PARIS (AFP) Men are more than twice as likely as women to be sexually active in old age but good health is the key for both to feeling naughty, says a study published Wednesday by the British Medical Journal.Doctors looked over two big probes into the health of the American population.One survey covered 3,000 people aged 25-74 who filled in questionnaires in the mid-1990s as part of an investiga
MIAMI (AFP) Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.University of Florida researcher Nam Dang and colleagues in Japan, in a report published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, documented papaya's anticancer effect against tumors of the cervix, bre
NEW YORK It may not be surprising, but a new study offers some proof that patients who are worried about their medications are more likely to have side effects from them.The study involved patients with a particular kind of arthritis.While more research has to be done in patients with other illnesses to know for sure, my guess would be that this is happening across a wide range of drugs, Dr.Y
CHICAGO (Reuters) Inoculating children against flu protects more people of all ages in the larger community, probably because young people tend to spread viruses through physical play, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario found there were 61 percent fewer flu cases in isolated communities where children and adolescents received the seasonal
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Within five years, the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.But those gains depend on the world continuing to ramp up health spending to maintain the current rate of progress, the Global Fund said in its annual report, released ahead of a funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S health officials said on Tuesday.Black women had the highest rate of infection at 48 percent and women were nearly twice likely as men to be infected, according to an analysis by the U.S Centers for Disease Contro
NEW YORK Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western countries, a new study suggests.A number of studies in African nations have found that circumcised heterosexual men were up to 60 percent less likely than uncircumcised men to contract HIV during the stud
JOHANNESBURG Cuts in donor funding could cause an HIV nightmare, the United Nations' AIDS agency chief warned Monday.Michel Sidibe appealed to government and private donors to keep investing in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an international financing institution.He said that cuts in donations will decrease the availability of free or subsidized life-saving drugs to A
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