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Illegal steroids, anabolic steroids and hormonal drugs are displayed inside a police compound in Madrid June 1, 2005. (Andrea Comas/Reuters)

Steroid users seen twice as prone to violence

53 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Young men who use anabolic steroids are twice as likely to engage in violence than those who do not use the muscle-building drugs, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

  • A man plays with his son during sunrise at Kailua Beach in Kailua, Hawaii, October 19, 2003. R EUTERS/Lucy Pemoni (Reuters)
    U.S. lags other rich nations in infant mortality 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Infant mortality in the United States remains higher than in many other industrialized countries, with progress stalling this decade, the U.S. government said on Wednesday.

  • Two functional MRI brain scans show how searching the Internet dramatically engages brain neural networks (in red). The image on the left displays brain activity while reading a book; the image on the right displays activity while engaging in an Internet search. (UCLA/Handout/Reuters)
    Workout for brain just a few clicks away Wed Oct 15, 10:03 AM ET

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Searching the Internet may help middle-aged and older adults keep their memories sharp, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

  • Newer vaccine seen as better for polio hot spots 52 minutes ago

    BOSTON (Reuters) - A newer vaccine that targets the most common form of the polio virus works up to four times better than the conventional vaccine that tries to protect against all three types of the crippling disease, researchers said on Wednesday.

  • Device helps monkeys move paralyzed wrists 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Monkeys regained the use of paralyzed wrist muscles with a computer-aided device that uses brain signals to direct movement, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

  • Nearby tissue reveals liver cancer recurrence risk 58 minutes ago

    BOSTON (Reuters) - The key to whether liver cancer is curable may lie not with the tumor, but in the apparently healthy liver cells surrounding it, scientists said on Wednesday.

  • A man holds a paper Chrysanthemum flower while he mourns during the three minutes of silence being observed on a square in Kunming, Yunnan province May 19, 2008 for victims of the Sichuan earthquake. (China Daily/Reuters)
    Study finds brain chemical linked to grief Wed Oct 15, 11:36 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have pinpointed a key brain chemical involved in dealing with the sudden loss or long-term separation of a partner, they said Wednesday.

  • A store employee walks past rows of herbal, vitamin and mineral pill products at a suburban pharmacy in Sydney April 29, 2003. (David Gray/Reuters)
    B vitamins fail in U.S. Alzheimer's disease study Tue Oct 14, 6:04 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - High doses of B vitamins failed to slow cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer's disease, dashing the hopes for a new weapon against the fatal, mind-robbing ailment, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

  • An eighteen-month-old Indian boy rests in a hammock in Mumbai, September 19, 2005. (Adeel Halim VM/mk/Reuters)
    Sweetened pill could help children beat malaria Tue Oct 14, 8:05 PM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - A new, cherry-flavored anti-malaria pill works as well as current treatments, is easy for children to swallow and could save lives, researchers reported on Wednesday.

  • Beds lie empty in the emergency room of Tulane University Hospital in New Orleans February 14, 2006. (Lee Celano/Reuters)
    Doctors often skip key test before surgery Tue Oct 14, 6:10 PM ET

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - People on Medicare who get elective surgery to open blocked heart arteries often do not get the recommended stress tests to confirm the surgery is warranted, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

  • Shelves for dairy products are seen empty in a supermarket in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. China is ordering all liquid and powdered milk manufactured before Sept. 14 to be taken off the shelves for melamine testing, the first time it has issued a blanket recall of products since the tainted dairy scandal broke last month. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)
    China milk consumers hunt for alternatives: study Wed Oct 15, 4:12 AM ET

    BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese dairy brands at the center of the country's latest food safety scandal face big hurdles luring back alarmed consumers seeking alternatives, according to a study released on Wednesday.

  • Global slowdown to take heavy toll on mental health Wed Oct 15, 4:40 AM ET

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chiu Hei-chun spent 50 years washing dishes at a roadside stall in Hong Kong only to lose his life savings when Lehman Brothers went belly up.

  • Japan chain pulls tainted Chinese beans off shelves Wed Oct 15, 7:19 AM ET

    TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese supermarket chain pulled frozen beans produced in China from its shelves on Wednesday after they were found to be tainted with pesticide, the latest in a string of food safety scandals to hit Chinese producers.

  • Dr. Arjun Kalyanpur (2nd L) and technologist Jai Singh examine a scan sent from a hospital using the 64-slice CT Scanner at Teleradiology Solutions in the southern Indian city of Bangalore September 5, 2008. (Kavita Chandran Budhraja/Reuters)
    Teleradiology paves way for remote medicine Wed Oct 15, 12:31 PM ET

    BANGALORE (Reuters) - On a computer monitor in his office in the high-tech hub of Bangalore, Indian radiologist Arjun Kalyanpur examines a scan of the skull of a six-year-old boy who fell off his bicycle.

  • China tests new drug to fight intestinal worms Tue Oct 14, 9:23 PM ET

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - A new drug from China appears to be effective in getting rid of a number of intestinal worms, a problem that plagues more than a billion people around the world.

  • Skeletons underwater at the Alit-Yam site in an undated combination image courtesy of Tel Aviv University. Scientists have discovered tuberculosis in 9,000 year-old human bones found submerged off Israel's coast -- evidence the disease is at least 3,000 years older than previously thought, researchers said on Wednesday. (Tel Aviv University/Handout/Reuters)
    Ancient bones show tuberculosis older than thought Wed Oct 15, 10:08 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered tuberculosis in 9,000 year-old human bones found submerged off Israel's coast -- evidence the disease is at least 3,000 years older than previously thought, researchers said on Wednesday.

  • A doctor checks the blood pressure of a patient in a file photo. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
    More Americans getting high blood pressure: study Tue Oct 14, 3:02 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans with high blood pressure is on the rise thanks in large part to growing rates of obesity, researchers said on Tuesday.

  • Taking Cordarone for short time not an option Tue Oct 14, 6:05 PM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Taking the Wyeth heart drug Cordarone for shorter periods of time did little to ease side effects and left patients with a higher risk of premature death than those taking it for long periods, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.

  • Lawmakers question ads for Bayer "herbal" aspirin Tue Oct 14, 6:39 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers are expanding a probe into direct-to-consumer drug advertisements to include Bayer AG's combination aspirin product, according to letters released on Tuesday.

  • A glass of rose wine is displayed in Provence, September 1, 2008. (Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)
    Inflammation not a factor in drinking-diabetes link Tue Oct 14, 1:46 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol may protect women from developing type 2 diabetes, but the effect of alcohol on inflammation and blood vessel function doesn't appear to explain the relationship, new research suggests.