According to researchers, a new virus has been found in human prostate tumors, but its connection with prostate cancer is obscure and needs more research.

US scientists, who investigated the influence of anabolic steroids on hamsters, claim that the drugs may cause lasting aggression.

The effects of steroid may continue for minimum of two years and trigger permanent changes in brain, the Behavioral Neuroscience study reveals.

A group of scientists in Bangalore, working with a team of American experts have found
a brand new way to identify new genes responsible for genetic diseases.

They have just completed the largest study of protein-protein interactions in human cells that was ever conducted. They claim it helps to identify these new genes and disease targets.

What influence does the physical activity have on weight loss program for people who are overweight?

The answer is not difficult: the number of calories you burn up during the day must be higher than the number you consume in your meals.

According to a recent study, women who use the Ortho Evra birth-control patch are at double risk of developing blood clots than those taking oral contraceptives, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

However, the agency said that presented results are preliminary and hence they do not require prompt action other than advising women to discuss the risk with their physician.

For many years older women have been advised by their physicians to take calcium and vitamin D pills to protect their bones as they age.

But according to the latest and the biggest research ever conducted to examine the value of that timeworn advice, calcium and vitamin D pills provide only limited protection. They failed to protect against most fractures in the mostly low-risk female patients.

One in 4 people is affected by clinical depression within their lives. Depression is a serious and long-lasting state of mind in which normal sadness grows into a painful state of hopelessness, listlessness, lack of motivation, and tiredness. However, clinical depression means something else for each person, varying from mild to severe.

The scientists were very disappointed when announcing on Tuesday, that putting elder women on a low-fat diet did not decrease their risk of breast or colon cancer or heart disease, as they had hoped before.

However, they noted that the results should not be understood as a license to "rush out to the nearest fast-food store and stuff your face," as one the investigators put it.

According to the Toronto Globe and Mail, a recent American research findings eliminate the popular theory that taking contraceptives causes weight gain.

Scientists analyzed 44 previous studies that concluded that women using contraceptives are typically in an age group likely to put on weight. However, birth control pills are a very comfortable excuse for that weight gain.

According to the scientists from University of Cambridge, highly analytical married couples such as engineers, scientists or mathematicians may have a bigger chance than other couples to have autistic children.

Prof Simon Baron-Cohen explained in the journal Archives of Disease of Childhood, that the gene making some people analytical, may also adversely affect their social and communication skills.