Newly homeless youth are likelier to engage in risky sexual behavior if they stay in nonfamily settings because they lack supervision and social support, a new study shows.

Researchers defined homeless youth as those who have been away from home for a period between one day and six months. Homeless settings include friends' homes, abandoned buildings or the streets

Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston are conducting clinical trials on a cocaine vaccine that they have developed. The vaccine stimulates the body's immune system to attack cocaine when the prohibited drug is taken in. The end result is that real cocaine will lack the kick that drug dependents seek.

The cocaine vaccine may be a possible solution for people hooked on the substance. Dr. Tom Kosten and his wife Therese are at the forefront of the scientific breakthrough

Folklore surrounding pregnancy persists in modern America despite advances in medical interventions.

Many Americans, for example, believe maternal thoughts and actions contribute to adverse fetal outcomes, says Jonathan Schaffir, a clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Ohio State University

Body parts donated by drug addicts are now being used in body transplants following a serious shortage of organs.

At least 450 body parts from donors who have drug abuse history have been used by transplant surgeons who have been forced by such circumstances between 2002 and 2007, BBC News reported. The quality of these organs and risks to infections may have been affected, it added

Malaysia launched its version of 9-11 hotline in an effort to curb domestic violence. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi led the launching of the Talian Nur on Thursday.

The number 15999 is available for victims of domestic violence, child abuse or natural disasters. The one-stop call center was established by the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry. It employs 29 contact service agents working on 3 shifts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from a facility in Kuala Lumpur