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Regular Acupressure May Reduce Agitated Behavior in Dementia

...80 plus age groups (82 and 97 respectively) and in males (83). "Agitated behaviour in people with dementia is a major concern for caregivers" says co-author Professor Li-Chan Lin from the Institute of Clinical Nursing at National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan. "It can endanger patients and others, make i...

Big Brother to the Rescue

...mphoproliferative syndrome has affected around 100 males worldwide. Life expectancy is very low in those diagnosed with this. The disorder causes the immune system to respond abnormally to some viral infections and the only cure is bone marrow transplant. While women can carry this condition they can...

Human Pheromones: Fact and Fiction

... is secreted by the female silkworm moth to entice males as potential mates. 'The general term pheromone is often linked to images of specific, rapid response and sexual attraction,' notes Preti, an organic chemist. 'Actually, pheromones are divided into classes that are defined by characteristics of th...

Young Single Men More Likely To Bank Sperm

...ity Medical Centre in Nashville, USA, surveyed 129 males treated at the institution over a ten-year period....y receive treatment for testicular cancer." The males who took part in the survey ranged from 14 to 76 years of age. The youngest man to bank his sperm wa...

More Ugandan Men Seek Circumcision In 2006

...ber of Ugandan men seeking it.// 2,500 Ugandan males were circumcised last year, according to BBC repor...which nearly half were adults. Less than 400 adult males were circumcised in 2005. National Institutes of Health found that new HIV infections among circum...

Genetic-Engineered Cows Resist Mad Cow Disease

...ealthy at the age of 20 months, and sperm from the males made normal embryos that were used to impregnate cows, although it is not certain yet that they could breed normally. They added that the cattle lack the nervous system prions, a type of protein, that cause BSE and other related diseases such as scra...

'Gender-Benders': Sports and Sex Determination

... Ironically these tests did nothing to prevent the males with genotypic variations from participating in the Games. Genetic basis of gender assignment: By 1980, the Barr body test was considered redundant and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) replaced it with the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PC...

Homeless Youths Need Health Insurance

...s of whether they had returned home. Additionally, males who remained homeless were more likely to seek emergency room treatment for traumatic injuries than were those who had returned home. Youths who remained homeless were also more likely to seek emergency room treatment for common conditions such as re...

Embryonic Selection of Sex can Avoid Conceiving Blind Children

...s, leads to blindness. The ailment does not affect males and females equally: in the case of men, there is a 50% probability of suffering the disease. With women, however, they born healthy, bat there is a 50% probability of being carriers. The embryonic selection of sex is the only recourse open in orde...

Now Facial Treatment With Cashew And Almonds

...it glow. The facial treatment is popular among the males as well," said Shilpa Sharma, a beauty parlour owner. Under the therapy, cashew nuts, almonds and coconuts are applied to particular skin types. It can be applied to any age group without any side effects. Selection of dry fruit is done on the b...

Death Does Not Take Place in Most Suicidal Attempts Through Antidepressants

...suicide,"they added. The research included 7,466 males and 7,924 females,among whom 602 suicides, 7,136 suicide attempts required hospital attention and during follow-up 1,583 deaths were recorded. 9 percent risk of complete suicide was low in people on any kind of antidepressants. Reasons for increase...

Gender Might Have a Say in How Your Child Speaks

...anguage. This study shows that differences between males and females may be an important factor in these cognitive processes,” said the lead author, Michael Ullman, PhD, professor of neuroscience, psychology, neurology and linguistics. He added that since the brain systems tested in this study are respon...

New Drugs Would Help Men to Play an Equal Role in Contraception

... are in the process of creating contraceptives for males in the form of implants, patches or injections which are hormone based and can send signals to the brain to switch off the production of hormones. Tests are to be conducted on animals and humans by Researchers and they hope to have a positive resul...

Holiday Baking Frenzy May Mask Eating Disorder in College Kids

... disorder. Nearly 10 million females and 1 million males are currently struggling with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. 'College is a major life transition, and some young adults develop eating disorders during this time,' Dr. Fassihi...

Male Chimpanzees find Older Females Sexy

...nzees have the opposite taste when compared to the males of one of their nearest biological species, human ...ording to a study published Tuesday. Unlike human males who prefer younger mates, male chimpanzees like older females and turn up their nose at younger ones...

Women Are More At Risk For PTSD Than Men

...likely to meet diagnostic criteria for PTSD though males experience more traumatic events on average than d...s (PTE) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – males or females? The results of the meta-analysis found that while males have a higher risk for traumatic...

Adolescent Girls More Active If Neighborhoods Have Parks

...he study findings could have implications for both males and females in other age groups as well, Catellier said. 'The study suggests that having access to parks in neighborhoods and communities can make a significant difference in the level of physical activity girls get,' Catellier said. 'More research...

A Novel Technique That Detects "Cancer Genes" From The Breath Of Smokers

...e fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in males and the fifth-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in females. A diagnostic screen for pancreatic cancer would likely first be used in smokers, because use of tobacco is a known risk factor for developing pancreatic cancer, Lokshin said. The r...

Wants To Live Longer? Stay Cool!

...in females was extended by about 20 percent and in males by about 12 percent. The researchers say the male mice weighed roughly 10 percent more than the females, which could have been down to the diminished energy needed to maintain a lower body temperature. But the practice is unlikely to apply to human...

Statistics Show Steep Rise of Female Smokers in Hong Kong

...Morning Post said. By comparison, the number of males smoking fell six percent from 726,300 to 678,900 in the same period. Overall, the number of people smoking fell 15 percent from 805,100 in 1998 to 793,200 last year, government statistics showed. This is equal to about 12 percent of Hong Kong's tot...

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