In a result that will fundamentally change approaches to HIV prevention in Africa, an international study has demonstrated that individuals at high risk for HIV infection who took a daily tablet containing an HIV medication – either the antiretroviral medication tenofovir or tenofovir in combination with emtricitabine – e…

Eating nuts daily could help control type 2 diabetes and prevent complications Eating nuts every day could help control Type 2 diabetes and prevent its complications, according to new research from St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto. In the research, published online by the journal Diabetes Care, a tea…

If celebrities such as Wayne Rooney can ‘grow’ new locks, is there fresh hope for the follicularly challenged, asks Darren McKeown. Barely a month goes by without another male celebrity admitting to a hair transplant. Earlier in the year, TV chef Gordon Ramsay was photographed leaving a Los Angeles clinic sporting the…

A new study has found that almost all patients with high-grade noninvasive bladder cancer do not receive complete care as recommended by current guidelines. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that efforts are needed to identify and overcome barriers to…

Circumcision, or the surgical removal of the skin covering the tip of the penis, can be a matter of family tradition, parental preference or religion—but what are the sexual, health and social aspects surrounding this sometimes controversial issue? Although statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show…