Health

Chicago, August 27: While male circumcision remains a potent weapon against the spread of HIV in heterosexual men in Africa, the procedure appears less effective for American gay men, according to the largest U.S. study to look at the issue.

San Antornio -- University of Texas Health Science Center microbiologists say they have identified a defense molecule that senses the presence of respiratory viruses.

Chicago, August 22: Several women suffer from depression during pregnancy but many of them often refuse to take treatment because they fear that the use of antidepressants will be bad for the baby.

Atlanta, August 22: No negative effects have been observed so far during the clinical trials of the swine flu vaccine, health officials reported on Friday.

New York, August 21: Urging the world to speed up preparation against the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) Friday warned that swine flu will endanger more lives in the coming months until its peak transmission is reached.

New Carolina, August: 20 A new research refutes the popularly held policy by America’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) that those eligible for the first shots of flu vaccine should be children between the age of six months and 19, pregnant women and those with underlying health issues at the risk of facing severe complications from an influenza.

Chicago, August 20: A key ingredient of heroin could be the safest and most effective treatment than methadone or other treatments for hard-core heroin addicts, a new study by Canadian researchers has found.

Chicago, August 19: It’s extremely unusual, very strange and hard to believe but a Tunisian woman is pregnant with 12 babies!, several French and British tabloid reports claimed recently adding that the unnamed woman is due to deliver a record-breaking number of babies at the end of this month.

August 19, Philadelphia: The sudden death of musical genius, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was not a result of poisoning or bad pork but may have instead been caused by a streptococcal infection, a new study suggests.

Los Angeles, August 16:Gay, lesbian and bisexual people are at an increased risk of needing mental health services, a new study by researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has found.