According to a study published in the medical journal The Lancet, there is a possible correlation between an increased risk of contracting HIV and the use of a specific type of injectable birth control for females. Depo-Provera is a type of hormonal contraception that is said to increase a female subject’s susceptibility to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), increasing her potential to transmit and contract the virus by up to 30 percent.
Sunshine Lomibao
Jan 16, 2015
Way over the 10 to 15 percent cesarean section figure recommended by the World Health Organization, the number of Brazilian women undergoing elective cesarean sections as a birthing method is now reportedly up to 52 percent. These figures have been statistically confirmed due to the fact that an increasing number of Brazilian women choose the said procedure in order to preserve their sex lives after giving birth.
Sunshine Lomibao
Jan 16, 2015
American doctor, Dr. Richard Sacra, was cured of the deadly Ebola virus after he contracted the lethal disease while on a medical mission in West Africa in August of last year. Now, Dr. Sacra is reportedly returning to Liberia in order to lend a hand to his exhausted colleagues in that region.
Sunshine Lomibao
Jan 16, 2015
A new analysis suggests that if current practices are kept up, Ebola can be eliminated from Liberia by June.
sonali raj
Jan 14, 2015
Bisexual women in the UK suffer worse mental health as compared to heterosexuals and lesbians.
sonali raj
Jan 14, 2015
Bilingual children tend to believe that all traits are learned.
sonali raj
Jan 14, 2015
Sexual reproduction is healthier over time, a study has shown.
sonali raj
Jan 14, 2015
Scientists have developed a tissue like implant that could help patients of paralysis.
sonali raj
Jan 14, 2015
The American Cancer Society has published a report indicating a significant fall in cancer rates since 1991.
sonali raj
Jan 13, 2015
A new study enquires into the connection between the use of alcohol and marijuana, and the government’s policy on these substances.
sonali raj
Jan 13, 2015
Chilly weather numbs the body's ability to fight the common cold. The virus that causes common cold replicates better at cooler temperatures because at cooler temperatures the human antiviral immune system is not as responsive as at higher temperatures.
sonali raj
Jan 13, 2015
Normal metabolisers of nicotine respond better to the drug varenicline than to nicotine patches.
sonali raj
Jan 13, 2015
Biogen has acquired Convergence for its portfolio of pain treatments and key drug for neuralgic pain.
sonali raj
Jan 13, 2015
Sanofi and Regenron have found that their Alirocumab treatment is successful in controlling bad cholesterol levels in patients.
sonali raj
Jan 13, 2015
A new gene has been found whose activity correlates to the growth of a type of breast cancer.
sonali raj
Jan 13, 2015
There is no link between brilliance and schizophrenia, a new study has shown.
sonali raj
Jan 13, 2015
Separation from iPhone causes users to perform poorly on tests and feel disoriented.
Admin System
Jan 10, 2015
Hormonal contraceptive injection Depo-Provera could increase women's risk of HIV infection.
Admin System
Jan 10, 2015
Researchers have found a new class of dengue antibodies that can help to develop a vaccine for the disease.
Admin System
Jan 10, 2015
The U.S. FDA has approved a new treatment for ovarian cancer from AstraZeneca
Admin System
Jan 09, 2015
A law in North Carolina that required doctors to describe to a pregnant woman about her fetus before she has an abortion has been struck down on the grounds that it violates freedom of expression.
Admin System
Jan 09, 2015
Genetics startup 23andMe has tied up with Genentech, a unit of Roche, to find a treatment for Parkinson's, which affects about 1 million people in the United States.
Admin System
Jan 09, 2015
Weight loss surgery is found to increase the chances of long term survival in obese patients.
Admin System
Jan 09, 2015
Female mice fed on a diet containing corn syrup died faster and reproduced slower than those that were fed a diet containing table sugar, a new study found.
Admin System
Jan 07, 2015
E-cigarettes are found to contain toxic vapors and are more harmful than was earlier believed.
Admin System
Jan 07, 2015
Bilingual people constantly do mental workout which makes them better at mental functions than their monolingual counterparts.
Admin System
Jan 07, 2015
Depression is not only a psychological illness as it may be caused by inflammation, a new study has found.
Admin System
Jan 07, 2015
A new study shows that wild geese may carry bird flu virus on their wings when they migrate. The study uses GPS tracking data of four species of Asian wild fowl and genetic analysis of the virus to suggest that the strain H5N1 travels along migratory flyways.
Admin System
Jan 07, 2015
An American man with the rare medical condition called diphallia has just released a book sharing his experiences of having two working penises.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jan 05, 2015
Denee Mallon of Albuquerque, New Mexico, just made medical history by having Medicare cover the cost of her sex reassignment surgery and probably being the oldest who had undergone sex change at age 74.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jan 05, 2015