Russian doctor Petr Pomozov has joined the booming custom-made condoms industry by coming up with his own line. The urologist from the Russian capital of Moscow said he started making custom-fit condoms after a number of his patients complained of problems finding the perfect fit for them. He said business was booming when he started selling his condoms privately to individuals. His condoms offer special motifs and pictures on it.

Researchers at Bradford University in England have developed a new wound dressing for non-healing wounds using excretions from the live greenbottle blowfly larvae. The scientists hope that the new dressing will effectively replace the years old method of using live maggots for healing incurable wounds with traditional medicine and "the obvious 'yuk' factor" accompanying them. Researcher Stephen Britland, a cell biologist at Bradford University in England, told LiveScience, that at any given point in time millions of patients worldwide are getting treated for skin wounds unable to completely heal, but many are reluctant to try maggots because of "the obvious 'yuk' factor. " However, the new wound dressings prepared by Britland ad colleagues are impregnated with purified excretions and secretions from the live greenbottle blowfly larvae, allowing more controlled, predictable release of the larvae chemicals. Also, the dressings are expected to have longer shelf lives than the live maggots and prove easier to ship and less fragile.

A study made by the Manchester Metropolitan University has found that mice really don't like cheese, debunking the myth that was popularized in the cartoon show "Tom and Jerry. " Dr. David Holmes of the university said studies found that mice prefer foods with lots of sugar like chocolates and cheese does not fit that.

South Carolina's health department shuts down the salad bar at a Ruby Tuesday restaurant after a teen finds a mouse on his plate. The state Department of Health and Environmental Control says an initial investigation indicates the restaurant is not to blame for the incident, as it did not find evidence of mice infestation or droppings. Soon-to-be high school senior Edward Viehman, 17, says he saw the mouse on his plate right after taking the first bite.

The 2006 update of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary adds mouse potatoes, googling and himbo, among 100 new words. The mouse potato is defined as someone who spends as much time on the computer as a coach potato does on the sofa.