National Leaders Examine Sex and Responsibility in New Book
WASHINGTON, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The role of personal responsibility in pregnancy planning and prevention is examined in the new book, Rethinking Responsibility: Reflections on Sex and Accountability. Released by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregn...Male Sex Chromosome on Its Way Out: Study
But researchers believe a replacement will take over FRIDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Rapid evolution of the male sex chromosome could result in its disappearance within a few million years. But that won't mean the end of males, say U.S. scientists. Penn State researchers found t...Risky sexual behavior among male clients of Tijuana sex workers heightens risk of HIV transmission
A study by a bi-national team of global health researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, examining HIV infection among male clients of female sex workers in Tijuana, has found that over half of male clients had recently had unprotected sex. They also reported a hi...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...Daily sex helps to reduce sperm DNA damage and improve fertility
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Daily sex (or ejaculating daily) for seven days improves men's sperm quality by reducing the amount of DNA damage, according to an Australian study presented today (Tuesday) to the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Amste...Parents Influence Sex Decisions, Hispanic Teens Say
Survey findings may spark new pregnancy prevention tactics,, TUESDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Parents of Hispanic teens in the United States have the most influence on their kids' decisions about sex, according to a new national survey. The birth rate among teens overall in the U...FDA Advisory Committee Votes in Favor of Zyprexa for Two Adolescent Indications
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Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Testosterone, Bioavailable & Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (Includes Total Testosterone), Adult Male
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...hip votes to create an action committee on LGBT health issues. The US Food and Drug Administration re-affirms its policy prohibiting men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood despite recommendations from the American Red Cross , and the American Association of Blood Banks. ...Beautiful plumage: Feather color and sex start the species revolution
Faculty of 1000, the leading scientific evaluation service, has highlighted research providing evidence for the evolution of a new species. Birds use plumage colour to recognize and select potential mates. A mutation of a single DNA base can lead to a striking colour change, as demonstrated by ...Parasitic worms make sex worthwhile
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The coevolutionary struggle between a New Zealand snail and its worm parasite makes sex advantageous for the snail, whose females favor asexual reproduction in the absence of parasites, say Indiana University Bloomington and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology biologists in ...Yeast missing sex genes undergo unexpected sexual reproduction
DURHAM, N.C. An emerging form of the pathogenic yeast Candida is able to complete a full sexual cycle in a test tube, even though it's missing the genes for reproduction. And it may also do so while infecting us, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers. "Sex contributes to t...The story of X -- evolution of a sex chromosome
Berkeley -- Move over, Y chromosome it's time X got some attention. In the first evolutionary study of the chromosome associated with being female, University of California, Berkeley, biologist Doris Bachtrog and her colleagues show that the history of the X chromosome is every bit as interest...Biologists discover gene behind 'plant sex mystery'
An enigma unique to flowering plants has been solved by researchers from the University of Leicester (UK) and POSTECH, South Korea. The discovery is reported in the journal Nature on 23 October 2008. Scientists already knew that flowering plants, unlike animals require not one, but two s...Individuals vary their immune response according to age, sex and the costs
Is it always good to respond maximally when pathogens or disease strike, or should individuals vary their immune response to balance immediate and future costs? This is the question evolutionary physiologists Oliver Love, Katrina Salvante, James Dale, and Tony Williams asked when they examined how...A Scientific Milestone: Sex of Dolphin at SeaWorld San Diego Determined Prior to Conception
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the world's rare sex-selected zoological species, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, was born Nov. 28 at SeaWorld San Diego. The birth further validates the park's ability to preferentially produce female or male offspring through the use of sperm sexing...Florida schools employ Johnson Controls technology to stop sex predators
Milwaukee, Wis. - The nation's fifth largest school district is being outfitted with a new security system designed by Johnson Controls, Inc. , to deter sexual predators from entering school grounds. Johnson Controls, known more for its attempts to develop hybrid car batteries and energy-effi...SEQUENOM Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Highlights
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... Center of the San Francisco Bay Area SAN RAMON, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to growing numbers of couples who want to choose the sex of their next child, the Reproductive Science Center of the San Francisco Bay Area (RSC) announced today that it now is offering an alternative gender...Helping Young Women Succeed in Today's Unpredictable World
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