Body Shaving May Up 'Superbug' Risk for Athletes
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NEW YORK  - Body shaving and "turf burns"  seem to be two of the factors that raise football players' risk  of contracting an increasingly common antibiotic-resistant skin  infection, U.S. health officials report.
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Probiotic supplements reduce the  infections suffered by long-distance runners, research finds.
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The headlines are disturbing -- schools closing for disinfection, a 17-year-old dead from a drug-resistant "superbug." But health officials said on Friday it is no new emergency and the best way to deal with the bacteria is simply to wash your hands.
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A medical product used to treat both  male hair loss and prostate problems has been added to the list  of banned drugs for athletes.
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A potentially fatal liver virus could be spread in sweat during contact sports, say Turkish researchers.
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Drug-resistant bacteria are infecting more people in community settings such as prisons and public housing, and not just in hospitals where such "superbugs" can run rampant, researchers said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON There&#39;s a health warning out for men who may be taking certain supplements to help boost their performance in the bedroom.
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NEW YORK  - Athletes who take growth hormone in an effort to enhance their performance risk developing diabetes, two doctors from the UK warn in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Circumcising men cuts their risk of being infected with the AIDS virus in half, and could prevent hundreds of thousands or even millions of new infections, researchers said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - "Doping" with a blood substitute intended for surgery patients may do little to boost athletes' endurance, and may instead cause dangerous spikes in blood pressure, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - New research suggests that an outbreak of wound and bloodstream infections among U.S. service members in Iraq was acquired at contaminated field hospitals, not on the battlefield.
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Testing all new hospital patients for a dangerous staph "superbug" could help wipe out a germ that likely kills more Americans than AIDS, consumer advocates say and early evidence suggests.
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Hospitals can successfully tackle the alarming spread of a dangerous and drug-resistant staph infection with an aggressive program to immediately identify and quarantine patients carrying the superbug, infectious disease doctors said at a conference Tuesday.
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Lavender and tea tree oils found in some shampoos, soaps and lotions can temporarily leave boys with enlarged breasts in rare cases, apparently by disrupting their hormonal balance, a preliminary study suggests.
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By Sean Poulter  A SUPERBUG similar to MRSA which affects thousands of hospital patients has been found in farm animals and meat.
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An antibiotic-resistant germ is increasingly causing skin infections and pneumonia in otherwise healthy children and adults.
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Isolating patients with the hospital superbug MRSA does not stop cross-infection of others, a study reveals.