The dust created by the same sex marriage in California has not yet settled, another case to be decided by the state's Supreme Court may likely create another landmark in jurisprudence on doctor's rights to deny treatment based on religious grounds.

The case involves Guadalupe Benitez from Oceanside, a lesbian, who filed a lawsuit against doctors at a fertility clinic who refused to inseminate her artificially because the procedure would violate their faith which prohibits insemination on unwed females. The two physicians and the North Coast Women's Care Medical Group insisted their action was covered by their constitutional right to freedom of religion

The Home Office has launched advertisements to warn 18- to 24-year-olds about the consequences of binge drinking.

The TV ad that says "You wouldn't start a night like this, so why end it that way?" shows a young man injuring himself, being violent, urinating on his shoes and pouring a takeaway meal on his shirt just before he was about to go out

Today's teenagers appear to be more behaved than their counterparts 16 years ago. According to a Center for Disease Control and Prevention report, lesser adolescents now indulge in drinking, smoking or sex.

But some ethnic groups are more prone to juvenile delinquent behavior, particularly Hispanics, the study said. The CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which covered public and private high school students every two years since 1991, indicated Hispanic youths have greater tendencies to take drugs, get drunk on school premises and attempt suicide

Hispanic teenage students are more likely to engage in risky health behaviors, including drug use and attempted suicide, as compared to their white or black counterparts, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.

Black and white students are reporting less sexual activity, using fewer drugs and smoking fewer cigarettes than those in years past, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found

The World Health Organization (WHO) wants all tobacco advertisements, promotions and sponsorships to be eliminated.

WHO called for this ban on May 31st, the eve of World No Tobacco Day. This year's campaign is aiming at the multi-billion dollars spent by tobacco companies in attracting young people to patronize their products