Madrid, Sep 29 - A team of Spanish researchers has developed a prototype of a vaccine against the AIDS-causing HIV virus that is "much more powerful" than those made to date.

Valencia (Spain), July 12 : Spanish surgeon Pedro Cavadas carried out here Monday the world's first-ever double leg transplant.

The operation performed by Cavadas and his medical team at Valencia's La Fe Hospital began Sunday night.

This was a "highly complex" operation that had never been done before, according to hospital authorities, who did not provide information about the patient receiving the transplant.

Madrid, Nov 16 : The world's first double leg transplant will be performed in Spain, Health Minister Leire Pajin said Tuesday.

Pajin made the announcement about the experimental procedure at the "Final Frontiers of Transplants" meeting in Madrid, Xinhua reported.

The minister said Spain would also perform its fourth full face transplant soon.

"These are two pioneering interventions and examples of the vitality in our transplant system," Pajin said.

The latest technique to shed extra pounds is to eat chocolates. It may sound silly but it is true that a new chocolate, with high antioxidant properties that can help in losing weight by suppressing hunger has been developed.

The scientists from Spanish manufacturer Cocoa Bio have developed a new kind of chocolate, called Lola, which not only helps in controlling hunger but it also helps in digestion. Moreover it does not contain any cholesterol increasing substances.

Madrid - Two Spaniards have become the first mother and son to die of the variant of the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) linked to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease, experts said Thursday.

Investigations had confirmed that the death of a 40-year-old man in April and of his 64-year-old mother in August had been caused by the CJD variant, the regional authorities of Castile and Leon said.

Barcelona, Spain - Overweight can contribute to fertility problems in men, scientists said Wednesday in Barcelona, Spain.

Research shows that obese men have less seminal fluid and more sperm abnormalities than men of normal weight, Ghiyath Shayeb of Aberdeen University said at the
24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.

Overweight was known to be a risk factor in women wanting to conceive, but Shayeb recommended that men also try to lose extra weight before trying to have a baby.