NeuroRehabilitation published research on the effects of task-oriented strength training on mobility function in children with cerebral palsy. Five children with cerebral palsy (GMFCS I-III) were randomly assigned to an experimental group which received task-oriented strength training with a focus on the lower extremities for 5 weeks. This group…

Lateral epicondylitis, or tennis elbow, is one of my least favorite injuries.

Here’s some news that may cause an uproar amongst women who have opted for the birth control shot. Recent research out of the University of Texas Medical Branch, also known as UTMB, has determined that women who use this type of birth control (depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, or DMPA, in…

I was your typical middle school nerd who still giggled at fart jokes and would easily blush if any of my classmates brought up the word “sex.” Although, even then, I knew a multitude of friends and schoolmates were already regularly engaging in sex. In fact, it was not…

I can think of several scenes from various movies where a teenage boy or overeager man has his first or new sexual encounter; the sex lasts all of two minutes and the boy, or man, climaxes leaving the woman unsatisfied and wondering what just happened. My favorite is in…

We usually associate risky sexual behavior with characteristics like inconsistent or nonexistent use of condoms and other contraceptives or having multiple sexual partners. However, a new study out of the University of Florida has discovered that there is one more factor that could possible outweigh these characteristics: the character…

For decades, researchers and scientists have fought valiantly searching for a cure and a vaccine for the AIDS virus. Animal and human trials alike have been performed all across the globe in the hopes that a cure can be discovered to end the epidemic once and for all. To…

In the research we see and read on AIDS and HIV , we have unfortunately grown accustomed to seeing reports on various countries around the world, like South Africa, where epidemic proportions have been met and exceeded. For example, recent data on AIDS-related deaths in South Africa shows a…

Researchers and scientists have used hair samples for years for reasons ranging from DNA analysis to drug testing. Now, researchers at the University of California in San Francisco have determined yet another way hair samples can help – this time in the fight against the HIV / AIDS epidemic….