People who eat too much of a high-calorie, low-protein diet tend to gain more body fat than people who overeat high amounts of protein, US researchers said Tuesday. A study published in the January 4 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association included 25 people in Louisiana who agreed to live as in-patients in a weight-gain experiment for a 56-day period. Over the course of about ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- A man in Texas is serving a 35-year prison sentence for spitting at a police officer _ because he has the virus that causes AIDS and his saliva was deemed a deadly weapon. In Michigan, an HIV-positive man who allegedly bit a neighbor during an argument faced a bioterrorism charge. Candles are seen in Wittenbergplatz Square during an event to show love and care for those sufferin...

BOCHUM, Germany, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, may ease heart symptoms because it makes stiffened cardiac walls more elastic, U.S. and German researchers say. Dr. Wolfgang Linke of the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Institute of Physiology, in cooperation with colleagues from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said the drug activates an enzyme that causes the giant pro...

People who came of age in the 1960s and ‘70s did so in an era of free love. Even the music blasting from the speakers inside those sweet street machines told them it was OK to have sex anytime, anywhere and with anyone. Stephen Stills’ first solo hit in 1970 may have put it best: “If you can’t be with the one you love, honey, love the one you’re with.” Now, it appears some of those “kids” weren...

Chickenpox is an illness caused by a primary infection of the varicella zoster virus. After initial infection with the virus, it takes from 10 to 21 days for chickenpox to develop. At the onset of chickenpox, the patient shows symptoms such as fever, malaise, and loss of appetite for one or two days. This is followed by a skin rash that lasts for two to four days. The rash first appears on the s...

MINNEAPOLIS ― A ballet-inspired “barre” workout has been sweeping the nation. Its popularity is driven by women wanting to achieve a dancer’s physique and strength ― with or without tutus and ballet slippers. At Align Pilates in Minneapolis, noses drip with sweat, muscles quiver with exhaustion, and Beyonce blares from the speakers as class instructor Adrienne Fitzmaurice affirms what everyone ...

Moisturizing the best solution; use of body lotion recommended Now that we are entering into the severely cold winter, our skin needs to be taken extra care of. The freezing temperature, coupled with the wind, dries up the skin and even causes some cracks on the face and other areas, deepening concerns. Dr. Ahn Gun-young, director of the Goowoonsesang Dermatology, gives The Korea Herald reader...

ATLANTA, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- A study has confirmed syphilis did not exist in Europe before Columbus made his 1492 voyage, and it came back with his crew, researchers say. Anthropologists at Emory University say they re-analyzed European skeletons that some previous researchers said proved syphilis existed in Europe and other parts of the Old World before Columbus' voyage. Christopher Columbus Stat...

NEW YORK, Dec 26, 2011 (AFP) - Breast implants made by troubled French firm PIP have been at the heart of multiple lawsuits in the United States, where they were sold up until 2000, documents filed with the US government show. Tens of thousands of women worldwide have been fitted with the implants, which were made from industrial rather than medical grade silicone. A picture taken on December 2...

AMSTERDAM (AP) ― It’s getting surprisingly easy to light up in the Netherlands these days ― cigarettes, that is. Even as the Dutch government hardens its famous tolerance policy on marijuana, it is taking an increasingly relaxed stance toward tobacco, bucking the trend in nearly every other developed country. Last year it exempted some bars from a smoking ban and now it has unveiled plans to re...