Stress has definitely taken its toll on American war veteran, reflected in the spike of calls received by a suicide hot line on its first 12 months of operation.

According to Janet Hemp, national suicide prevention coordinator of the Veteran Affairs Department, over 22,000 veterans sought the assistance of stress experts by calling the suicide hot line for the past year. Because of the timely intervention, 1,221 suicides have been prevented

Parents who care for mentally-challenged children are prone to develop weak immune systems due to stress, new research suggests. The study concluded that such parents should be offered a better support system.

Researchers at Birmingham University analyzed 60 parents who received the pneumococcal vaccine as part of the study. Half of them had children with developmental disabilities

Sens. John Cary (D-Mass.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), are proposing a bill that would fight Aids in other countries and at the same time lift a two-decade-long ban on visitors to the U.S. with HIV. Other countries that have the same ban include Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Russia.

Kerry, the co-author of the bill, pointed out that China has amended its policy and challenged the U.S. to "move beyond an antiquated, knee-jerk reaction" to persons with HIV

Sens. John Cary (D-Mass.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), are proposing a bill that would fight Aids in other countries and at the same time lift a two-decade-long ban on visitors to the U.S. with HIV. Other countries that have the same ban include Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Russia.

Kerry, the co-author of the bill, pointed out that China has amended its policy and challenged the U.S. to "move beyond an antiquated, knee-jerk reaction" to persons with HIV

The number of HIV cases among young gay men has increased in a big way, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported Thursday. The CDC stated that from 2001 to 2006, the largest transmission category for HIV in the U.S. was in men who had sex with men.

Gay boys and men aged between 13 and 24-years old saw the biggest increase in HIV cases, about 10 times higher than in the homosexual community overall, where the number of new infections is going up about 1.5 percent a year. homosexual men were the only risk group in which the number of new infections rose annually from 2001 through 2006