A new study published in the International Journal of Andrology reveals that semen quality has significantly deteriorated during the last ten years in Finland, a country that previously was a region with high sperm counts…
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What makes a man? His clothes? His car? His choice of scotch? The real answer, says Brown University biologist Erica Larschan, is the newly understood activity of a protein complex that, like a genetic power tool, gives enzymes on the X-chromosome an extra boost to increase gene expression. The process is described in the March [...]
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Compared to women who had never smoked, breast cancer risk increased by nine percent among former smokers and by 16 percent among current smokers according to research by Karen Margolis, MD, a senior clinical investigator with the HealthPartners Research Foundation and her collaborators in a study that was published today in the British Medical Journal. [...]
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Giving breastfeeding infants of HIV-infected mothers a daily dose of the antiretroviral drug nevirapine for six months halved the risk of HIV transmission to the infants at age 6 months compared with giving infants the drug daily for six weeks, according to preliminary clinical trial data…
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Melatonin is known to have cancer-protective properties, and shift work can induce desynchrony of the circadian system, reducing melatonin production. Shift work has been thought to have important health impacts, with evidence linking shift work to an increased risk of several cancers including breast, endometrial, prostate, and colorectal, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma…
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A study shows a greater risk of allergies for children and adolescents who don’t get enough vitamin D. WebMD Health News
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US researchers have developed a new index of adiposity using hip circumference and height, two measures they say are most strongly related to percentage of body fat. Heartwire
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Depression and anxiety experienced by women after a miscarriage or the stillbirth of a child may continue for years, even if they subsequently go on to give birth to a healthy infant. Medscape Medical News
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Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, offers his thoughts on zinc — benefits vs side effects — in treating the common cold. Medscape Infectious Diseases
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Paul E. Sax, MD, offers a perspective on CD4 monitoring in HIV that you may find surprising. Medscape HIV/AIDS
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