Eating a lot of foods and drinks sweetened with fructose significantly raises a person's risk of having high blood pressure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. …
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The state of Virginia and the government were pitched in a legal battle in a federal courtroom on Thursday that could lead to the undoing of the massive healthcare reform law passed three months ago. …
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The traders sell an array of bushmeat: monkey carcasses, smoked anteater, even preserved porcupine. …
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A US health panel Thursday voted unanimously to allow the sale of a controversial French birth control pill, which can prevent pregnancy for up to five days after unprotected sex. …
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A leading medical journal says the world could boost its blood supply from young donors by tapping into social networks like Facebook and Google. …
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HealthDay – MONDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) — It turns out that testosterone
might be responsible for more than masculinity and Hollywood action
movies: A new study suggests that women who get doses of the hormone are
less trusting of strangers, a possible sign that testosterone boosts
levels of caution. …
» More: Testosterone May Make Women Less Trusting (HealthDay)

Reuters – Is an erection worth becoming hard of hearing? …
» More: Viagra could double risk of hearing loss (Reuters)

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) — The erectile dysfunction
drug Viagra, and possibly other similar medications, may prompt long-term
hearing loss among users, a new study suggests. …
» More: Viagra Linked to Hearing Loss (HealthDay)

HealthDay – TUESDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) — People with a serious lung
disease that causes progressive scarring of the lung tissue might get some
relief from sildenafil, the drug used in Viagra, a new study finds. …
» More: Viagra May Aid Those With Lung Fibrosis (HealthDay)

HealthDay – THURSDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) — Among men with erectile
dysfunction, those who also have low testosterone levels face a higher
than normal risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, a new study has
found. …
» More: Low Testosterone Raises Heart Death Rates in Impotent Men (HealthDay)