China Lifts ban barring entry to Foreigners with HIV and AIDS
Fri, 30/04/10 – 9:49 | No Comment

China, which has had a strict regulation for the past 20 years of not allowing foreigners with either HIV, AIDS sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy has changed it. The regulation has been relaxed recently after …

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New Testosterone Injections May Prove To Be Effective Male Contraceptives
Saturday, 4 Jul, 2009 – 13:12 | One Comment
New Testosterone Injections May Prove To Be Effective Male Contraceptives

A recent large scale study was conducted to measure how well the monthly injections of testosterone work as a contraceptive and how safe they really are. The study observed over 1,045 Chinese men between the …

Cancer Risk Impacted By Where You Live
Saturday, 4 Jul, 2009 – 13:07 | Comments Off

Recently, the largest ever study of the American air quality was conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA’s National-Scale Air Assessment or NATA.
The study found that people who lived in and around large cities …

Losing Weight Not Enough for Healthy Self Image
Friday, 3 Jul, 2009 – 13:26 | No Comment
Losing Weight Not Enough for Healthy Self Image

It is hardly uncommon to find that people who have lost of excess weight are not as happy as they would have been expected to be, or even as happy as society would have expected …

Scientific Cause Behind Social Gaffes
Friday, 3 Jul, 2009 – 13:24 | No Comment

It is extremely common to find that we end up doing or saying something we are desperately trying to avoid. Scientists seem to have discovered the reason behind this. The very act of trying to …

Stomach Stapling May Reduce Cancer Risk in Women
Thursday, 2 Jul, 2009 – 15:24 | No Comment

According to a new research, women who have stapled their stomach to look slimmer and to lose weight have also managed to reduce the risk of contracting cancer by over 40%.
A study was recently conducted …

HIV Vaccine from Canada Ready for Human Testing
Thursday, 2 Jul, 2009 – 15:20 | No Comment

An HIV/AIDS vaccine has been under development in Canada for some time now. At the moment, it has passed all requisite safety tests on animals. The next step is human testing in the US, for …

Autism Risk in Late Pregnancies
Wednesday, 1 Jul, 2009 – 13:25 | No Comment

Latest study suggests, the risk of having a child with Autism is high with pregnancy complications and late deliveries.
Researchers say that with the increase in age, the role of the father may also be important.The …

Low Risk of Cancer for Vegetarians
Wednesday, 1 Jul, 2009 – 13:22 | One Comment
Low Risk of Cancer for Vegetarians

Vegetarians have a lower risk of developing a cancer when compared to meat-eater. This was confimed in a study done over 60,000.
Dr Naomi Allen, an epidemiologist at Oxford University lead the study with colleagues from …