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Could Estriol Be Used as a Therapy for Treating MS?

...colleagues discovered the cause. They found that a female sex hormone called estriol, which is produced during pregnancy, was responsible for the suppression. Four years ago, Voskuhl followed that discovery with a pilot study in which 10 non-pregnant women with MS were given estriol, yielding what she descr...

Sex – Three Hundred Years Ag

...n altogether differently, discussing the nature of female sexuality or describing lascivious aristocratic females. One group predominant in this literature is the Libertines – whose all-in hedonistic, smoking, drinking, swearing, pleasure-seeking lifestyle was typified by their subjugation of women. Liter...

Teens to Be Lined Up for Vaccination Shots

... receive in childhood. Yet, a decision on whether female teenagers aged 11 and 12 should be immunized against the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, is due. Research is also taking place into the development of a vaccine against genital herpes. This decisio...

India to Market Female Condoms

...Wednesday launched a major initiative to introduce female condoms across the country, with an NGO// in Tamil...egan a nationwide initiative in October to provide female condoms at just Rs.3 to NGOs working with female sex workers. The government has decided to distri...

Artificial Vein to Boost Surgery and Ease Patient Trauma

...n a year after they were fitted. One 73-year-old female patient who had very limited movement, and night cramps is now able to walk again following surgery. Medical professionals and scientists alike have welcomed the invention, though some advice follow–up studies to ensure the functionality of the de...

Bring on the ‘Santa Clauses

...nces in the way hormones play based on gender, the female sex he says, will be subjected to more anxiety with the tipping of the scales. Mukamal also stresses that he is not recommending that people overeat to stave off depression as he notes that obesity carries numerous health risks, including diab...

Circumcision May Lift HIV Risk for Women

...sex while healing from circumcision surgery, their female partners might have a higher chance of catching HI...en men may more easily transmit the virus to their female partners. "Women are already so vulnerable in this epidemic," said Jennifer Kates, an AIDS expert a...

Panic may Lead to Serious Mental Health Problems in Adolescents

...uberty and panic-type responding for both male and female adolescents. They published the results, titled “The Interactive Role of Anxiety Sensitivity and Pubertal Status in Predicting Anxious Responding to Bodily Sensations among Adolescents,” in a recent issue of Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. W...

Incidence of Cancers Among Chinese Women on the Rise

...vention and Control Centre Friday. The number of female cancer patients in the Shanghai urban area has alm...align tumour for women, accounts for 30 percent of female cases. Cervical and ovary cancers are also common. Experts said the causes of female cancers inclu...

Doctors Not Drowsy When Treating Women’s Sleep Issue

...re well informed about the sleep patterns of their female patients and are advising appropriate therapies to..., and how they managed sleep complaints from their female patients. The majority of respondents indicated that they regularly ask their female patients abo...

Dialysis Patients With Metabolic Syndrome Show Increased Risk for Heart Disease

...r. Daniel Young. The study also showed that white, female and diabetic dialysis patients showed the highest incidence of metabolic syndrome. Dr. Young sees potential to use metabolic syndrome as a medical diagnostic tool. “Checking new dialysis patients for these criteria may assist us in identifying the ...

Doctors Not Drowsy When Treating Women's Sleep Issues

...re well informed about the sleep patterns of their female patients and are advising appropriate therapies to..., and how they managed sleep complaints from their female patients. The majority of respondents indicated that they regularly ask their female patients abou...

Diminishing Differences and Empowering Eves

...ress made thus far, and to consider new vistas for female upliftment. This year, the focus is on bringing ...men’s Day originated to commemorate the protest by female textile workers, against their working conditions, in the USA, during the 19th century. What ensued ...

Gene Hunters at Johns Hopkins Close In On Lou Gehrig's Disease

...am scanned the entire genome of 276 adult male and female subjects with sporadic ALS and 271 adult male and female subjects with no history of neurological disease. Researchers used a new technology known as 'SNP...

Extreme Treatment for Obese Teens Becoming a Fad

... of the adolescents were female, the proportion of female adolescent patients was significantly lower than the number of female patients in the adult group, the researchers report in the findings published in the Archives of Ped...

Want a Baby? No Hot Baths Please !

... attributed to the male partner, 30 percent to the female and the remainder to either both partners or to un...infertility treatments in the previous year, or if female infertility was a co-existing factor. The only previously published study to examine this link was...

Study Examines Negative Reactions to Sexual Assault Victims

When female victims of sexual assault seek help, negative social reactions may increase the psychological effects of the crime// , according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study. The study, published in the March issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly,...

Heart Disease, Stroke Prevention Efforts Among Women

A group of female lawmakers -- including Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Reps. Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo.) and Lois Capps (D-Calif.) -- earlier this month introduced// legislation (S 573, HR 1014) that aims to improve heart disease educati...

Circumcision Does Not Prevent Spread of HIV, Experts Warn

...indings have proved that circumcision of males and female genital mutilation of virgins can in no way stem the spread of HIV. On the contrary they only serve to spread HIV. The research, published in the journal Annals of Epidemiology, found that circumcised virgins and adolescents in Kenya, Lesotho, and ...

Men Not as Tough as They Seem

...ermans are more likely to be overweight than their female counterparts. Men also smoke and drink more and take more illegal drugs than women, according to the Gender Data Report from the German Family Ministry. Men also have more serious accidents and commit suicide more often than women. Women do suffer ...

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