Som Patidar - All Headline News Contributor

Rochester, Minn (AHN)- A recent study shows that the cardiovascular death rate is falling faster for men and in the U.S. the rate of death has been cut in half over the last two decades. The study concludes that men doing better than women in recovering from diseases

A team of researchers from the U.S. showed that men's affinity for children and their hormone levels play a role in determining how attractive they are to women.

The scientists tested the testosterone levels of 39 male undergraduate students from saliva samples. They also determined their affinity for children by asking them to choose between photos of an adult or a baby and to rate their interest

Harvard researchers, in efforts to develop the next generation of birth control, say an extensive knowledge of how sperm and egg unite is critical to the future of fertility and birth control drugs.

David Clapham and Yuriy Kurichok of Harvard University say that the female reproductive tract is warmer near the ovaries. Apparently this encourages the free-swimming sperm cells to keep moving. Besides being heat-seeking, sperm also appear to have olfactory sensors and will swim towards a synthetic compound with a floral smell

Just weeks after research appeared to rule out any connection in the short to medium term, a major U.S. study now suggests that long-term use of oestrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does increase the risk of breast cancer.

The latest study, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, examined data on nearly 29,000 women and has suggested that HRT, using a combination of the hormones oestrogen and progestogen, may increase the risk of breast cancer

With a guarantee to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases Hindustan Latex Ltd., (HLL) has launched female condom in India under the branded name- Confidom. HLL would import 500,000 female condoms from London based Female Health, only producer of female condoms in world.

Managing director of HLL, Mr. Ayyappan said at the launch of the product- "We will expected to import 500,000 Confidom in current fiscal year (2005-06) and each pair of confidom will cost Rs.250 (near $6)