Fears over ICSI largely groundless say fertility experts
...nto a woman's egg and has been used since 1991 for men with severe fertility problems. There have been concerns that the technique could lead to abnormalities because of its nature and the quality of the sperm. Studies to date have shown conflicting results. Using data from the Swedish Medical Birth Re...Low blood levels of HIV reduce risk of heterosexual transmission
...the critical predictor of HIV transmission between men and women, regardless of which gender transmits the virus. "With every 10-fold rise in the concentration of HIV in the bloodstream, transmission more than doubled. Just as drugs have helped reduce perinatal transmission, antiretroviral regimens th...Exisulind (Aptosyn™) and other SAANDs compounds halt prostate cancer cell growth by two mechanisms
...ptosyn™) as a treatment for post-prostatectomy men at risk of prostate cancer recurrence," he continued. "That study showed the ability of exisulind (Aptosyn™) to significantly inhibit the rise in average PSA levels in treated patients compared to those on a placebo." Dr. Pamukcu noted that deta...Scientists, research advocates honored as Albert B. Sabin Heroes of Science
...earchHospital. "That hope is rooted in the work of men and women such asthe Heroes of Science we recognize tonight." This year's Albert B. Sabin Heroes of Science are: Dave and Lynn Frohnmayer, founders of the Fanconi Anemia ResearchFund, which supports path-breaking genetic research and fostersdia...New antioxidant vitamin RDAs better, but not good enough
...omen; and vitamin E from 10 milligrams per day for men and eight for women to 15 for both men and women. The RDA for selenium remained unchanged at 55 micrograms for women, but dropped from 70 t...UCSF researchers find link between vitamin C and gallbladder disease
...ir idea, the researchers analyzed data from 13,130 men and women enrolled in the Third National Healt...ssible that we didn't detect an association in men because men get gallbladder disease less frequently than women thereby decreasing the ability to...... basal ganglia region of the brain. The nine men and three women in the study varied in age from 44 to 75 years. In eight patients, the stroke involved only the basal ganglia region of the brain and in four patients, both the basal ganglia and regional cortex were involved. All patients had stabl...Mashed potatoes prepared with heart healthy oil beats rice for appetite control
In a recent study, young men who ate a lunch including mashed potatoes prepared...t during the first four hours after the lunch, the men reported being hungrier if they had eaten rice no matter what kind of oil had been used in its prepa...Vitamin K intake may be helpful in preventing hip fracture
...tion, Booth et al. investigated a group of elderly men and women in order to determine the importance of ... a modulation of the vitamin K transport. The 342 men and 558 women participants were cohorts in the much larger Framingham Heart Study, and averaged 75 y...Calcium is not as readily absorbed from soy milk as from cow's milk
...ich at current levels of fortification. 16 healthy men received 300 mg loads of labeled calcium in either soy or cow's milk during a light breakfast. Calcium absorption was evaluated from the concentration of calcium in serum 5 hours after oral dosing. The brand of soy milk tested by the researchers achi...Biomarkers: testing for alcohol consumption among women
...rs' alcohol detection capabilities. The ratio of men who have alcohol problems versus women is roughly ...hey do occur. In fact, women are more liable than men to certain types of alcohol-related damage, such as liver disease." Allen and his co-authors rev...Lifestyle factors fuel high diabetes risk in African-American women
...re likely to develop diabetes and African-American men are 1.5 times more likely to develop diabetes than whites. Pre-diabetes high blood pressure also is more frequent among African-Americans than whites. "On the basis of these findings, we urge patients, especially those with high blood pressure, to a...Jews are the genetic brothers of Palestinians, Syrians, and Lebanese
...d unchanged from father to son, of more than 1,000 men worldwide. Throughout human history, alterations h...regions of the Y chromosome were analyzed in 1,371 men from 29 worldwide populations, including Jews and non-Jews from the Middle East, North Africa, sub-S...NHLBI study shows large blood pressure benefit from reduced dietary sodium
...dium. The blood pressure reductions occurred in men and women and in African Americans and others. ...l participantsthose with and without hypertension, men and women, and African Americans and others. Overall, the DASH diet combined with the lower sodiu...Weight training helps to maintain good health, study finds
.... Staron and his colleagues followed 32 healthy men and women age 19-26 who were not using weights reg...noted no reduction in cholesterol in healthy young men and women, they also found no increase. But the participants did show other health benefits, includi...Welch Award honors 2 for unlocking nature's secrets
...o answer difficult biological questions." Both men began their careers in the United Kingdom, studying synthetic organic chemistry. In the early 1960s both began researching how plants made molecules: Dr. Scott studying penicillin and anti-tumor agents, Dr. Battersby morphine and alkaloids for treatm...UCSF researchers find evidence of faulty DNA repair in some infertile men
Some infertile men have mutations or errors in their DNA code, sugges...d the UCSF researchers to wonder if some infertile men could pass the problem of faulty DNA repair to offspring conceived through high technology- assisted...UCSF finding could lead to long-sought alternative to morphine
...ries, in turn, have provided insights into the way men and women experience pain. In their new study, pu...d a way to tap kappa-opioid's full potential -- in men and women. "The potential implications of this finding are really incredible," says the senior aut......#153 was found to reduce the rise in PSA levels in men with prostate cancer at risk of recurrence after prostatectomy. A New Drug Application (NDA) for Aptosyn™ is currently under review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a treatment for FAP. Cell Pathways is conducting additional cli...Exercise and weight loss effective in reducing high blood pressure for overweight individuals
..., and colleagues studied 133 sedentary, overweight men and women with unmediated high normal blood pressure or stage 1 to 2 hypertension. They were randomly assigned to aerobic exercise only; a behavioral weight management program, including exercise; or a waiting list control group. "Combining a progra...