A new report suggests more than 2.5 million men in Britain could have low fertility. The research by Norwich Union Healthcare estimates that 9% of the UK's 28.5 million men might have difficulty conceiving.

Many doctors blame smoking and alcohol for the trend

Researchers fear that the growing popularity of portable music players and other items that attach directly to the ears will continue to increase hearing loss.

"It's a different level of use than we've seen in the past," says Robert Novak, director of clinical education in audiology at Purdue University in Indiana. "It's becoming more of a full-day listening experience, as opposed to just when you're jogging

A new study suggests that women may not be getting screening mammograms as frequently as previously thought, according to USA Today.

The new study used a database of actual visits to 40 of New Hampshire's 44 mammography facilities. The researchers concluded that only about two-thirds of New Hampshire women 40 and older get mammograms every one or two years. Yet 97% have health insurance and 61% went to college - two attributes linked to higher rates of preventive health care

A survey that appears in the Oct. issue of Men's Fitness Magazine names Southern Illinois University along with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the University of New Orleans and Mississippi State University as the fattest colleges in the nation.

Brigham Young University tops the list of fittest colleges, and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois is in the top five

High levels of daily stress may lower a woman's risk of breast cancer, according to researchers.

The findings contrast with past work suggesting stress doubles the risk