Acupuncture, the Chinese treatment using thin needles, could help relieve hot flashes and other side effects caused by breast cancer treatment, new research suggests.

Many women undergoing breast cancer treatment experience hot flashes, fatigue, night sweats and excessive sweating. This could be treated by anti-depressant drug Effexor also known as venelafaxine

Researchers have found that sex may be mostly in a person's head.

A new study finds that most cervical cancer survivors report satisfying sex lives, which challenges the public perceptions on what role hormones play in sexual activity. That's because surgical intervention usually reduces, or eliminates, a key hormone involved in female sexuality

Teenagers may postpone having sex if they make virginity pledges, according to a study by Rand Corporation.

The survey of 1,517 teenagers in 2001 showed that 23.8 percent made pledges to remain chaste until marriage. Those who made the vow but broke it by 2004 comprise 34 percent of the respondents, while those who did not make a commitment to virginity and engaged in sex was 42 percent of the respondents

- A study released this week by New York City's Department of Health and Human Hygiene found that H.I.V. is spread in New York at three times the rate as the rest of the country.

The Voice of America reported that health officials cite the inflated infection rate to New York's being a place with a high concentration of people who are at the highest risk for contracting the disease; men who have sex with men, blacks and minorities, and sex workers

People with non-melanoma skin cancer are at a higher risk of developing other types of cancers in the body over one's lifetime, according to a study published Tuesday.

The researchers, led by University of South Carolina physician Anthony Alberg, followed 19,174 people listed in a Washington County, Maryland, cancer registry. They compared the histories over 16 years of 769 people diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancers, with more than 18,000 people who did not have cancer in the period