Study challenges myth that sex late in pregnancy hastens birth
A new study debunks the widely held belief that engaging in sexual intercourse during the final weeks of pregnancy can hasten labor and delivery. In fact, just the opposite was true in 93 women studied at Ohio State University Medical Center. Women who were sexually active in the final three weeks of their pregnancies carried their babies an average of 39.9 weeks, compared to average deliv...Chronic jet-lag conditions hasten death in aged mice
Researchers have found that aged mice undergoing weekly light-cycle shifts--similar to those that humans experience with jet lag or rotating shift work--experienced significantly higher death rates than did old mice kept on a normal daylight schedule over the same eight-week period. The findings may not come as a great surprise to exhausted globe-trotting business travelers, but the research none...Thyroid hormone treatment hastens recovery after cardiac surgery
Thyroid hormone treatment after surgery requiring heart bypass speeds recovery in children undergoing correction of congenital heart defects, according to a clinical trial published in The Lancet. The effects were greatest in the patients who underwent long and difficult surgeries. Following trauma or surgery or during a critical illness, thyroid hormone concentrations plummet. Ma...Composite fillings to hasten work procedures
Amorphous calcium phosphate is showing great covenant in dental restorative work, say researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology at Ohio.//This ACP has new physical-chemical properties,” says Tyndall Don, Ph.D., a researcher at OSU. “It’s more soluble than other calcium phosphates and has a tendency to convert to the stable dental mineral hydroxyapatite, which is th...Sex In Last Week Of Pregnancy Doesn’t Hasten Birth - Study Reveal
During the final week of pregnancy, people believe that having engaged in sexual intercourse speeds labor and delivery - A new study finds it was the reverse//. In fact, just the opposite was true in 93 women studied at Ohio State University Medical Center. Women who were sexually active in the final three weeks of their pregnancies carried their babies an average of 39.9 weeks, compar...Research Finds That Nicotine Hastens The Growth Of Lung Cancer
Research from the University of South Florida has reported that nicotine would directly act by speeding the growth of lung cancer.// They explained in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, that tobacco smoke contains many agents that cause cancer, and that nicotine itself isn't one of them but they stated that nicotine promotes the growth of existing cancer cells....Increased Estrogen in Men Hastens Dementia
Researchers from Netherlands said that men with increased levels of sex hormone estrogen are at an increased risk of suffering from dementia. // This hormone is present at a lower level in men when compared to women. The study results are published in the Annals of Neurology. Dr. Mirjam Geerlings, from the University Medical Center Utrecht, and colleagues conducted the study among 2974...