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By Eddie Wrenn: Oral sex is good for women's health and makes you feel happier, according to a study which studied the effects of semen's 'mood-altering chemicals'. The State University of New York study - which scientists carried out via survey rather than through practical experiment - compared... Sign in to see full entry.

By Kris Gunnars: Coffee is one of the healthiest beverages on the planet. It is more than just dark-colored liquid with caffeine. Coffee actually contains hundreds of different compounds, some of which have important health benefits. Several massive studies have now shown that the people who drink... Sign in to see full entry.

Transcript: HARI SREENIVASAN: This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1964 report by then Surgeon-General Luther Terry warning about the dangers of smoking. That report is widely credited with saving millions of lives. For more about the government's current efforts to reduce... Sign in to see full entry.

By LIZ NEPORENT: Swedish scientists have identified a new strain of HIV that appears to progress much faster than most previously identified variations of the virus. Recommended: HIV/AIDS Tweet Chat Today at 1 p.m., ET The new strain, known as A3/02, is a recombinant, meaning it is a cross between... Sign in to see full entry.

By David Heitz: Gone are the days when people with HIV went to an immunologist who simply did their best to manage the illness for as long as they could. Now, people with HIV—even those who contracted it in their twenties—are growing old and need to be treated and monitored for conditions that come... Sign in to see full entry.

Beatrice Bartnett, Margie Adelman: The Miracles of Urine Therapy ( http://www.drbartnett.com/miracles.htm ) --- "The Therapy outlined in this book is an entirely drugless system of healing; the only ingredient is a substance manufactured by the body, rich in minerals, salt, hormones, and other vital... Sign in to see full entry.

By Kerry Sheridan: Washington (AFP) - A little girl who was treated for HIV shortly after birth still shows no sign of infection at age three, suggesting her apparent cure was not a fluke, US researchers said. The story of the first child known to have been cured of HIV through early treatment with... Sign in to see full entry.

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Associated Press: Hold your nose and don't spit out your coffee: Doctors have found a way to put healthy people's poop into pills that can cure serious gut infections — a less yucky way to do "fecal transplants." Canadian researchers tried this on 27 patients and cured them... Sign in to see full entry.

A Chinese hospital's request for blood from healthy female virgins for use in medical research has been condemned as insulting to women, state-run media reported Monday. The Peking University Cancer Hospital said it needed the blood of 100 female virgins aged from 18 to 24 years old for studies on... Sign in to see full entry.

By Neetzan Zimmerman: A man convicted of raping a woman collapsed after being informed that his victim was HIV positive. Richard Thomas, 27, broke into the Greater Manchester, UK home of an acquaintance on July 20th to find the unidentified woman asleep in her bed. The victim had taken a sleeping... Sign in to see full entry.