New vaccine prevents CMV Herpes virus in mice

New vaccine prevents CMV Herpes virus in mice

Researchers at UCSD have patented a strategy for developing a human vaccine to prevent against Human Cytomegalovirus (hCMV) infection and disease. CMV, a type of herpes virus, is the leading viral…
Curbing the Obesity Epidemic

Curbing the Obesity Epidemic

The obesity epidemic has become a major public health problem in both industrialized countries and the developing world. Recent studies suggest that the major development of persistent adiposity is…
Coffee drinking protects against eyelid spasms

Coffee drinking protects against eyelid spasms

More good news for coffee is making the "it" drink for 2007. People who drink coffee are less likely to develop an involuntary eye spasm called primary late onset blepharospasm, which makes them…
Should We Regulate The Porn Industry?

Should We Regulate The Porn Industry?

In California, you can't smoke a cigar in Morton's Of Chicago after a great steak any more. It's too dangerous to the health of the waitresses and waiters. Legislators have recently tried to…
Drink more, get arthritis less

Drink more, get arthritis less

Great news for imbibers. A new study suggests that alcohol may protect against rheumatoid arthritis and more of it is better than less. The study says three glasses of wine, for example, has…
New model of childhood obesity

New model of childhood obesity

The consumption of sweetened soft drinks by children has more than doubled between 1965 and 1996 but few studies have been able to investigate the link between diet and the body’s energy balance…
Does OTC diet pill Alli live up to its name?

Does OTC diet pill Alli live up to its name?

he first and only over-the-counter product for weight loss approved by the Food and Drug Administration will be available Friday, June 15. Orlistat, known by the brand name Alli, works by decreasing…