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UCLA study of community health project shows how group dynamics affect fitness, eating habits

...gher for black men and 40 percent higher for black women compared to their white counterparts. And blacks are 1.8 times as likely to have diabetes as whites." UCLA examined the results of the CHC study of 35 organizations. More than 700 staff, members or clients--mostly overweight African-American women--...

Higher risk for cervical cancer seen among women infected with multiple HPV types

...l cancer, the second most common form of cancer in women worldwide, is higher in females infected with mult... pre-cancerous abnormalities primarily occurred in women infected with HPV 16 and 18, the targets of Gardasil. The vaccine also will prevent infection by...

New research: Soy germ isoflavones reduce bone loss

...een reducing bone loss in non-obese postmenopausal women and the dose-dependent effect of soy germ isoflavo... find natural, safe and effective alternatives for women to help maintain bone health after menopause ?without the risky side effects associated with long-te...

Links between DNA damage and breast cancer studied

...t concentrations of this lesion tended to occur in women in the 33- to 46-years age group, a bracket that corresponds to a known rise in the incidence of breast cancer. In a second paper, the team studied age-related concentrations of two similar mutagenic DNA lesions and again demonstrated that their occu...

UCLA study finds same genes act differently in males and females

..."Our findings in the liver may explain why men and women respond differently to the same drug," noted Lusis...ific clinical trials. Most medication dosages for women have been based on clinical trials primarily conducted on men. "This research represents a signific...

New technology addresses female fertility preservation

...implications for the preservation of fertility for women and girls with cancer," said Teresa K. Woodruff, Professor of Neurobiology and Physiology who led the study together with Lonnie D. Shea, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering. "This system establishes a core technology for human...

Gene discovery opens door to tackling disease

... common cancer in Australian women, and about 2500 women and men die each year from breast and prostate cancer. ...

Higher levels of obesity associated with greater health risks

The health risks for women who are extremely obese may be underestimated as a... hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol than women at lower levels of obesity, according to a study in the July 5 issue of JAMA. Obesity diagnosis and...

Fertility hope as study shows eggs survive in older ovaries

... direction for ovarian stem cell research and help women with fertility conditions," he said. One in six Australian couples faces some form of infertility. Due to the limitations and sensitivity of human ovaries, few studies have been conducted into the factors that influence egg survival, growth or death...

US infant mortality rate fails to improve

...y Nine Months" educational campaign aims to inform women and their doctors what they can do?even before pre... birthweight births. The March of Dimes also urges women to take a multivitamin containing folic acid prior to and during early pregnancy to reduce the risk ...

What controls stickiness of 'smart' chromosomal glue

...example, what exactly happens to cohesins in older women that make them more likely to give birth to children with an abnormal chromosome number." According to Amon, knowledge about the mechanism of cohesin function has remained sketchy, even though it plays a central role in meiosis. Researchers knew th...

Orange, grapefruit juice for breakfast builds bones in rats

...oporosis affects about 2 million men and 8 million women in the United States, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Nationally, about 1.5 million hips, vertebras and wrists break each year as a result, said Dr. Bhimu Patil, director of the center at Texas A&M in College Station. "It's a...

Do angry men get noticed?

...y faces of both genders faster than women, whereas women find socially relevant expressions (for example, happy or sad) more rapidly. The work suggests that although males are biased toward detecting threatening faces, and females are more attuned to socially relevant expressions, both sexes prioritize the...

Study defines effective microbicide design for HIV/AIDS prevention

...ements in topical microbicides being developed for women to use to prevent infection by the virus that causes AIDS. Providing women with improved microbicides is a pressing challenge because women now account for a growing number of...

Study challenges myth that sex late in pregnancy hastens birth

...livery. In fact, just the opposite was true in 93 women studied at Ohio State University Medical Center. W..., compared to average delivery at 39.3 weeks among women who abstained from sexual activity at term. "Patients may continue to hear the 'old wives' tale' th...

New angiogenesis finding may help fight cancer growth

...low blood oxygen levels harm or even kill pregnant women and their babies. Philip Lowry, at the University ...tion, the condition affects about 200,000 American women each year. Many angiogenesis inhibitors are under study at this point, but finding a regulatory ...

Thermal imaging shatters arousal gender gap myth

...usal rates has turned the conventional wisdom that women become aroused more slowly than men on its head. ... the amount of time it takes healthy young men and women to reach peak arousal," said Dr. Irv Binik, psychology professor and founder and director of the Sex...

Combination therapy shows promising results in patients with advanced lung cancer

...mmon cause of cancer-related death in both men and women and accounts for about 29 percent of all cancer deaths. This year alone, 174,470 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States. Of those, 162,460 will die, according to the American Cancer Society. Only about 15 percent of people wh...

Obesity levels in US are grossly underestimated

...e survey data, the authors found that, on average, women tend to underestimate their weight while men do no...ed men tend to overestimate their height more than women in the same age group. In 2002, the corrected prevalence of obesity in the U.S. population was 28.7%...

Inflammation markers identify fatigue in breast cancer survivors

..."This biomarker identifies ?and can predict ?which women have long term persistent fatigue. "These findin... Battling breast cancer is a daunting challenge to women diagnosed with the disease, but with advanced screening and treatment strategies, patients with earl...

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