Health officials say Wednesday that an estimated 1.5 million children in the Asia-Pacific region have been orphaned from the disease.

Some 250 delegates are attending a three-day meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam to discuss ways of stemming the disease among youth, as well as helping children who are infected and orphaned by AIDS

In a recent Penn State study on sexual health and body image, sexually active male first-year college students who had a positive view of their appearance had a higher likelihood of having multiple sexual partners and engaging in unprotected sex.

However, the study also found that sexually active female first-year college students who were happy with their looks were less likely to undertake those same risks

The aging worldwide population combined with rapidly revolutionary lifestyle treatments that revitalize youthfulness and stave off skin damage are the driving forces behind a healthy prescription dermatological drug market, which will see sales of $11.1 billion by 2010.

The data comes courtesy of a new study from market research firm Kalorama Information

ediatricians should speak out in support of needle exchange programs to reduce the spread of HIV among injection drug users, the American Academy of Pediatrics says in a toughened policy statement.

Doctors should also discuss HIV risk with their teenage patients "with a nonjudgmental approach" and offer confidential help if local laws allow, the group says in the statement that appears Monday in the journal Pediatrics

Young people who are exposed to advertisements for alcohol are likely to drink more, according to a U.S. study.

The journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine reports they found that for each extra advert experienced a month, 1 percent more drinks were consumed