Both amateur and professional sports have recently been rocked by the use of anabolic steroids to improve performance. But according to a new research conducted on animals, they may be addictive.

Scientists report that hamsters voluntarily infused themselves with anabolic steroids whenever they had a choice.

According to recent study published in the December issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, women who drink at least two cups of tea daily may reduce their risk of ovarian cancer.

Andrew Lamerton, a vascular surgeon, refused treatment to Frederick Smith suffering narrowed arteries, until he gave up smoking for six months. The ailment can result in the patient being confined to a wheelchair. The doctor also said that smoking only made Smith’s condition worse, and he would feel better after quitting it.

A new British study discovered that an active sex life and creativity may go hand-in-hand. The research revealed that professional artists and poets have about twice as many sexual partners as other people.

According to the researchers, while writers and artists from Byron to Picasso have perpetuated the notion of the amorous artist, the new study may be the first to offer up some real proof.

According to the recent research on efforts to aggressively treat heart conditions, high doses of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor were no better at preventing recurrent heart attacks and heart-related deaths than regular doses of the competing drug Zocor.

According to a recent research conducted by Dr. Lyn M. Steffen from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and her colleagues, large quantities of vegetables, fruits, and other plant foods reduce the risk of elevated blood pressure, while red meat raises the risk. They confirm that other reports have shown similar connections, but only few studies have addressed this topic in young adults.

After the long period of struggle to conceive, women are more likely to give birth to a boy.

One year does not make any difference, but according to scientists, the chance of having a boy increases by 4%for each extra year that people try for a pregnancy.

`I discovered later in life that I needed to make better choices about taking care of my sexual health’.
It was not long ago when I realized that many people are sexually active far into their eighties. I understood that when I was talking with a 79-year-old relative I’m very close to. I was telling her about my activism around HIV/AIDS and sexual health. Suddenly her animated, engaged expression froze into a look of horror.

The number of people with overweight in North America is constantly increasing. The risk of possible diseases resulting from obesity has encouraged people to focus on prevention and management. But at the same time others argue that fitness influences our long-term health more than obesity. Still others suggest that efforts to prevent obesity can increase food obsession and reduce self-esteem. Such different opinions concerning weight-management approaches parallel differing philosophies concerning the problem of obesity.

Between 1995 and 2000 in 10 western European countries that collaborate on routine AIDS surveillance the number of newly diagnosed HIV infections that were sexually acquired rose by 20%. During that period the total number of diagnoses was relatively stable, the proportion represented by sexually acquired infections rose from 66% to 74%. This increase is attributable to a 48% rise in infections caused by heterosexual contact.