If you are pear-shaped you may live a decade longer than those who are apple shaped, The Daily Mail reports. The same is true for men: guys with small stomachs live a whopping 17 years longer than men with beer bellies. Carrying heft around your midsection wreaks havoc on blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels. As a result, apple-shaped folks are at risk for heart disease, diabetes, strokes and ...

Danish researchers have confirmed that the cure for HIV should be available in the near future. According to the examiner, the testing a strategy in clinical trials in which the HIV is stripped from human DNA and destroyed by the immune system. The technique involves unmasking the “reservoirs” formed by the HIV virus inside resting immune cells, bringing it to the surface of the cells. Once it comes to the ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has been rocked by two major scandals in the past weeks culminating with Administrator Lisa Jackson’s resignation this past week. The agency charged with responsibility for overseeing the nation’s environmental laws has become one of the most controversial federal government agencies during Obama’s first term through their dramatic expansion of powers over the nation’s ec ...

[caption id="attachment_7602" align="alignright" width="199"] President Obama today funded 12,000 medical research grants worth $5 billion. It's his commitment to everyday people that won the president support from celebrities such as Eva Longoria in his re-election campaign. (Photo courtesy Adoring Eva Longoria Facebook page)[/caption]In a visit to the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, MD, ...

Smoking remains one of the top health urgency in the United States, tobacco being the biggest killer. Each year, there are about 443,000 people who die prematurely from smoking while 6 million deaths each year are linked to tobacco use. By 2015, experts estimate smoking will kill 6.5 million people. In the meanwhile, researchers are trying to solve the rest of the puzzle, finding new risk factors linked to ...

6 News - Striking new MRI images show that for twins, sibling rivalry starts early–even before birth. Researchers in London were trying to find out more about a rare blood disease that can complicate the pregnancies for women carrying twins, when they captured video of what appears to be two fetuses pushing each other as they try to make more room. ...

Dallas County declared state of emergency, as the West Nile virus grew a bigger threat. Following an official meeting on Wednesday, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings authorized aerial spraying with insecticide to prevent the spreading of the West Nile disease. The hot and dry weather of the past weeks has created the perfect environment for the Culex mosquito. With it, the West Nile virus is a greater danger than ...

A trio of new studies highlights the promise and challenges of preventing the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS: Giving anti-AIDS drugs to healthy but high-risk patients can dramatically reduce the risk of infection. Two studies from Africa in heterosexual patients found that the drugs reduced the rate of HIV infection by 62% to 75%, a success rate that's comparable to results from studies of gay me ...

Pauline Potter took the title of the Guinness Book World Record’s Fattest Woman at 728 pounds. She packed on the pounds after divorcing her husband Alex. Pauline later had health complications and immobility. Her son had to help her use the bathroom. After attaining the Guinness title, her ex-husband Alex wanted back in her life. Even though they are not back together, Alex visits a couple of weeks a month ...

In case you were wondering, May is National Masturbation Month. The celebration of May as National Masturbation Month began in 1995 in San Francisco as a response to the forced resignation of then U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders. After a speech at the United Nations World AIDS Day in 1994, an audience member asked Elders about masturbation’s potential for discouraging early sexual activity. She answere ...

Women who cycle regularly are at risk of decreased sensation in the pelvic region, a new study has showed. Scientists at Yale University found that female cyclists may experience less pleasure during sex if the handlebars of their bike are lower than the seat. They learned that a low handlebar position puts extra pressure on nerves and blood vessels, or neuropathies, in the genital area. The study reported ...

New research has found that when a baby is born to an obese mother, it is more likely to have much lower cognitive function than a child born to a mom with a healthy weight! The study looked at 3,412 mothers and found a strong link between pre-pregnancy obesity and math and reading test scores of children. One of the researchers explained: “These findings suggest that children born to women who are obese be ...