
A Different Picture Of Heart Disease By: Ng Peng Hock In Feb 2006, researchers reported that many women suffer from a fundamentally different heart disease from men and is easily missed from standard tests. Moreover, women do not seek treatment as early...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Suriname starts free circumcision project (AFP)
PARAMARIBO (AFP) – Suriname has launched a three-month pilot project offering free circumcisions in a bid to cut sexually transmitted diseases, Health Minister Celsius Waterberg said Friday. Circumcision "could also...
Natural Supplements for Womens Health: Blood Sugar
Natural Supplements for Womens Health: Blood Sugar By: Alex Syrov One of the problems that women face is a blood sugar. There are a number of factors that can cause high blood sugar levels. Pregnancy and menopause change estrogen levels which affect...
Monday, March 16, 2009
German researchers testing veggie Viagra: reports (AFP)
BERLIN (AFP) – German researchers are testing an impotency treatment for men made using only natural ingredients that in some cases works better than Viagra, newspapers reported Monday. "In clinical trials, 50 men...
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Second-Generation Female Condom Approved (HealthDay)
WEDNESDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- The Female Health Co.'s FC2 Female Condom has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company said Wednesday. The product helps protect women against pregnancy and sexually...
Natural Alternative To Hormone Replacement Thereapy (HRT)
Natural Alternative To Hormone Replacement Thereapy (HRT) By: Tony Luck Most women experience the onset of the menopause at an average age of about 50, but it can start anytime from the early forties to the late fifties. Symptoms can vary: some women...