Men who have never been tested for cancer are more motivated to be tested when they learn most men have been tested at some time, a German researcher has said.

The increasing stress pertaining to the Football World Cup matches could possibly result in heart attacks, say health experts. According to the assumption that leads to cause a stroke in football followers, is when they get excited whilst watching causing an overexertion.

Stockholm  - A regular intake of fish appears to boost intelligence scores in teenagers, according to a new Swedish study.

The research suggested that 15-year-old males, who ate fish at least once a week, had "higher cognitive skills at the age of 18 than those who ate it less frequently."

Stuttgart  - A new German study shows that diabetes patients are rarely treated successfully for the disease.

The results, published in the Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, show that many people suffer elevated blood-sugar levels even after treatment for Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Wuppertal, Germany  - At the first sign of spring, many people start thinking about pulling their bicycles out of the garage and getting in shape.

Bonn  - Poor diet, too little exercise and obesity are to blame for about one-third of all cancer cases in Germany, the country's cancer society said.

Berlin  - Many people have growing anxiety over the possibility they will be laid off and the increasing demands in the work world - understandable in the current economic climate.

Nuremberg  - Many couples plan to grow old together and enjoy their retirement by doing things together they couldn't do when they were younger such as travelling the world.

Illness is never part of the plan, and when it strikes, dreams of a fulfilling retirement can change 180 degrees in one minute to the next. Illnesses like influenza and more serious chronic diseases and cancer can cause hardship over a long period of time or perhaps for the rest of one's life.

Hamburg, Germany  - Yet another incentive for older people to lose weight has come from a team of German researchers, who say that reducing caloric intake can help older people to remember better.

Munich  - It can drive a couple to despair when their efforts to start a family do not bear fruit. The ache is compounded if many of their friends, relatives and colleagues have children, and at the sight of advertising showing smiling little bundles of joy.

There are many such couples. Some 680,000 babies are born in Germany every year, but experts estimate that about 15 per cent of the country's couples remain childless against their wishes. And the number is growing.