Year: 2016

Anders, who agreed to be interviewed using a pseudonym, says he has never abused children but sought help because he knew his sexual fantasies were "not normal". At Stockholm's Karolinska Institute, patients like Anders who have sought help for paedophile fantasies, but have not acted on them, are being given a drug normally used to treat advanced prostate cancer to determine if it reduces the risk of them sexually abusing a child. "The goal is to establish a preventive treatment programme for men with paedophiliac disorder that is both effective and tolerable so that we can prevent child sexual abuse from happening in the first place," psychiatrist and lead researcher Christoffer Rahm told AFP.

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By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Global progress fighting AIDS could be lost because prevention programmes are suffering from a lack of leadership, accountability and funding, the head of the United Nations warned on Friday. Headway in tackling the epidemic has been "inspiring," with a 42 percent decline in AIDS-related deaths since a peak in 2004, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report. A commitment to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 was included in the Sustainable Development Goals, an ambitious plan to end poverty and inequality which was adopted by U.N. member states in September.

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Studies are now revealing that long term success can actually depend on how long a person diets. For those trying to lose weight and keep it off, Diet …
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This helps explain why they had regained 70 percent of their lost weight since the show's finale. The diet industry reacted defensively, arguing that the …
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Eurostar plans to ban alcohol on some trains during the Euro 2016 European soccer tournament in France, which starts on June 10. "Throughout the tournament, there are two levels of alcohol restriction: zero alcohol, and limited alcohol," the spokesman said. "These are applied during specific days and time periods, and passengers on affected trains will be notified of the relevant details for their journey in pre-travel emails." Euro 2016 runs for a month.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued highly anticipated regulations for all cigars, e-cigarettes, pipe tobacco and other products that set a minimum age of 18 for sale across all areas.

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