Researchers are blaming today's obesity epidemic on the ineffectiveness of vaccines and other injections regularly given in the backside.

Many medications are administered through injections into the muscles of the buttocks, including painkillers, vaccines, contraceptives and antinausea drugs. The rich supply of microscopic blood vessels in muscle speeds drug absorption into the system

A Nutrition and Cancer study says that the herbal extract Zyflamend may reduce the growth of prostate cancer cells by 78 percent. The study also reports that Zyflamend, which is an olive-oil based extract, not only suppresses prostate cancer cell growth, but also causes the cells to self-destruct. The results were attained from lab cultures used in the study.

The study's lead investigator, Dr. Debra L. Bemis of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons tells Reuters Health that "...these results suggest that Zyflamend might have some chemopreventive utility against prostate cancer in men

German researchers claim that exposure to chronic noise on the street and at work can increase the risk of a heart attack.

Dr. Stefan Willich, a cardiologist and director of the Institute for Social Medicine at the center explains to Reuters the studies findings

German researchers claim that exposure to chronic noise on the street and at work can increase the risk of a heart attack.

Dr. Stefan Willich, a cardiologist and director of the Institute for Social Medicine at the center explains to Reuters the studies findings

A recently released study shows some 1-million New York City adults are obese, but nearly two-thirds of them don't believe they are.

The report by the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shows only 39-percent described themselves as "very overweight