A new study on regional low birth weight offers promise for health care experts in an area of prenatal health on a national scale where progress has been elusive.

Although researchers have long known that low birth weight (defined as a newborn weighing 5.5 lbs or less) can be influenced by many factors including the biological interaction of the mother and the fetus, the parent's socioeconomic status, and medical care, these factors are little understood and public health initiatives aimed at reducing the incidence of low birth weight have been largely unsuccessful

A new study suggests males who say yes to one too many drinks may be in danger of not only dampening their sex lives, but harming their chances of having children as well.

Researchers from India found that men being treated for alcoholism had lower testosterone levels and more sperm abnormalities than non-drinkers. They also had a far higher rate of erectile dysfunction (ED) - 71-percent, versus 7-percent of abstainers

A new study suggests that males who say yes to one too many drinks may be in danger of not only dampening their sex lives, but harming their chances of having children as well.

Researchers from India found that men being treated for alcoholism had lower testosterone levels and more sperm abnormalities than non-drinkers. They also had a far higher rate of erectile dysfunction (ED) - 71-percent, versus 7-percent of abstainers

A new study reveals an alarming number of adults engage in consuming excessive amounts of alcohol, or binge drinking. One out of every four adults in the United Kingdom admits to binge drinking on a regular basis.

Out of 2,000 people surveyed, almost on in three men (29-percent) and one in five women (20-percent) drank at least double the recommended daily limit during a night out. This means almost 11-million British citizens are putting a serious risk to their health

Saint Louis University research shows a new generation of drugs may hold hope in treating brain chemical problems such as Alzheimer's disease.

William A. Banks, M.D., professor of geriatrics and pharmacological and physiological sciences at Saint Louis University and principal investigator says, "We found that we can develop antisense - which is a molecular compound - to cross the blood brain barrier enough to alter brain function. This can have a profound effect on treating diseases that occur because there is too much or too little of a certain kind of protein in the brain. The blood brain barrier is the Holy Grail - it's the most difficult tissue to pass through