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Now that the summer holidays are here and the nights are long, there's never been a better excuse to have a barbecue- and it doesn't have to be the traditional glut of cremated or undercooked meat that's often high in calories and fat. It's easy to give your barbecue a healthy twist and turn it into a gourmet three-course feast for all your family and friends to enjoy.

The UK's longest established meningitis charity - the Meningitis Trust - is offering a helping hand to anyone facing the daunting experience of leaving hospital after meningitis and associated meningococcal septicaemia.

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) announced the launch of its advanced handheld ultrasound system, the Philips CX50 CompactXtreme. Designed to meet the needs of cardiologists for clear diagnostic data at the bedside, the new compact system combines the image quality expected of a traditional, premium, full-size system with the convenience of portability.

Combination HIV prevention - fully implemented and supported by governments, communities and scientists - is necessary for the international community to achieve its HIV prevention goals. This call comes from Dr Peter Piot and Michael Bartos (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland) and colleagues in the sixth of six papers in The Lancet series on HIV Prevention.

In the United States, it appear that immigrant children are less physically active and less likely to play sports than children born in the United States, according to a report released on August 4, 2008 in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

In one of six papers published in The Lancet Series on HIV prevention, Professor Thomas Coates (University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA) and colleagues report that radical behavioral change is necessary in order for HIV prevention programs to be successful.

In the United States, it appear that immigrant children are less physically active and less likely to play sports than children born in the United States, according to a report released on August 4, 2008 in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Researchers argue that a combination of behavioral, medical, and structural approaches grounded on solid evidence, known as combination prevention, is the best hope for successfully preventing HIV in the future.

Aggressive behavior is more likely to be shown by adolescent girls who go through puberty when their parents do not nuture them, communicate with them, or have knowledge of their activities, according to an article released on August 4, 2008 in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

In the second of six papers in The Lancet Series on HIV prevention, researchers call for HIV prevention efforts to focus on proven biomedical methods. As we have yet to develop an HIV vaccine, core preventions methods such as male condoms, male circumcision, and prophylactic antiretroviral (ARV) drugs (that prevent mother-to-child transmission) should be emphasized.

UroToday.com - In the June 2008 issue of Analytical & Quantitative Cytology & Histology, the authors assessed the reproducibility of the UroVysion fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay to detect bladder cancer in clinical urine specimens.

The following statistics were released by the Department of Health: Dental Reform Monitoring for quarter ending June 2008. This data shows the number of Units of Dental Activity (UDAs) commissioned for 2008-09 as at 30th June 2008. Key findings this quarter: -- 152 of the 152 Commissioners (PCTs and Care Trusts) returned data.

US researchers found that giving mice with rapidly spreading ovarian, pancreatic, and brain cancers high "pharmacologic " dose injections of vitamin C, also known as ascorbate or ascorbic acid, caused the tumors to shrink and their growth to slow down by as much as 50 per cent.

The following statistics were released by the Department of Health: Diagnostics waiting times & activity data: month ending June 2008 This data shows the NHS' progress in tackling the waiting times for diagnostic tests like scans. The monthly data published today gives the waiting times for 15 key diagnostic tests carried out in the NHS.