At-home HIV test raises ethical questions, bioethicist says

A test to determine if you are infected with HIV should be made available over-the-counter, a federal advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration has recommended.  Having a home test kit available would seem to be a good idea for cutting down on new cases. About 1 in  …

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FDA panel backs at-home HIV test

By David MorganReuters WASHINGTON - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel of outside experts concluded that OraSure Technologies Inc's over-the-counter, in-home HIV test is reasonably safe and effective for determining whether someone has the AIDS virus. The 17-member FDA adv …

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Awakened: Immune cells revive woman in coma

By Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna Researchers from the University of Munich recently reported that they were able to awaken an 82-year-old woman who’d been in a persistent vegetative state by using injections of her own immune cells. The woman, who had suffered a stroke, had been ca …

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Doc claims he's found the G-spot

The search for the female G-spot -- that supposedly erotic pleasure button somewhere in the vagina -- has become like the search for the Lost City of Atlantis. Some insist it’s real and that they’ve found it; others insist it’s a myth; and still others say it wa …

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Brain scans show why some can't resist temptation

Jill, Ann, and Kimberly go off to college with warnings from their parents about sex and the “Freshman 15” ringing in their ears. Months later, Jill has gained 15 pounds and Ann has become a sexual adventurer. Kimberly, on the other hand, has not only maintained her  …

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Brain freeze: Why ice cream makes some scream

By Jennifer WalshLiveScienceMost people have likely experienced brain freeze — the debilitating, instantaneous pain in the temples after eating something frozen — but researchers didn't really understand what causes it, until now. Previous studies have found that mig …

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Doc solves mystery of Frida Kahlo's infertility

When Dr. Fernando Antelo looks at “The Broken Column,” one of many self-portraits depicting artist Frida Kahlo’s chronic pain and health problems, he feels like he’s having a conversation with a colleague as well as a patient. The piece, painted shortly a …

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Time to think of health costs to IVF babies, bioethicist says

An article just published in the highly respected journal Fertility and Sterility ought to give anyone thinking about using “test tube” baby technology pause. A review of 124,000 children born through two very common infertility treatments -- in vitro fertilization, c …

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Women with heart trouble more likely to have baby girls

By MyHealthNewsDaily staff Pregnant women with heart disease are more likely to give birth to girls than boys, according to a new study from Iran. The study involved 200 pregnant women diagnosed with heart disease who were referred to a heart center for delivery. Of the 216 child …

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No laughing matter: Fear of clowns is serious issue

For those infected with the panic, the monsters typically pounce with mammoth feet as high-pitched, almost-joyful squeals emanate from their frightful noses. Scarier still, these creatures tend to travel in tight clusters, often arriving in the same manner. One teeny-tiny car. B …

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Are best friends forever? Not for women

By Stephanie PappasLiveScienceBest friends aren't forever, at least if phone records are any indication. A woman's No. 1 contact during her 20s is most often a male, but by age 45, she'll most likely be calling another woman — probably her daughter — more than anyone …

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U.S. measles cases highest in 15 years

By Rachael RettnerMyHealthNewsDaily The number of measles cases and outbreaks spiked last year, with unvaccinated people making up the majority of those affected, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2011, there were 222 cases of meas …

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Why dead celebs make us nostalgic

Once again, a popular celebrity in the music industry has died, and once again Americans are awash in bittersweet nostalgia. On Wednesday, it was 82-year-old Dick Clark, who, after being in ill health for years following a stroke, succumbed to a heart attack. In February, it was  …

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After 35 years, woman gets her voice back thanks to jet technology

Silenced for 35 years by a crushing injury to her throat, Jan Christian is regaining her voice, thanks to several complex surgeries and some jet-engine technology. But the Kentucky woman isn’t simply speaking for the first time since she was a teenager. She’s singing …

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Buffett plans radiation treatment for cancer, faces good prognosis

The news that financier Warren Buffett, in the public eye lately thanks to the politics of the so-called proposed “Buffett Rule” that would raise taxes on the very wealthy, has been diagnosed with Stage 1 prostate cancer may be noteworthy, but it’s not …

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A blood test for depression? New research points the way

A simple blood test may one day be all that’s needed to help parents figure out whether a child is suffering from clinical depression or normal teenage angst, a new study suggests. In a pilot study of 28 adolescents, scientists showed that teenage depression could be diagn …

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What do you think of the feeding tube diet?

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Move over, Master Cleanse: juice fasting hits the get-thin-quick stage

Thanks to her husband, Juli Alvarez is a dedicated liquid dieter. "I'm very conscious about what goes in my mouth, but then you get caught up in things, get lazy and eat one too many cupcakes," says the New Yorker whose husband is a pastry chef. "I wish I could say I never  …

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Opinion: It's time to hold doctors accountable for painkiller abuse

Last June 19, four people died in a brutal massacre in a drugstore on Long Island. After getting a 911 emergency call, Suffolk County homicide detectives found four people shot dead at Haven Drugs in Medford, 60 miles east of New York City. Addiction to prescription painkillers p …

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Obese moms may be more likely to have autistic child, study suggests

Women who are obese when pregnant may have a higher risk of having a baby with autism, a new study indicates. Researchers found that the risk of autism increased by nearly 70 percent when moms were obese during their pregnancies, while the risk of a having a baby with some other …

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Santorum's daughter defies odds with Trisomy 18

At age 3, Rick Santorum’s daughter Bella, who has been hospitalized for the second time during his presidential campaign, has outlived the majority of children born with Trisomy 18, a relatively common chromosomal defect that occurs in one out of every 3,000 to 5,000& …

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Birth control shots tied to breast cancer risk, study says

Recent use of the injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera for at least a year was associated with a doubling of young women’s breast cancer risk, a new study has found. However, users’ breast cancer risk dropped to that of non-users within several months of stopping Dep …

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Suicide risk spikes in week after cancer diagnosis, study finds

The risk of suicide spikes in the weeks immediately following a cancer diagnosis, a new study shows. Patients were almost 13 times more likely to commit suicide in the first week after learning they had cancer than they were prior to the diagnosis. Twelve weeks after th …

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Army program aims to predict soldiers' resiliency

In the weeks since Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was first accused of going on a shooting rampage in an Afghanistan village, military officials and the media have combed through his life for warning signs or anything that could have predicted what may have been to come. …

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Outgrowing autism? Study looks at why some kids 'bloom'

Karen Melville remembers when her son Danny was diagnosed with autism so severe that his doctor feared he might never even talk, much less go to school. “It was like a freight train hit,” said Melville, a 39-year-old mother of two who lives in Brunswick, Ohio. Five y …

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