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Research Suggests Mens Sexual Behavior Adapts to Perceived Threats

...liver their sperm more effectively to females with multiple partners. Although many people are familiar with the idea of animals competing for mates before sex occurs, through mating displays such as bright feathers or butting antlers, we are finding more evidence that there is also competition after mating...

US County to Compensate Woman Wrongly Quarantined for TB

...yan was allowed to return to work but continued on multiple medications, Kitson said. Then, the Health Department apparently rechecked the results and discovered that Ryan did not have tuberculosis after all. On May 16, he said, a Health Department doctor called Ryan and told her to "discontinue her medica...

Multiple Sclerosis Could Be Checked Through Testosterone Gel

...ne gel to effectively slow down the progression of multiple sclerosis . Only 10 men took part in the resear...hes throughout the brain and spinal cord. The name multiple sclerosis refers to the multiple scars (or scleroses) on the myelin sheaths. This scarring causes sy...

Glucosamine-like Supplement Inhibits Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes

... suppress the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes mellitus, according...d glucose in type 1 diabetes can lead to damage of multiple organs....

US Army Opens Laboratory to Research Injuries

...Burnett, 32, twisted his knee several times during multiple jumps out of helicopters, both in training and in combat. "Once in a while it would swell up, but now I can't jump anymore because of the knee injury," he said. Researchers hope to develop training programs that soldiers can begin before their ne...

New Substance Use Prevention Program Being Developed

...will be an important breakthrough for school-based multiple risk factor studies and practical interventions. Project BEST will involve children in two treatment groups. Researchers from the University will bring laptop computers with the health-focused multimedia interventions to the classrooms. As each stu...

CTA Useful in Detecting Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysms

... ruptured aneurysms, said Dr. Patel. In cases of multiple aneurysms CTA is able to discern the ruptured one accurately. Furthermore, a positive CTA in the setting of acute spontaneous SAH is sufficient for intraoperative treatment planning, he said....

Decoding Protein Structures Helps Illuminate Cause of Diabetes

...ts during individual folding reactions to identify multiple phases as the proteins convert from an unordered mishmash into flat sheets, then coil into fibers. 'No matter how fast they're moving, we can take pictures of them,' says Zanni. Without their automated method, he says, such experiments would be ne...

Soy Products a Double-edged Sword for Breast Cancer

...lly active ingredients, but together they may have multiple effects that can reduce the negative outcomes. When the whole food is consumed you get a very different effect than if you consume the concentrated constituents individually. All this research points to a very simple truth, Helferich said that the ...

New Analytical Tool to Unravel the Cause of Diabetes

...ts during individual folding reactions to identify multiple phases as the proteins convert from an unordered mishmash into flat sheets, then coil into fibers. "No matter how fast they're moving, we can take pictures of them. We need tools that not only allow us to probe the molecular structures, but also l...

Death and Disability from Brain Injury Reduced, Emory Researchers Report

...al injuries such as stroke, spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis. "This is the first therapy exists that improves the outcome of brain injury patients," says Dr. Wright. Emory's researchers designed a clinical trial to assess the promise of progesterone for treatment of TBI. Their three-year pilot stud...

VA Should Revise Its Methods for Evaluating PTSD in Ex-military Personnel

...ive it after applying for re-evaluation, sometimes multiple times. Ensuring that every veteran making a claim receives a comprehensive evaluation could make the process more efficient. The report offers a starting point to help VA devise new ratings criteria specific to PTSD. The committee emphasized the ne...

Researchers Find Link Between Sleep Disorder and Dementia

...veloping Lewy body dementia, Parkinsons disease or multiple system atrophy, because all of these conditions appear to stem from a similar neurodegenerative origin. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Bradley Boeve at Mayo Clinic. Earlier studies have associated the sleep disorder with ...

Research Favors Aspirin In Prevention Of Pre-Eclampsia

... of risk at about 20%, as in chronic hypertension, multiple gestations, pre-pregnancy diabetes or pre-eclampsi...'ve had pre-eclampsia before, those women carrying multiple pregnancies and women over 35 years of age."...

Ulcerative Colitis Disrupts Many Aspects of Daily Life: Survey

...r about flare-ups. "If patients are experiencing multiple flare-ups a year, they should feel empowered to talk to their physicians openly about their disease and ask if their current therapy is appropriate for them," says Dr. Rubin. "As physicians, we need to ask questions to encourage patients to be forthc...

Pulsed Radiofrequency, a Better Option for Treating Chronic Back Pain

...nce PRF does not involve drugs, it may be repeated multiple times. This study appears in the journal Pain Practice. While the preexisting conditions that accompany chronic back pain, such as neurological lesions or neuropathic pain, make conventional radiofrequency a controversial treatment, Abejn notes the...

Researchers Develop Model That Aids in Treating Stroke Patients

...a is being induced as well, says Shaw. There are multiple medications and treatments for heart attacks, but not for stroke because stroke therapies are still in their infancy. This study offers another potential option for treatment, he added. The work is reported in the May 2007 issue of Physics in Medic...

High-risk Sexual Behavior Adolescents Attract Peers With Similar Attitudes

...nts had intercourse without a condom, since having multiple sex partners without using condoms puts adolescents at risk for contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. The researchers also constructed a measure of attitudes about the undesirable consequences of sex. These measures of sexual behav...

Nanocomposite Labeled Cancer Cells Targeted and Destroyed by Using Lasers

... a multi-functional platform. Because it can carry multiple agents inside, yet present a simple outer surface to the body, it can be programmed to deliver those agents to a particular organ or tissue."...

Nanomedicine Gives the Way for Nerve Cell Regeneration

...acks including loss of function at the donor site, multiple surgeries and, quite often, it's just not possible to find a suitable nerve to use as a graft. Various synthetic nerve grafts are currently available but none work better than the autograft and can't bridge gaps larger than 4 centimeters. Researche...

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