WEDNESDAY, Feb. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A woman with HIV who received an umbilical cord blood transplant has become the third person in the world to be cured of the virus that causes AIDS. The two others, both men, were cured after receiving bone marrow transplants from donors whoContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Lovemaking isn’t just for the young — older people gain a lot of satisfaction from amorous relations as well. But things get complicated as people age, and many folks let this important part of life drift away rather than talk about sexual problemsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Giving dark chocolate to your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day may be a win-win emotionally and physically, an expert suggests. But it’s important to keep any potential health benefits in perspective, noted Lizzy Davis, an assistant professor of nutrition sciences at the University ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There’s some bad news for lovelorn men this Valentine’s Day. A new study has found that men are at an increased risk of mental illness after the breakdown of any romantic relationship. And, it found, stereotypes of masculinity may be partially to blame.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If the pandemic taught the world nothing else, it’s that viruses can mutate, potentially giving rise to new and more harmful variants. Now, new research reveals that’s exactly what has happened with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Called VB (for virulent subtypeContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Men compelled to find myriad new partners and ways to have sex may be driven by high levels of the so-called “love hormone,” oxytocin, new research suggests. Oxytocin, which is produced by the hypothalamus and secreted by the pituitary gland, plays a keyContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Vaccinations have been given to the first volunteers in a Phase 1 trial of Moderna’s experimental HIV vaccine, the company has announced. The vaccine uses mRNA technology — similar to that utilized in breakthrough COVID vaccines — to deliver HIV-specific antigens that couldContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Sharing food and smooching are two ways babies can suss out whom they can depend on to take care for them, a new study suggests. The tell-tale clue common to both is a surprising one: saliva. “Babies don’t know in advance which relationshipsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A three-month sexual abstinence rule for blood donations from sexually active gay and bisexual men should be dropped by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, critics urge as the country struggles with a blood shortage. Right now, based on the slight chance ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Want to look more alluring? Wear a mask. Really. That’s the takeaway from Welsh researchers who found that masking up may make men look more attractive to the opposite sex and that some kinds of masks do a better job of this thanContinue Reading