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Sex Advice to Teens by Parents Focuses More on the Negative Aspects

...thors objective was to find out whether there is a difference in the information gleaned from parents, peers, and the media, and if the information provided by each group differed in the types of sexual values expressed. A total of 286 male undergraduates aged 18-24 were asked to recollect who had had the max...

Large Intake of Calcium from Dairy Food Linked to Dementia in Elders

...mental conditions like depression did not make any difference to the results. "At this point, we do not know if high calcium and vitamin D intake are involved with the causation of brain lesions, but the study provides support to the growing number of researchers who are concerned about the effects of too muc...

Vaporisers Make Marijuana Safe for Medicinal Use Compared to Smoking

...ted Abrams as saying. According to him, the main difference between the two delivery methods was that THC seemed to be absorbed into the bloodstream faster when using the vaporisers. "The pharmacological and physiological effects were comparable," he says. Abrams, however, conceded that a larger study wou...

Influenza Vaccine FluMist To Be Approved In Younger Children As Well

...han those who were given an inactive vaccine, "the difference between treatment groups is quite small," one reviewer said. Other side effects included pneumonia, among other problems. Previously known side effects with FluMist include nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat and cough. In a separate docume...

Smokeless Cannabis Delivery Device Found Efficient and Less Toxic

...rom both smoking and vaporization and there was no difference between the two methods by patient self-report of the effect, according to study findings. In addition, patients were asked which method they preferred. "By a significant majority, patients preferred vaporization to smoking, choosing the route of d...

Boiling Makes Broccoli to Loses Its Anticancer Properties

...d in a domestic refrigerator showed no significant difference with only minor loss of glucosinolate levels over 7 days. However the researchers found that storage of fresh vegetables at much lower temperatures such as -85 degrees Celsius (much higher than for storage in a refrigerator at 48 degrees Celsius) ...

Gene Thought to Help Kill Cancer Cells may Actually Help Them Thrive

...continued their analysis, they found that the main difference between the groups' genetic profiles was the gene p53. While both groups had roughly the same amount of the protein encoded by p53, the cancer group had mutations in their p53 that caused the genes corresponding protein not to function. The benign gr...

Patients Affected by Parkinsons may Be Benefited from Treadmill Exercise

... exercised, while normal subjects showed less of a difference in levels. "Our study shows that the beneficial effects of exercise in Parkinson's Disease may be due to a more efficient use of dopamine," says first study author Dr. Giselle Petzinger, Assistant Professor of Neurology. "Surviving dopamine cel...

Adding Milk to Black Tea Wont Ruin Its Antioxidant Effects

...ir results they concluded that adding milk made no difference to the beneficial properties. In both cases, levels of the monitored polyphenols in the blood rose to similar levels. They also found that the longer the brew time, the greater the concentration of polyphenol compounds in the tea. "Infusion t...

Albuterol may Be Helpful for Infants Suffering from Bronchiolitis

...Although many smaller studies have shown either no difference or an advantage to epinephrine, this surprising result of a small but real advantage in using albuterol may force physicians to reassess their treatment choices. Principal Investigaor, Paul Walsh, MD, originally preferred epinephrine prior to cond...

Late Clamping of Umbilical Cord may Reduce Anemia in Children

...fter the infant is expelled from the womb makes no difference to hematocrit or hemoglobin levels of the umbilical cord vein compared to clamping the cord within 20 seconds. Thus, the study shows that early clamping (which is widely performed) is not justified. The doctoral thesis Repercusiones clnicas y fisic...

Quality Improvement Effort Pays Off in Diabetes Care

...f care at selected clinics was able to make enough difference in its first four years that, if sustained, it could reduce patients' lifetime risk of blindness, end-stage kidney disease and coronary artery diseaseall common complications of diabetes. At a cost of less than $500 per patient each year, this mode...

Tomatoes are Not So Effective in Preventing Prostate Cancer

...istically insignificant. They found no significant difference between those who had prostate cancer and those who did not in relation to the concentration of lycopene in their bloodstream. "Our results do not offer support for the benefits of lycopene against prostate cancer," Peters said. Most surprisingl...

Library Of Brains To Aid Study of Brain Development In Children

...as smaller than that found by previous research, a difference Waber attributed to the NIH study's rigorous scree...ties and development. The study also found less difference between boys and girls than previous research. However, it supported earlier findings that girls see...

Myths About Hydropower Projects Exposed

...ational Institute for Space Research (INPE). The difference between the figures of methane generation and emission is due to the oxidation of methane as it rises from the bottom of a reservoir to its surface. "Large dams in India are responsible for about a fifth of the country's total global warming. These...

Teenage Self Confidence Can Translate Later into Material Wealth

...-confidence, whether they grew up poor made little difference in how much they earned as adults, roughly 7,000 d...wing up in more affluent circumstances made a huge difference roughly 28,000 dollars. Similarly, parents occupation made no difference in the earnings for thos...

Exercise may Help Breast Cancer Patients to Lead a Healthy Life

...o had not done much exercise. However, the biggest difference in cancer-related symptoms and quality of life was seen in those who either maintained or increased their activity levels over the cancer experience. Increased physical activity, especially post cancer, was consistently related to better everyday fu...

Moderate Drinking Lowers Women's Risk of Heart Attack

...eart attack than abstainers, results showed. One difference in the protective pattern among drinkers involved thosewho drank primarily liquor. Women who preferred liquor to wineexperienced a borderline increase in risk of heart attack, resultsshowed. "These findings have important implications, because hear...

Performance of Mental Tasks Affected by Sexual Orientation

...er than womens and that sexual orientation made no difference to the rate of that decline either for men or women....

A Tipple a Day may Be heart Friendly for Women

...art attack than abstainers, results showed. One difference in the protective pattern among drinkers involved those who drank primarily liquor. Women who preferred liquor to wine experienced a borderline increase in risk of heart attack, results showed. "These findings have important implications, because ...

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