Do Artificial Food Dyes Make Children Hyperactive?
A consumer group has petitioned the government to ban artificial food dyes citing that they have been linked to hyperactivity in children. There is enough data available to prove that these artificial coloring agents can lead to a hyperactive behavior.
Sex Increases the Risk of Having a Heart Attack
According to a new study sudden bout of intense physical activity, like having sex or rapidly climbing a flight of stairs can increase the chances of a heart attack.
How Do You Feel About Yourself?
Do you feel worthy or unworthy, lovable or unlovable, adequate or inadequate, secure or insecure, alive and passionate, or numb? Do you have high or low self-esteem?
Vitamin B Rich Diet Lowers the Risk of Premenstrual Syndrome
A recent study led by Dr.Patricia O. Chocano- Bedoya of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst has concluded that a diet rich in Vitamin B (Thiamine and Riboflavin) can lower the risk of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in women.
Size Does Matter, At Least When It Comes to Male Fertility
Dr. Jaime Mendiola and colleagues the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York have developed a simple screening tool for male fertility
Cancer Drug Avastin Could Prevent Blindness in Premature Babies
A cancer medicine called Avastin may have the potential to prevent a condition called retinopathy of prematurity, also known as ROP, blinding babies born before their natural antioxidant systems have a chance to develop.
Majority of Cancer Doctors Prescribe Experimental Drugs: Do They Do More Harm than Good?
Even though the doctors prescribe experimental drugs in the hope that they will be better than the conventional therapies, they are often found to be more harmful
Will the Morning-After Pill Soon Be Available Only with Prescription?
The maker of the Plan B morning-after emergency contraceptive pill is gearing up for another round with a FDA experts panel of to examine the ongoing question: should this pill should be sold to girls under the age of 17 without a prescription?
Using "Poppers" to Enhance Sexual Experience (or to Get High) May Cause Permanent Vision Loss
Regular use of alkyl nitrates has more effects on health than just vision. The intense but short-lived sexual stimulation enabled by the drugs encourages spontaneous, unprotected sex, and is linked to increased rates of HIV transmission.
Men Who Start to Go Bald at 20 Are More Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer
French medical researchers compared the records of 388 men being treated for prostate cancer with 281 healthy men and found that men who get prostate cancer were twice as likely to have started balding at 20.