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Study to Investigate Gene's Effect on Bone Loss in Breast Cancer Patients

...ased or decreased aromatase activity. This in turn influences how aromatase inhibitors affect estrogen levels. The Washington University study will analyze the sequence of the CYP19 gene in volunteers to see which variation they possess. "Our hypothesis is that the use of aromatase inhibitors can be associat...

Spouse may "drive You to Drink" but also can Protect You from Alcohol

...by both genetic and environmental factors. Genetic influences explain about half of the variance in a person's total risk for alcohol dependence. The other half of an individual's risk for alcohol dependence comes from environmental factors such things as employment, interests, friends and family. "There's l...

Fine Particulate Matter from Traffic may Reduce Unborn Babies Birth Weight

...ate matter reaches the blood through the lungs and influences the placenta or other organs which are responsible for regulating the growth of the foetus. Studies from the US and Poland have for example shown that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), which are produced during incomplete combustion processes...

Witchcraft in Focus at Arctic Rendez-vous

...ted States where the neo-pagan Wicca religion with influences from Shamanism and Druidism is increasingly popular. "Those who practice witchcraft today in the West believe they are following a certain art form that was on the verge of dying out. They focus on positive magic or healing techniques," said Hagen....

Childhood Abuse Increases the Risk of Alcoholism

... aim was to test whether this low activity variant influences the impact of childhood sexual abuse on alcoholism and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) in women, says Dr. Ducci. She and her colleagues analyzed DNA samples from a group of American Indian women living in a community in which rates of alcoho...

Wine Packaging: Bag-in-box, Plastic Bottles, Cork Comeback?

...that packaging would be driven as much by external influences such as the environment as by the industry. "A new sun is rising: environmental and social factors," Howard said. "In five years time your Ascot (horse-racing event) going consumer will be choosing lighter glass," he claimed. For young Japanese con...

Global Climate Change and Toxic Chemicals: A Potentialy Lethal Combination

As temperature influences the toxic effects of chemicals, so does chemical exposure influence the temperature tolerance of an organism. The consequences of this harmful reciprocal relationship on four freshwater fish are explored in a new study published in the latest issue ...

Radiology Workforce Shortage

...n perspective and the radiologists opinion usually influences and shapes complex medical treatment. It is not responsible to delegate this responsibility to other than radiologists, says Dr Kenny. Focusing on image reporting by non-medical personnel assumes that preclinical, clinical and specialist training a...

Boffin Identifies Gene Causing Otosclerosis

...ude that we were the first to identify a gene that influences the susceptibility for otosclerosis", said Thys. "And, as further evidence, we were also able to show that a more active variant of this gene is protective against the disease," she added....

Sensible Diet, Exercise and Weight Control Increases Longevity

...d higher insulin levels might be the environmental influences that promote these diseases, he said....

Gene Variants for Crohn's Disease Identified

... to affect disease symptoms. Understanding gene influences gives us a more targeted way to look at disease physiology, and also may suggest targets for treatment. Baldassano and Hakonarson said that they will continue to search for other gene variants associated with Crohns disease and the closely related bo...

Group Therapy and Willpower can Help Smokers to Quit

...ter than with heroin or other drugs since nicotine influences the brain's metabolism." The substance activates the brain's reward mechanisms and releases "feel-good" chemicals. As a result, smokers who do not light up just feel bad. Studies show that most habitual smokers only need to smoke one cigarette to...

Study Finds Genetic Link Between Smoking Addiction and Major Depression

...al model to estimate the genetic and environmental influences on nicotine addiction and major depression. Some...ts geneticists in a new direction to determine the influences of a personality trait. In addition, clinicians could use the findings to identify those who are at ...

Genes Play Major Role in Determining Individual's Sour Taste Perception

...elative contributions of genetic and environmental influences on sour taste sensitivity. The models estimated that genes played a more important role than environment in determining individual differences in sour taste sensitivity, accounting for 53 percent of the variation. The finding that genes influen...

Late Nights may Make Preteens Antisocial and Aggressive

...tisol readings taken in the morning and afternoon, influences young adolescent behaviour. In humans, cortisol is responsible for regulating various behavioural traits such as the fight-flight response and immune activity that are connected to sensory acuity and aspects of learning and memory. Cortisol norm...

MEN as Partners to MEND Maternal Health A World Population Day Initiative

...he cultural, social, and economic background which influences maternal health. "If the world is to save any part of its resources for the future, it must reduce not only consumption but the number of consumers." B.F. Skinner, psychologist and author Encore, we say and spread the message of lean, healthy...

Smoking Linked to Lower Parkinson's Disease Risk

...ating the possibility that a premorbid personality influences smoking behavior among those who later develop Parkinson's disease," they conclude. The report appears in the July issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals....

Genetic Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer

...omething fundamental occurring in this region that influences not only colorectal and prostate cancer, but perhaps cancers in general. (Another recently published study, in which USC researchers also were involved, identified variants in this same chromosomal region as playing a predictive role relative to the ...

Researchers Say Brain Region Responsible for Pain's Ability to Seek Attention

...on was indeed, the brain centre through which pain influences the LOC. By contrast, they found that a working memory load affects the LOC through a different region, the inferior parietal cortex. The findings of the study were published in the July issue of the journal Neuron, published by Cell Press....

Harry Potter Final Book - Prediction and Expectations

... read widely and successfully synthesized her many influences into something that seems new, that seems original...e has been able to take elements from all of those influences and create something unique that is in itself a work of art." "Another thing that makes the series...

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