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Vets warned of possible virus exposure
AP   Saturday, 03 June 2006
AP - More than 22,000 veterans who underwent prostate biopsies at veterans' hospitals across the country are being warned that improperly sterilized equipment may have exposed them to deadly viruses.
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Asia now second to Africa in HIV cases
AP   Saturday, 03 June 2006
AP - When HIV first escalated in Africa and the Caribbean, Asia remained virtually untouched and unaware. But the world's most populous continent is catching up.
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Report: Restaurants should shrink portions
AP   Saturday, 03 June 2006

A freshly baked pizza is shown at a restaurant in New York's Harlem neighborhood, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh, FILE)AP - Those heaping portions at restaurants — and doggie bags for the leftovers — may be a thing of the past, if health officials get their way.
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Hospitals prepare for growing ranks of obese
Reuters   Saturday, 03 June 2006

An overweight woman in an undated photo. As Americans keep getting bigger, hospitals are revamping themselves to accommodate an influx of obese patients. When these patients check into a hospital, they are increasingly likely to find themselves in a room with a wider doorway than the 42-inch standard, a bed that holds up to 1,000 pounds and a ceiling lift system to move them to the bathroom. (Toby Melville/Reuters)Reuters - As Americans keep getting bigger, hospitals are revamping themselves to accommodate an influx of obese patients.
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First lady proposes worldwide HIV testing day
Reuters   Friday, 02 June 2006

First Lady Laura Bush addresses the U.N. General Assembly during the High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, at the United Nations in New York June 2, 2006. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - The United States plans to propose a global annual HIV Testing Day modeled on a U.S. campaign encouraging at-risk individuals to determine if they have the AIDS virus, first lady Laura Bush said on Friday.
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Obesity in puberty linked to hormone disorder
Reuters   Friday, 02 June 2006
Reuters - Girls who are obese during the early stages of puberty have an increased risk of developing abnormally high levels of androgens, a type of steroid hormone, according to a report in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
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Viagra may improve sex life of diabetic women
Reuters   Friday, 02 June 2006
Reuters - Young women with diabetes with sexual dysfunction may find that Viagra (sildenafil) improves arousal, orgasm and sexual enjoyment and decreases pain during intercourse, results of a small study suggest.
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Five African countries look at male circumcision to curb AIDS
AFP   Friday, 02 June 2006

A Lesothan HIV patient lies on his bed at the Public Hospital, in Lesotho. Five southern African countries hard-hit by the AIDS pandemic, icluding Lesothto, want to encourage men to go for circumcision after a study showed the procedure dramatically reduces the risk of HIV infection.(AFP/File/Fati Moalusi)AFP - Five southern African countries hard-hit by the AIDS pandemic want to encourage men to go for circumcision after a study showed the procedure dramatically reduces the risk of HIV infection.
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Seniors Who Don't Drive More Likely to Require Care
HealthDay   Friday, 02 June 2006
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- If you're wondering whether your aging parent is going to end up in a nursing or retirement home, check whether he is tooling around in his car or staying inside.
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Female genital mutilation heightens death rate at childbirth: study
AFP   Friday, 02 June 2006

A young woman walks past a campaign banner against female genital mutilation (FGM) at the venue of an international conference, in 2004, in Nairobi, Kenya. Female genital mutilation greatly increases the risk of complications at childbirth and of having a baby that will die during or after birth, according to a UN study published by The Lancet.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)AFP - Female genital mutilation greatly increases the risk of complications at childbirth and of having a baby that will die during or after birth, according to a UN study published by The Lancet.
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San Francisco reflects on 25 years of AIDS
Reuters   Friday, 02 June 2006
Reuters - San Franciscan Michael Lynch has been living with HIV for six years and expects to live many more years with the virus that causes AIDS as long as he takes his medication - a marked contrast to when an HIV diagnosis was a death sentence.
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