Italian research links diet with endometriosis risk
Women may be able to lower their risk of endometriosis by eating more fresh fruit and green vegetables. But, eating red meat and ham appears to increase their risk, according to a study published (Thursday 15 July) in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction . ...... The researchers, from Milan in Italy, have now called for a prospective study to investigate further the p...Researchers say US military accidentally introduced tree pathogen to Italian estate
Berkeley - During World War II, soldiers from the Fifth U.S. Army set up camp at an exclusive hunting estate in Italy, regrouping between military drives north against German troops and Benito Mussolini. Sixty years later, forest pathologists are pointing to huge gaps of dead trees in the estate as the visible reminders of that brief stay. ... ...In a new study published in the April issue of Myc...Italian study finds traffic pollution affects male fertility
A study by Italian researchers of motorway tollgate attendants has demonstrated that traffic pollution damages the quality of sperm in young and middle-aged men....... In research published (Wednesday 30 April) in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction[1] the research team from the University of Naples say their work should prompt studies on other types of workers expos...Italian research reveals a new twist in the battle of the sexes
New research from Italy reveals that mother nature tries very hard to compensate for the fact that male foetuses and newborns are more fragile than females by allowing significantly more boys to be conceived at a time of year when conditions for pregnancy and birth are optimal.... ...Evidence that males are more fragile than females and that fewer males are conceived in sub-optimal conditions is...Vienna, Austria: Fertility experts meeting in Vienna today (Saturday 29 June) attacked proposals by the Lower House of the Italian Parliament that could encourage multiple pregnancies....... They have described the proposals as "unethical" and are seriously worried that they will put women and their babies at risk....... Members of the Italian Lower House decided that the freezing of ooctyes and....While centuries of persecution have nearly wiped out European .wolves, they are making a comeback in Italy. One of the .threats to the species is interbreeding with feral dogs but .the Italian wolf population is still pure, according to new .research in the April issue of Conservation Biology. . .Wolves are recovering faster in Italy than elsewhere in .Europe, says Ettore Randi of the Italian I...