The US House of Representatives passes a bill to spend $50bn on the global fight against Aids.

Men's Health Policy Center (MHPC) hosts a petition urging Congress to end a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) practice that restricts prostate cancer patients' access to medications. (PRWeb Apr 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/mens-health-policy/42008/prweb824464.htm

The Power of Good Network Inc.'s PowerOfGoodShop.com service has combined the popular Discount Store concept with supporting good causes. When using their service, online consumers have the opportunity to save money on Quality products, while The Power of Good Network Inc. donates 30% of all product sales to good causes. (PRWeb Apr 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb823824.htm

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Better-educated smokers are more likely to respond to TV ads that promote quitting smoking, while the effect of secondhand smoke messages is similar across educational levels, according to a new Wisconsin study.University of Wisconsin researchers surveyed 452 adult smokers of different socioeconomic and educational levels about their recall of "keep trying to quit" and secondhand smoke ad campaigns. The initial surveys took place in 2002 and 2003.

Physically active smokers might have greater success quitting smoking than those who are more sedentary, according to a new study from the University of Toronto in Canada.The study, which appears in the May issue of American Journal of Public Health, looked at the demographics of nearly 23,000 Canadian smokers.

Tanzania's president orders a crackdown on witchdoctors who use albino body parts for good luck potions.

Leading fatherhood think-tank the Fatherhood Institute will launch a 12 point action plan on April 14, over claims that maternity services across the UK are disadvantaging children from birth by 'shutting out' their fathers.

Sleepwalkers are advised to keep a regular bedtime to avoid unwanted evening strolls, according to research from the Université de Montreal. Somnambulism, which affects up to four percent of adults, can cause mental confusion or bouts of amnesia in those affected as they wander unresponsive to their environment.

Although sexual dysfunction in some men is predictive of cardiovascular disease, this association has never been examined in women. In an article published in the April 2008 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, researchers found no increased prevalence or incidence of cardiovascular disease among postmenopausal sexually active female subjects who were dissatisfied with their sexual activity.

Imagine trying to hold your breath for 30 seconds at a time, every other minute, for the next 8 hours. That's exactly what happens during the night to some people who have sleep apnea. It's a condition that's costing some 12-million Americans* a good night's sleep, and sleep apnea might do more than that. Some doctors say sleep apnea can play a role in everything from high blood pressure to heart problems. Now, there may be a link to diabetes.

State Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., is urging New York State supermarkets to be good neighbors and stop selling tobacco products. In a full-page ad in major upstate newspapers, Commissioner Daines appealed to stores to discontinue the advertising and sale of tobacco products, following the lead of three food market chains that have already done so.

The House Rules Committee on Tuesday by voice vote allowed a bill (HR 5501) that would reauthorize the U.S. global HIV/AIDS program to be considered by the full House, CQ Today reports. According to CQ Today, compromises reached on the bill in the

HIV-positive women in the U.S. face stigma associated with the virus, according to the results of an online survey released Monday by the American Foundation for AIDS Research, CNS/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (Krouse, CNS/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 3/31).

COMPASS, a Palm Beach County, Fla.-based gay and lesbian advocacy group, last week launched an HIV/AIDS education and testing campaign aimed at men who have sex with men, the Palm Beach Post reports. The campaign encourages MSM to sign cards pledging to promote HIV testing to 10 other people.

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Just when you might think it was safe to drink the water in plastic bottles, along comes another chemical called BPA or bisphenol A. Now it looks as though you might want to think twice next time before you leave your plastic water bottle in a hot car, or even drink from a plastic bottle if you're genetically predisposed to breast cancer.

Tissue transparency is the top feature that distinguishes the eye from other anatomic organs. In the healthy eye the central retina (macula) receives crisply focused light rays transmitted through the clear vitreous, that passed through the clear lens, that had crossed the watery aqueous inside the anterior chamber, that originally entered the eye through the transparent cornea . So, anything that clouds the visual pathway interferes with good eyesight.