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Strange Sex Life of Mole-rats may Provide Clues About Human Infertility

... comparisons with model species like mole-rats, we may be able to tease apart the relative contribution of genes, environment, up-bringing and culture to complex social behaviour in our own species, he added. Dr Faulkes presented the research at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Repro...

Sea Snail Venom Paves Way for Potent New Painkiller

...the spinal cord through a little push. However, it may have side effects such as nausea, dizziness or blurred vision due to the fact that it is a very strong drug. Prialt, or ziconotide, is the result of more than 20 years research by a scientist born in the Philippines, Baldomera Olivera, who is a pro...

Daily Dose of Dark Chocolate Helps the Heart: Study

...dification that is easy to adhere to and therefore may be a promising behavioral approach to lower blood pressure," the authors wrote. The researchers said future studies should examine the effects of dark chocolate in other populations and look at results over a longer period....

Complementary Therapy may Reduce Pregnancy Chances in Women

Complementary therapies in assisted reproduction may diminish the effectiveness of medical treatment fo...sers, says Dr. Boivin. This difference in stress may mean that women used CATs for stress reduction, and if this were the case it would be important for ...

Skin Rashes Signifies Longer Survival in Cancer Patients

...who are taking Tarceva outside of a clinical trial may be likely to stop treatment. "Some patients are ... first month after starting the study because they may not have had time to develop the rash or the rash may have been under-reported in these ill patients...

Mother Donates Eggs So Daughter can Give Birth

...s or not," he said. "She doesn't have to, and they may decide to donate the eggs to another couple and th...we can offer the same treatment to other women who may have children with problems of infertility." "With egg freezing we can offer women who do not have...

Elderberry A Natural Boost to Skin

...omponents have anti-inflammatory properties, which may be important in helping people stay healthy, said ...ct. If the results of our study are positive, it may lead to innovations in skin health products and may also give us vital information about diets which...

Prions Prevent Alzheimers Disease

...levels of prions in the human system and how these may alter as we age....

Sporty Spice Fears That She Might Never Get Pregnant

...eriods stopped and my bones became very fragile. I may have done permanent damage. I hope Im still in with a chance, she added. The 32-year-old, who is in a relationship with Thomas Starr, a builder, for five years now, said that being a member of a successful girl band was a life changing experience. ...

Just One Cigarette can Cause Nicotine Addiction

... nicotine addiction as adults do, even though they may be smoking only a few cigarettes per month," he said. He further said that the addiction-related changes in the brain that nicotine causes are permanent and remain years after a smoker has quit, which is why an ex-smoker who relapses after many ye...

Yawning Actually Helps You Keep Awake

...ficiently. So rather than promoting sleep, yawning may help keep us awake. The researchers have also explained why yawns are so contagious. The New York researchers say that contagious yawning is an evolved protective mechanism in our brain that makes a group more alert. The researchers spent months...

Too Much of Videogames Hampers Study Time in Children

Playing video games may mean spending less time reading or doing homework,...distraction from school-related activities, but it may not have an adverse effect on grades. "Although gamers spend less time reading and doing homework,...

Medicaid Data Analysis

...ates that psychiatric and substance abuse services may be missing their mark if they are limited to comm...ntegrated psychiatric and substance abuse services may need to be provided for Medicaid beneficiaries. They examined the location of services used by perso...

Chronic Insomnia can Lead to Anxiety Disorders and Depression

...somnia as a symptom of both anxiety and depression may facilitate the early detection of a mental disorder, as well as the detection of comorbidity," Nechelmann said. The findings of the study were published in the July issue of the journal SLEEP....

Ambitious Gastric Cancer Research Project Proposed in Singapore

...tional University Hospital (NUH) is where patients may get to test these cutting edge research techniques, at no cost. Says Dr Yong Wei Peng, Principal Investigator, Consultant, Cancer Institute at NUH, "We hope to bring in new drugs for patients [for whom] standard treatment has been exhausted. So ho...

Dengue Surge in Singapore, Man Prosecuted for Breeding Mosquitoes

...d the breedings, we believe some of the mosquitoes may have found their way into the nearby homes," said ...cases, so instead of having immediate surgery, one may have to push the date back until this whole outbreak is over." Mr Khaw said the main problem is th...

Chemical Injections for Fat Removal

... human obesity. Investigators say these findings may also, over the long-term, lead to better control o...− which they were able to manipulate − may explain why people who are chronically stressed gain more weight than they should based on the calor...

Cognitive Test Takers and Score Variation

...t appears that repeating tests over a short period may give a more accurate range of scores, improving di...ent could be way off the mark. Salthouse says it may be time to view cognitive abilities as a distribution of many potential levels of performance instea...

Combination of Bronchoscopic Techniques is Very Effective for Lung Lesions

...n or anesthesia required in the combined procedure may increase adverse effects due to prolonged sedation or anesthesia, but none was documented. In his editorial, Dr. Silvestri notes that this study would most likely benefit patients who were too sick to undergo a surgical biopsy but would benefit fro...

Dark Chocolate Possible Medicine for Blood Pressure

...ark chocolate is not only good for your heart , it may also stave off hardening of the arteries among smo...o have a small blood pressure lowering effect, you may only need a tiny piece of dark chocolate daily for a couple of weeks, if you are healthy. The stud...

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