After a shaky start to his Olympics trip on Saturday (July 28), Michael Phelps qualified for the eighth and final spot in the 400 individual medley.
| by Celebuzz | 2012 |
As final, which takes place later tonight.
Category: Health & fitness
Americans will soon be able to find out whether they are HIV positive at home, after an over-the-counter test was approved by the Food and Drug Agency.
| by RT | 2012 |
The test is only available to people aged 17 and above, so ID may be needed to buy one.
When you think of a bikini contest, the image of a great-grandmother is not the first thing that springs to mind.
| by Daily | 2012 |
But for one 64-year-old fitness fanatic from Los Angeles, California, a recent victory over her perky twenty-something rivals at the FitSciences Championships was just another notch on her belt.
An antiviral drug Truvada may soon become the next solution to HIV prevention, while scientists continue to dig for a vaccine.
| by RT | 2012 |
The FDA is likely to approve the medicine for ‘pre-exposure prophylaxis’ by June 15.
The nation’s fourth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, sometimes referred to as “mad cow disease,” was found in a dairy cow in California, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.
| by CNN | 2012 |
The animal has been euthanized and the carcass is being being held under
German medical groups joined the French health ministry Friday in recommending that women seek removal of breast implants made by a French company, saying they need not hurry but the devices could pose eventual health problems.
| by CNN | 2012 |
England’s National Health Service also weighed in Friday, stopping short of recommending routine removal of implants made by Poly Implant Prostheses
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10 Reasons You Don’t Have Abs
If there’s one fitness goal that almost every man goes to the gym in hopes of achieving, it’s a ripped set of abs.
| by FOX |
Whether you’re trimming down or developing more muscle mass, there’s no question that your abs are important. But you might have worked on sculpting an eye-catching stomach many times in the past
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are diseases that are mainly passed from one person to another during sex.
| by Hariharan |
There are at least 25 different sexually transmitted diseases with a range of different symptoms. These diseases may be spread through vaginal, anal and oral sex.
Children can change our lives in more ways than one, and NHS manager Sue Thompson from Chester-le-Street, Durham, knows it better than anybody – she dropped 150 lbs in over a year because her daughter was approaching an age when she might care about her mother’s looks.
| by Genuis | 2011 |
Jess Thompson was turning 14 when her 38-year-old mother grew acutely aware of her 27-stone weight and her 32-size clothes.
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Causes of Male Infertility
Are You Becoming Infertile?
| by Wendy Walsh |
“Infertility.” Just the word sounds like it’s female business, doesn’t it? It’s the career chicks who “forgot to have babies” that seem to be spending so much time at those fertility clinics, right? Wrong.