Three in ten Americans belong to a gym or health club, according to a new study released by Socratic Technologies. Plus, another 15-percent saying they plan to join a gym or health club in the next six months.

The study by U.S. Consumer Luxury Services Outlook examines the use of and spending on an variety of health and fitness services in American homes. Other findings of the study include 12-percent use or plan to start using a personal trainer and 24-percent use or plan to start using a nutritionist or weight control program

The nation's latest annual report on cancer reveals although there is an increase of liver cancer diagnosis, the number of deaths caused by cancer is decreasing. The revelations spark both concern and optimism in the medical arena.

In the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers report Americans' death rates from cancer have dropped 1.1 percent each year since 1993, a trend that continued in 2002

Male Breast cancer is on the rise, and awareness about the disease needs to occur. Astounded and shocked is how men described feeling when learning they had breast cancer, a disease they didn't even know men could suffer from.

How men cope with the disease is still a mystery. The first North American study looking at what men experience after a breast cancer diagnosis is considering many the different ways men and women deal with the diagnosis

Investigators with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services recently became aware of four cases of HIV infection related to work in the adult film industry.

These infections occurred despite a widely adopted voluntary program of HIV and STD testing within the adult film industry

More than half of American teens ages 15 to 19 have engaged in oral sex, increasing to nearly 70% for those who are 18 and 19, according to the largest federal study of the nation's sexual practices.

Findings now suggest a shift in sexual practices, in which females are using oral and lesbian sex "as a safer alternative than [vaginal] sex with men