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According to the official reports, British oil company BP confirmed Saturday it would start a deep water drilling program off the coast of Libya in a matter of weeks.

It has been reported that the announcement came as BP continued grappling with its deep water well disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and withering criticism over its involvement in the release of a Libyan agent convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Scotland.

Some allergies may help protect against some cancers, a Canadian researcher has suggested.

Male eczema sufferers showed a lower risk of lung cancer while men with a history of asthma had a lower risk of stomach cancer, says professor Marie-Claude Rousseau of the Institute Armand-Frappier.

Rousseau says in a statement, "Asthma and eczema are allergies brought about by a hyper-reactive immune system -- a state which might have enabled abnormal cells to have been eliminated more efficiently, thereby reducing the risk of cancer."

U. S. researchers have said that Gay and bisexual men reporting sex abuse and social shame as children may have psychosocial problems later putting them at risk for HIV.

It has been reported that University of Pittsburgh researchers conducted a study of 1,000 HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay and bisexual men enrolled in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.

Zinc may play a role in blood sugar regulation and in avoiding type 2 diabetes, a U. S. researcher has said.

It has been reported that Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy of the University of Michigan suggests in type 2 diabetes, a protein called amylin forms dense clumps that shut down insulin-producing cells. However, in the presence of zinc, amylin does not form clumps.

Treating intravenous drug users for HIV has been effective and saved money, French and U. S. researchers have said.

The researchers concluded drug users, including those actively injecting, were capable of positive choices to protect their health and that of their communities.

The researchers have said that treating human immunodeficiency virus in drug-users, has not increased drug resistance and preliminary findings suggested it reduced HIV transmission, independent of needle sharing.

Researchers in Canada have advised that children with celiac disease should go outside and play, and take vitamins to ward off weak bones and osteoporosis.

The study involved 43 children and teens ages 3-18, who were diagnosed with celiac disease, researchers at the University of Alberta has said.

The study showed the children got less than 50 percent of their recommended dietary intake of vitamin K as well as low levels of vitamin D, says Diana Mager, one of the researchers.