The study was led by researchers from Brigham Young University, and aimed to see what type of impact social relationships had on the lives of people.

Researchers looked into data from studies that included over 300,000 people. Just about everyone in the study was followed for roughly 7-years to collect data in regards to their relationships. In total, this was a collaboration of data from 148 different studies done previously.

What they found was that those who had long, strong relationships with others in the form of great friends, marriage, and kids was as beneficial to your health as quitting smoking, being obese, etc.

Having these types of relationships can actually balance unhealthy lifestyles such as not exercising and being obese.

There is no definitive answer as to what type of relationship is better, family or friends, but either way, it helps you increase your survival and enjoy a longer, happier life.

The conclusion here is that people need to put more stress into building and maintaining strong social relationships for the good of their health.

The study has been published in PLoS Medicine.

There were two studies that were conducted recently and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, focusing on roughly 3,000 men and women who all required CPR to be performed on them.

Researchers aimed to try and see how effective different forms of CPR would be, checking variations, skipping certain parts of it, etc.

What they found from the studies, which were conducted between 2004 to 2008, is that CPR that does not include mouth-to-mouth is just as effective as CPR that did include mouth-to-mouth.

The survival rates did not vary for adults who received different types of CPR from various innocent bystanders.

All of the bystanders in the study who performed CPR were instructed how to do so via a 911 phone call.

The conclusion from these studies is that for those who do not know CPR, the simple way to try and save somebody is through regular chest compressions, as this could help a great deal in saving someone until emergency care can come to help.

The new study was conducted by researchers from the American Cancer Society, and was led by Alpa Patel.

The study focused on two groups, one group of men and another group of women. In total, there were over 120,000 men and women combined whom were studied here during the research.

None of those studied had any history of heart attack, stroke, cancer, or anything of that nature.

The idea was to see what type of impact long periods of sitting had on your risk of potential early death.

What researchers found was that your risk of early death increased significantly the longer you sat, even if you took part in high levels of physical activity for those periods where you were not sitting.

Researchers revealed that men who sat for more than 6 hours a day were 18% more likely to die an early death.

Women who sat for 6 hours or more were 37% more likely to suffer from an early death.

Bottom line, the longer you sit, the higher your risk, no matter what type of physical activity you take part in during the other parts of the day.

The study has been published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

Government investigators have been working on an undercover probe into these consumer tests for quite some time now, seeing just how reliable these tests were.

Consumer gene or DNA tests are carried out by having consumers send off a sample of their saliva to a company.

These companies then take the saliva and perform genetic testing on them. The tests cost anywhere from $300 to $1,000 and are supposed to reveal if people are at an increased risk for diseases such as cancer, heart failure, etc.

What the investigation found though is that the tests were unreliable and were misleading in many ways.

The investigators sent their samples to four different genetic testing companies to see what results they would get.

In 68% of the cases, they ended up getting different results depending on which company they sent their samples to.

On top of that, 80% of the test results went against known medical conditions and the history of disease in the families of these particular investigators.

The investigators felt that if the tests were reliable, the same results would come back each time no matter which company they went to.

Investigators have concluded that these tests are highly misleading and may actually prove harmful to consumers, giving them false information.

REMS, or risk evaluation and mitigation strategies, aimed to try and help reduce the level of misuse and abuse of these types of drugs.

There are many drugs in the market that contain this particular painkiller, including fentanyl, OxyContin, as well as others.

The high level of abuse and misuse of these drugs can lead to such things as severe overdose, which has the potential of causing death.

Studies have shown that among all drugs, opioid abuse has caused more deaths than other well-known dangerous drugs such as heroin as well as cocaine.

The advisory panel voted down REMS due to the fact that they did not feel it would be able to help with the misuse and abuse of this type of drug.

The feeling was that this would not be able to do much in regards to helping with the death rate.

Helping with this type of prevention, which included doctor training, may not be the key after all to fighting off opioid abuse.

The plane took off on Friday and made it only a little ways before the plane completely lost power and crashed into Lake Michigan.

A boater in Lake Michigan managed to rescue the pilot of that plane, but unfortunately there are still 4 passengers who have not yet been found.

The other 4 passengers incldued 3 men as well as a woman.

The reports state that these 4 are still in the waters of Lake Michigan, as the search continues.

The plane crashed off of the shore of Ludington, Michigan.

Rescuers have stated that the current water conditions are 2 to 4 feet with the water temperature in the 70s.

The hope remains that due to the favorable water conditions, the survivors could still be found alive.

The study was carried out by researchers from the HIV / AIDS Prevention department of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), revealing that poverty is the biggest factor in regards to an increased risk of developing the disease.

The study honed in on certain neighborhoods or communities in the U.S. to see where the different risk levels were present. The idea was to see if it had to do with age, race, background, etc.

23 U.S. cities were looked at in total, taking a close look at neighborhood that were considered to be high in poverty levels.

The study only involved heterosexuals, and did not include gay or bisexual men.

What they found though is that the biggest factor was actually the poverty level of that particular person.

Someone who is stricken with poverty has been found to be twice as likely to be infected with HIV compared to another heterosexual who lives in the same exact neighborhood, but is not as poverty stricken.

This is one of the first studies to show that poverty has a lot to do with the increased risk of HIV / AIDS.

The CDC report was released at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna.

The FDA has been going back and forth in regards to whether or not this generic drug would be approved.

The fact of the matter though is that they have given it full approval, and this is likely going to open the doors for similar generics.

The generic form of Lovenox has the same base as the real thing, made from heparin, and has the same positive effect on patients.

The generic drug was developed by the generic division of Novartis, Sandoz.

The technology the generic was created from was developed by a company based in Cambridge, MA.

This technology, from Momenta Pharmaceuticals, is likely going to lead to the cloning of other complex drugs that have very particular mixtures.

We will have to wait and see in regards to just how many more drugs will get approval, but this could certainly open the flood gates up.

The International AIDS Conference - AIDS 2010 culminated on Friday with a bang as President Barack Obama pledged that he would increase his efforts in the fight against HIV and AIDS to levels unforseen by the public.

A lot of this work against HIV and AIDS is going to be carried out via the Global Health Initiative. Obama is working along with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in this fight, as they hope to make progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS around the world.

The two have the goal, as do many others around the world, of ending the HIV and AIDS epidemic that we are currently in.

The keys to ending the epidemic include better prevention against HIV and AIDS, as well as improved treatment, more access to medicine, as well as a global acknowledgment that this is something we have to address as humans, crossing boundaries no matter our background.

The closing ceremony features very strong messages from Obama as well as Clinton, and has the fight against HIV and AIDS looking stronger than ever going into the upcoming year.

Hopefully, by next July when the next International AIDS Conference is held in Washington, there will be some very positive news to report.

The study was conducted with 390 stroke patients and followed how much alcohol they consumed prior to them suffering a stroke.

The idea is to see if there was any relation between stroke risk and the consumption of alcoholic beverages.

The research was not based on any specific type of alcohol, so it would include beer, wine, and everything else that would include any alcohol.

Just having one drink of alcohol was found to increase your risk of stroke 2 times immediately after consuming the beverage.

After 2-hours, the risk of stroke is increased 1.6 times when compared to your risk before having the drink.

What this means is that consuming alcohol can put people in a state of elevated stroke risk for a period of time.

The good news is that people who consumer alcohol moderately after a period of 24-hours will actually have a 30% lower risk of stroke when compared to those who drink no alcohol.

The bottom line is that in the short-term, alcohol can increase your risk of stroke, but moderate drinking in the long-term can actually lead to health benefits and a reduced stroke risk.