Living with females extends the reproductive life of the male mouse, says Penn veterinary researcher
PHILADELPHIA - Living with a female mouse can extend the reproductive life of a male mouse by as much as 20 percent, according to a study conducted by Ralph Brinster and a team of other researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. The study was reported online toda...Pursuit of Females Dates Way, Way Back
Skeletal findings suggest men fighting over women took place even in prehistoric times. FRIDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Men fighting over women? Nothing new there, based on the findings of a prehistoric mass grave in southwest Germany. Durham University-led researchers say that...Researchers discover correlation between GERD and obesity in females
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When it comes to mating, male chimpanzees have the opposite taste when compared to the males of one of their nearest biological species, human beings, //according to a study published Tuesday. Unlike human males who prefer younger mates, male chimpanzees like older females and turn up their no...10 Million Indian Females Aborted In 20 years
Around 10 million female fetuses may have been aborted in India in the last couple of decades, according to a study published online today by The Lancet. // Fewer girls than boys are born in India. In their study Prabhat Jha (St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada), Rajesh Kumar (...Sensitive cough suffered by females
According to this new study it shows that women are more sensitive to stimuli that produce a cough.Researchers in the US investigated a group of 60 women and 30 men attending an outpatient clinic for chronic cough.// They had them inhale substances that cause a cough through a mouthpiece for one se...Amicus Therapeutics Commences Phase 3 Trial Evaluating Amigal(TM) for the Treatment of Fabry Disease
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... Results from these studies are expected in the third quarter of 2009. About EQUATE The EQUATE study included 756 obese patients (599 females and 157 males) across 32 centers in the United States. The average baseline BMI of the study population was 36.3 kg/m2 and baseline weight was 101.3 k...Medarex Announces Initiation of Phase 2 Clinical Development Program for the Treatment of Lupus
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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...Caffeine appears to be beneficial in males -- but not females -- with Lou Gehrig's disease
NEW ORLEANSAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages key neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The disease causes progressive paralysis of voluntary muscles and often death within five years of symptoms. Although ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) was discovered over a century ag...Caffeine appears to be beneficial in males -- but not females -- with Lou Gehrig's disease
NEW ORLEANSAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages key neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The disease causes progressive paralysis of voluntary muscles and often death within five years of symptoms. Although ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) was discovered over a century ag...Study first to pinpoint why analgesic drugs may be less potent in females than in males
ATLANTA -- Investigators at Georgia State University's Neuroscience Institute and Center for Behavioral Neuroscience are the first to identify the most likely reason analgesic drug treatment is usually less potent in females than males. This discovery is a major step toward finding more effective ...Gene in male fish lures females into sex
A gene has been found in male cichlid fish that evolved to lure female fish so that male cichlids can deposit sperm in the females mouths. A study in the online open access journal BMC Biology reveals that the gene is associated with egg-like markings on the fins of cichlid fishes and uncovers the...Why do males and females frequently differ in body size and structure?
RIVERSIDE, Calif. As even the most casual observer of nature knows, males and females frequently differ in body size, form and structure. But how these differences have developed a topic studied for decades by evolutionary biologists is not as clear. A new scholarly book now neatly brings t...Reproductive life of male mice is increased by living with females
Living with a female of its species can extend the reproductive life of a male mouse by a dramatic 20 percent, according to a study reported at the online site of the journal Biology of Reproduction . In the research, conducted by a team at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary M...Amicus Therapeutics Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
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