WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Researchers say they have developed a cream that might prevent herpes infection for as long as a week — a potentially big step in protecting women from the sexually transmitted infection.
The cream uses a new kind of therapy called RNA interference to turn off genes that the virus uses to invade cells, [...]

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(HealthDay News) — Medications prescribed to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may effectively manage symptoms, but they can also cause a number of side effects.
 
The American Academy of Family Physicians offers these suggestions to minimize side effects caused by ADHD drugs:

Take only the minimal dose necessary to control your symptoms. Speak with your doctor about [...]

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By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER
After back-to-back hospital visits for congestive heart failure, Eva Olweean figured her health was back to normal. But the nurses at her retirement home knew better: Motion sensors in the 86-year-old’s bed detected too many restless nights.
Tiny sensors hover unobtrusively over the toilet, shower and doorways to detect Olweean’s movements inside her [...]

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By Serena Gordon

Placing infants and small children in age-appropriate car safety seats significantly reduces the odds that they will die if they are in a motor vehicle accident, new research shows.Babies reaped the most benefit from being placed in a car seat. Their odds of dying in a car crash [...]

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Many women feel dizzy during pregnancy, a condition caused by hormones that help increase blood flow to the baby, but may restrict blood flow to you.
The American Pregnancy Association offers these suggestions to help relieve dizziness during pregnancy:

Try not to stand up for long periods. When you do have to stand, move [...]

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By Pauline Go

If you want to stay healthy and fit, follow our daily health guide.
1) You should exercise daily. It does not matter what you do. You can walk, run, swim, or jump. It is advisable to exercise for a minimum of twenty minutes a day. Daily exercise will keep you healthy, and it [...]

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By Pauline Go

The stigma and discrimination in the society associated with HIV and AIDS usually places a lot of inhibitions in the mind of a person when he or she arrives for an HIV test. Therefore, these tests are conducted very confidentially and under strict privacy to protect the identity of the person being [...]

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With one night stands on the increase, there are several social conventions to take into account on the morning after. “Do I sneak out?” “Do you wait and make breakfast?” and sometimes even “What was his/her name again?” The last thing one your mind is often “Were we safe?” or “What if they had an [...]

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It’s a conversation that nobody wants to have - the admission of having a sexually transmitted disease to a partner. Whether you’ve been with somebody for years or have only just met, the revelation is never easy to make, so it’s important that you impart the information carefully.
Whatever you do, keeping quiet about your sexually [...]

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By Dorit Sasson
Good sex education should allow the adolescent to talk freely about sex and its relationship to interpersonal relations, dynamics within a relationship, love, family and his/her future. Sex education should be open enough so that the atmosphere in the classroom is comfortable and the adolescent does not feel inhibited when asking questions.
Unfortunately, most [...]

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