As Many as 4 in 10 Gay Men Have HIV in Some Southern Cities and other top stories.

• As Many as 4 in 10 Gay Men Have HIV in Some Southern Cities

  

  Three out of every 10 gay or bisexual men in several cities in the U.S. South have been diagnosed with the AIDS virus, three times the national rate, according to a study about how common HIV infections are in metro areas. The study echoes other research that reported higher rates of HIV diagnoses in the South, in urban areas, and in gay and bisexual men, but it is the first to look at how common HIV diagnoses are in these men by city. "For the first time, we can see not only the numbers, b..

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• Exercise may cut risk of 13 cancers, study suggests

  

  Exercise may significantly reduce your risk for many types of cancer, including some of the most lethal forms of the disease, a large review suggests.Working out for even a couple of hours a week appears to shrink the risk of breast, colon and lung cancer, said researchers who looked at 1.4 million adults."Those are three of the four major cancers that affect Americans today," said Marilie Gammon. She is a professor of epidemiology with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings S..

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• Smart Tampon Tells Women When It's Time To Change

  

  BERKELEY (CBS SF) — There are apps to monitor your heart rate, count how many steps you take, even track your sleep. Now there is an app that monitors a woman’s menstrual cycle and can tell her when its time to remove her tampon. A new startup called my.Flow has created the world’s first tampon monitor that promises to eliminate the monthly issues of stained clothing and mad dashes to the ladies’ restroom. According to Endgadget, co-founder and CEO Amanda Brief came up with the idea as part of ..

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• "Sobering" number of female physicians experience sexual harassment

  Thirty percent of female doctors face sexual harassment on the job, new research shows.And close to three-quarters perceive gender bias at work, while two-thirds said they have actually experienced it, the researchers added."This is a sobering reminder that our society has a long way to go before we achieve gender equity," said study author Dr. Reshma Jagsi. She is deputy chair of radiation oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor.For the study, the researchers surveye..

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• Zika concerns mount, but Rio Olympics not moving yet

  

  GENEVA -- The World Health Organization's chief says the agency is increasingly concerned about the Zika virus, even though it does not recommend canceling or postponing the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics in hard-hit Brazil."The more we learn about Zika, the more worried we get about it," Dr. Margaret Chan said in a briefing Tuesday in Geneva, saying she herself would be going to the Rio Games.Chan noted that although Zika has been around for decades, it is only recently that the virus has been ..

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• Could Spuds Be Bad for Blood Pressure?

  

  By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 17, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Potatoes are a popular staple of the American diet, but eating too many -- whether boiled, baked, mashed or fried -- may raise the risk for high blood pressure, a new study suggests.Consuming four or more servings of potatoes a week was linked with an increased risk for high blood pressure -- 11 percent for baked, boiled or mashed and 17 percent for fried -- compared with eating less than one serving a month. Surpr..

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