Beijing - China's top food and drug regulator has ordered a halt to the sale and production of the weight-loss drug fenfluramine hydrochloride, citing its harmful side effects. read more »
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Is short hair a conscious - or unconscious - signal that a woman is not interested in sex? The question was raised this week by sex therapist and former comedienne Pamela Stephenson, who believes 'deliberately reducing one's attractiveness' can sometimes be a way of repelling men's interest. read more »
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The Health Department has called for the seizure and disposal of the White Rabbit sweets which failed the test for Melamine. The sweets contained levels exceeding the international standard. read more »
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Despite being entirely illegal, skin lightening creams are big business both in the UK and in Jamaica - but who are the women - and men - who use them? And who sells them? read more »
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If you decided to have sex every day, would your relationship benefit? Two long-married couples decided to find out. read more »
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Know anybody who's using steroids and just won't stop, despite all your good advice? Then show them this picture. (Potentially NSFW, and gross -- hence its after-the-jump position.) read more »
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The health benefits of sex extend well beyond the bedroom. Turns out sex is good for you in ways you may never have imagined. read more »
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Hong Kong - Scientists in Japan have designed artificial molecules that when used with rats successfully reversed liver cirrhosis, a serious chronic disease in humans that until now can only be cured by transplants. read more »
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Fighting many of the diseases related to aging may be as simple as raising a glass. read more »
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Acclaimed author and journalist Michael Pollan argues that what most people are consuming today is not food but "edible foodlike substances." A bit more relevant to the USA but still very applicable to South Africans read more »
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