New Study Shows Daily Sex Can Increase Sperm Count
New research reported at this week's meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction found that men with a history of fertility problems can improve their sperm count by having sex every day. According to Genie James, M.M.Sc., Executive Director of The Natural Hormone Institute, "Envir...U.S. Swine Flu Count Nears 1,900; Person-to-Person Transmission Now Common
Officials dismiss 'swine flu parties' as dangerous way to seek immunity THURSDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- The number of confirmed or suspected cases of swine flu in the United States was approaching 1,900, federal health officials said Thursday, with most new cases now caused by pers...PEMCO Insurance and Tully's Coffee Team Up to Make Coffee Orders Count - For Children's Hospital
SEATTLE, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Placing a "super-long coffee order," a quirky trait shared by many Northwest residents, will now make a difference for Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center. Beginning March 21, PEMCO Insurance will donate $1 to Children's Hospital for every Tully'...When You Make Things That Get Implanted in People, Small Things Count
PASO ROBLES, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- On a routine day, Specialty Silicone Fabricators in Paso Robles, California, will make silicone micro-implants such as surgical drains, catheter systems, intravenous drug delivery devices and pacemaker leads. What is not routine is the incredibly p...Male Infertility Treatment Boosts Sperm Count
Small Egyptian study uses hormone-antioxidant combo to improve odds of conception MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- A hormone-antioxidant combination therapy appears to improve sperm count and motility in infertile men, according to an Egyptian study. The research included 60 m...Cancer Mortality Increases With Cancer Cell Replikin Count
Drs. Samuel and Elenore Bogoch of Oncolab, Inc. have found that the concentration of replikins, a new class of peptides in genomic proteins*, are quantitatively related to the mortality rate in human cancer of different cell types. No cancer cell genomic structure has previously been reported to ...Replikins LLC Finds West Nile Virus Replikin Count Has Reached Its Highest Recorded Value
BOSTON, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Replikins LLC has discovered a new group of virus structural peptides within virus proteins, called replikins, which provide virus-specific advance quantitative warnings of rapid replication and the risk of epidemics. Replikins LLC has developed software called R...Soyfoods Do Not Impact Sperm Count
WASHINGTON, July 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Headlines claiming "soy products lower sperm count" do not tell the whole story. The small scale, preliminary study that Dr. Jorge Chavarro, published online in Human Reproduction, is based on recollected intake of soyfoods and not on specific die...Rigel's R788 Significantly Improves Rheumatoid Arthritis in Phase 2b Clinical Trial
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Exposure to an excess of sexual steroids, like testosterone, during fetal development may be a potential risk factor for low sperm count and motility, according to a new study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a journal of The Endocrine Society. "The majority of disorders affecting s...Don't count on long-term success in climate policy, warns paper in Decision Analysis
Long-term climate change policy in the U.S. and abroad is likely to change very slowly, warns a researcher who calls for stronger short-term goals to reduce carbon emissions, according to a study published in Decision Analysis , a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Managemen...Complexity of Crohn's disease revealed as 'gene' count tops 30
New research has trebled the number of genetic regions known to be implicated in Crohn's disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease, to over thirty. The research, published today in the journal Nature Genetics , has identified a number of potential new targets for drug development as well as p...Boston University biomedical engineers teach bacteria to count
BOSTON (05-28-09) -- Biomedical engineers at Boston University have taught bacteria how to count. Professor James J. Collins and colleagues have wired a new sequence of genes that allow the microbes to count discrete events, opening the door for a host of potential applications, which could includ...How healthy is that marsh? Biologists count parasites
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--MIT and Boston University engineers have designed cells that can count and "remember" cellular events, using simple circuits in which a series of genes are activated in a specific order. Such circuits, which mimic those found on computer chips, could be used to count the numbe...Rising H9N2 Influenza Replikin Count Has Doubled That of H5N1
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Madison, Wis. -You're in an elevator next to a venture capitalist who could invest millions in your business but doesn't know the first thing about it yet. You have 90 seconds to explain, starting now. That's the premise of the Elevator Pitch Olympics, a yearly event at the Wisconsin Earl...Optimer Pharmaceuticals Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
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