AP - The House voted Friday to lift a ban on using taxpayer dollars for needle exchange programs for intravenous drug users intended to prevent the spread of HIV and other diseases.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) — HIV infection and chronic
drinking can deal a double blow to short-term memory, a new study has
found.

Time.com - When present with other common causes of asthma, such as environmental allergens and pollution, a parent’s level of stress may play a key role in a child’s vulnerability to disease

AFP - With more than 13 million abortions at registered clinics every year, China needs to step up sex education to better inform youth on contraception, state press said Thursday.

AP - Fewer Zimbabweans are getting infected with AIDS, and researchers speculate it’s due in part to a battered economy that’s leaving men short of money to be sugar daddies and keep mistresses.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) — The first clinical trial of
a treatment for pulmonary hypertension in adults with sickle cell anemia
has been stopped because of severe side effects in some participants.

AP - She was sociable and happy in high school. But in college that changed abruptly: Depressed and withdrawn, some days she couldn’t get out of bed.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) — A simple urine test could
help reduce men’s risk of persistent chlamydia infection and the
likelihood of transmitting it to their sex partners, U.K. researchers
report.

Reuters - Over-the-counter allergy and asthma drugs helped obese, diabetic mice lose weight and control their blood sugar, researchers reported on Monday.

Reuters - A rapid urine test for chlamydia identified 84 percent of infections in men, offering a quick and painless way to diagnose the common sexually transmitted disease, British researchers said on Tuesday.