Women can influence the gender of their child with what they eat before they conceive, according to new research that lends scientific support to age-old superstitions about pregnancy

The discovery shows higher calorie intake prior to conception can significantly increase the chances of having a son while women on restricted diets are more likely to produce daughters.

Scientists at Britain's Oxford and Exeter Universities...

It could spell an end to laundry days – or at least make them a much less frequent chore. Manufacturers claim they have invented a shirt that stays clean even after 100 days of wear.

The garment resists odour so effectively that it even smells fresh after being worn during rigorous exercise, its makers claim. It is also said to need no ironing because it is made of wrinkle-free material that can withstand even the roughest of treatment.

Treating people with HIV rapidly after they have become infected with the virus that causes AIDS may be enough to achieve a "functional cure" in a small proportion of patients diagnosed early, according to new research.

Scientists in France who followed 14 patients who were treated very swiftly with HIV drugs but then stopped treatment found that even when they had been off therapy for more than seven years, they still showed no signs of the...

A new study has shown that bee venom can kill the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have demonstrated that a toxin called melittin found in bee venom can destroy HIV by poking holes in the envelope surrounding the virus, according to a news release sent out by Washington University.

Visit Washington University's website to read more about the study.

Hide ID. MyZim let me tell you what I witnessed with my own eyes, not what i heard from someone else. In 2008 my close friend asked me to accompany him to Mozambique.

He asked me to go with him to Gorongosa, and I didn't know anything. We visited a certain sangoma who performed strange miracles in front of us. The sangoma would call wild animals by names and they would respond to his call. My friend was bathed in smelling water. The sangoma...

Researchers may have made a stunning breakthrough after the discovery of a way to protect humans against the transmission of HIV.

Nobel Laureate Dr. David Baltimore and colleagues at his Caltech lab in the USA have allegedly injected mice with a powerful prophylaxis called Vectored immunoprophylaxis (VIP) and have seen results.

Alex Balazs, Caltech's postdoctoral fellow who is heading up this groundbreaking research has...

IT might sound like the most unappealing treatment available, but a European study has concluded that inserting faecal material from a healthy person into the gut of somebody with severe diarrhoea, may cure their problem better than antibiotics.

The study, which appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, involved patients who had repeated bouts of diarrhoea, caused by a bacterium known as Clostridium Difficile, which can take over the...

We are now living in the Miracle Zimbabwe where:
1) Miracle Chegutu now has a miracle robot.
2) Miracle baby was born after a miracle church member had a 3-day miracle pregnancy.
3) Miracle prophets compete to miraculously create miracle money and miracle gold in miracle Zimbabwe.
4) Miracle innocent people perish everyday in miracle roads while miracle men of God can't miraculously predict the accidents.
5) Miracle...

A book claiming to be the world's first 'gay bible' has been published to coincide with the debate on same-sex marriage.

Titled the 'Queen James Bible', its editors claim that it is a re-working of the King James Bible translated in a way that 'prevents homophobic misinterpretation of God's Word'.

'Homosexuality was first overtly mentioned in the Bible in 1946 in the Revised Standard Version. There is no mention of or...

Hidden killers that you don't know about
Living longer is something we all want to do, and most of us know to avoid the obvious vices that affect our vitality. But what about those hidden killers we don't even know about? Here are seven things that could be shortening your lifespan without you even realising it.

Not having sex
Sex is good for you. Is anyone still here? For those of you...