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New Study Suggests Special Cocoa may Lead to Sustained Improvement in Blood Vessel Function

...researchers in Germany fed the cocoa to a group of male smokers – a population known to have impaired blood vessel function. In the first part of the study, participants drank specially made cocoa beverages that contained different flavanol levels – ranging from 28 to 918 milligrams. At each level, the op...

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

...nd his team 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 kn...

Weed Killer Plays a Pivotal Role in Those With Genetic Vulnerability to Parkinson’

...act resistant. Another interesting find was that male flies were more vulnerable to the effects of paraquat. This draws a parallel to humans where men are the major sufferers. Says Co- author Dr. Janis O’Donnell, about the study findings : “ Our hope is we can use this observation to discover other ...

Dance to De-stress

...wo days, for a duration of one hour. Initially the male doctors would just peep in and go away while the women took to the floor with great gusto. "But slowly the men came around. Now I have one-is-to-one ratio," Ahmed pointed out. Following the success with the doctors of Apollo Hospital, their count...

Treating Male Infertility With Stem Cells

... usefulness of bone marrow stem cells for treating male infertility, with promising results//. The related...dies could have dramatic implications for treating male infertility or testosterone deficiency. Source-Eurekalert SR...

Typhoid Outbreak Linked to Samoa

...uary and one was early this month. They involved a male and two females. "Two of the cases are within one family and one case is in another family," Dr Nesdale said. "They're not directly known to each other but the most likely source of infection was that they had all eaten some food that came from S...

Want a Baby? No Hot Baths Please !

...t baths or hot tubs on a regular basis can lead to male infertility, according to a new study conducted by...recreational activities are a real risk factor for male infertility." Although this was only a pilot study, Turek said, "these activities can be comfortab...

Weather Forecasts Spring Pollen Allergy Severity

...t plants to start producing pollen, the dust-like, male reproductive parts of plants that cause most allergies. In some southern states, trees can produce pollen as early as January (in south and west Texas cedar pollination will begin around Christmas time in December), while pollen production usually be...

Circumcision Does Not Prevent Spread of HIV, Experts Warn

... how to understand the recent randomized trials of male circumcision in South Africa, Kenya, and Uganda. T...tions and others were not circumcised, showed that male circumcision reduced HIV acquisition. The popular news reporting of these findings had been wides...

Antidepressants Help Men Decrease Alcohol Consumption, but Not Women

... finding differs significantly from rates found in male counterparts. While men suffering from depression generally consume more alcohol than non-depressed men, those who use antidepressants consume alcohol at about the same level as non-depressed men. Dr. Kathryn Graham, Senior Scientist with CAMH and ...

Lung Cancer Risk High Among Women

...who’ve never smoked are at greater risk than their male counterparts. Screening for lung cancer hasn’t yet become common, but recent studies suggest that a test called spiral computed tomography can detect lung cancer when it is still curable. If you’re considering having a screening test, the March 2007 ...

Regular Use of Painkillers may Cause Blood Pressure in Men

... Boston, and colleagues followed a total of 16,031 male health professionals (average age 64.6 years) who did not have a history of high blood pressure. The men were asked in 2000 and again in 2002 about whether and how often they used three types of pain relievers: acetaminophen, non-steroidal anti-infla...

Access to Pornography Among Teenagers on the Rise

...rity planning social time around viewing porn with male friends. Girls reported more accidental or unwanted exposure online and tend to view porn in same-gender pairs or with mixed groups. Though being curious about sexually explicit media may seem a ‘natural’ part of early adolescence, porn is a major ...

Diet-based Method to Treat Brain Cancer

... two different kinds of tumours into the brains of male mice. The mice were then divided into three groups. One group was fed a high-carbohydrate mouse chow, one was given unlimited amounts of KetoCal and the third group was given KetoCal in a restricted dosage. The researchers found that in the mic...

Male Circumcision Promises Protection Against HIV

A new study proving that male circumcision may provide effective protection agai...of the findings and determine future policy on how male circumcision might best be implemented and promoted. Source-IANS...

Dream On- It Does Not Mean You are Waking Up During Surgery

...e ‘dreamers’ group were: younger age, gender being male and pleasant dreams, usually reminiscent of those dreamt at home. AN...

Human Genetic Code for ALS Identified

...nd his team 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 kno...

Newborns With Respiratory Distress Potentially Have Rare Genetic Disease

...ncluding chronic sinus and lung disease as well as male infertility. However, chronic ear disease and neonatal respiratory distress are relatively uncommon in cystic fibrosis and should prompt the caregiver to consider PCD. "Once children with PCD are past the newborn period, the signs and symptoms that...

Researchers Find Predictor of Mortality in Cardiac Patients

... colleagues measured baseline RANTES levels in 389 male patients at a Veterans Affairs medical center. The patients were followed prospectively for the occurrence of cardiac mortality and myocardial infarction (heart attack). Results showed that patients with the lowest level of RANTES had the lowest surv...

Spearmint Tea To Combat Hirsutism

...women. This is mainly due to an increased level of male hormone, androgen which is responsible for masculine characters. Spearmint was used in earlier studies to bring down libido in men by reducing androgen levels. Hence the researchers chose to use this in women suffering from hirsutism. Currently o...

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