A young couple is silhouetted by the light from the full moon. Men are more than twice as likely as women to be sexually active in old age but good health is the key for both to feeling naughty, says a study published Wednesday by the British Medical…... [more »]
Date: 9 March 2010, 6:05 pm
A nurse draws blood from a patient for an HIV test in Johannesburg. Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 Wor…... [more »]
Date: 9 March 2010, 5:30 pm
A street vendor prepares papaya for her daily customers in Yangon. Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk tradi…... [more »]
Date: 9 March 2010, 2:03 pm
A baby with malaria lays in bed as her mother sits nearby, in a malaria ward in the main hospital in Juba, in 2009. The World Health Organisation unveiled Tuesday landmark new measures to counter the misuse of anti-malaria drugs, which is threatening…... [more »]
Date: 9 March 2010, 10:59 am
Facts on malaria. The World Health Organisation unveiled Tuesday landmark new measures to counter the misuse of anti-malaria drugs, which is threatening attempts to stifle some 250 million cases a year of the disease.(AFP/Graphic)... [more »]
Date: 9 March 2010, 10:59 am
Boxes of Phillip Morris branded cigarettes pictured in a tobacco shop in Madrid, January 2006. Global tobacco giant Philip Morris said Tuesday it planned to take the Norwegian state to court in an attempt to overturn a law in the Scandinavian country…... [more »]
Date: 9 March 2010, 9:29 am
A woman smokes a cigarette in Trondheim, central Norway in 2004. Global tobacco giant Philip Morris said Tuesday it planned to take the Norwegian state to court in an attempt to overturn a law in the Scandinavian country banning the display of cigare…... [more »]
Date: 9 March 2010, 9:29 am
A person chooses a beverage in New York City in 2009. New York leaders are pressing for a so-called fat tax on the soft drinks industry, saying that sweet beverages are responsible for an upsurge of obesity across the United States.(AFP/Getty Images/…... [more »]
Date: 9 March 2010, 8:27 am
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