New Study Shows White Males Have More Receptors For Patent Blood-Vessel Contracting Substance
... bypass surgeries, they compared the veins ofwhite men and women and discovered a startling difference be...d in veinconstriction, the contractile response of men to ET-1 is twice as high as thatof females. All this means that these veins are far more likely to c......s employing about 17,000 outreach workerswomen and men who take contraceptive services directly to their ...ients. In communities served, nearly 60 percent of men and women know a field worker. Voluntary sterilization for women--considered even five years ago...Eating Less Fat At One Meal May Lead To Higher Fat Intake Later
...ower-calorie shakes at lunchtime. Allred studied men only because women’s menstrual cycles can aff... eating behaviors. Also, he stresses that all the men in thestudy were “unrestrained eaters,” meaning that they usually atewhat they wanted to e...ACE Gene Linked To High Blood Pressure In Men But Not Women
...s a leading cause ofcardiovascular disease in both men and women and the possible differences ingenetic influence on high blood pressure deserve further study." The data support the hypothesis that ACE, or a nearby gene, is a sex-specificcandidate gene for hypertension, says O'Donnell. "High blood press...Biosphere Lessons Can Be Applied To Space, Former Crew Co-Captain Says
...ls, as well asliving quarters for the crew of four men and four women. In future space travel such as a base on another planet, similar"biospheres" may be used that would have a closed environment open to energyfrom the sun. As with Biosphere 2, nothing but ambiant light could pass throughthe bar...New Test May Reduce Need For Some Prostate Cancer Biopsies
...ed in the trials, the new test shouldonly apply to men whose prostates feel normal on digital rectal exam...e elevated and between four and 10. "These are the men inthe diagnostic gray zone. They're at risk for prostate cancer on the basis ofthe PSA levels, but e...PSA Levels Mean More Extensive Prostate Disease In Older Men
...ns researchers have found that at diagnosis, older men have more extensive disease than younger men even if their prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels are the same. PSA is a protein made by the pros...Duration Of Pre-Clinical Prostate Cancer Based On Serial PSA Data From The VA Normative Aging Study
...approaches to PSA screening for prostate cancer as men age....Drunken Fruit Flies Reveal Molecular Pathway Regulating Sensitivity To Alcohol
...ivity to alcohol is genetically influenced. Young men with a familyhistory of alcoholism, for instance, are less sensitive to alcohol than thosefrom families without alcoholism. But researchers have been unable to determinethe biological explanation for the relationship between a sensitivity to alcohol...Obesity Gene: Possible Link To Heart Disease Risk
... the higher the level of leptin themore likely the men were to have the syndrome, and thus "perhaps a greater heartdisease risk," says Francisco Leyva, M.D., specialist registrar in cardiology atCharing Cross Hospital. "We have found that leptin concentrations are related to the metabolicdisturba...A New Molecular Marker For Prostate Cancer
... can be used tobetter predict tumor progression in men with prostate cancer, the second-leadingcause of m...r Center report the newfindings from a study of 96 men with localized disease in the June 17 issue ofthe Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The team...Excess Thiamine May Help Tumor Growth, Research Shows
...ommended allowance. The government recommendsthat men consume 1.4 mg and women 1.0 mg of thiamine per day, amounts thatare easily obtained from a typical American diet. Medical texts recommend3 mg of thiamine daily for cancer patients, a dose that needs to be re-evaluatedin light of this new research. ...UB Studies Link Low Dietary Calcium, Vitamin C With Increased Risk Of Gum Disease
...unt in four glasses of milk, while the average for men was slightly more than 800 mg. Comparison of...g bone, showed that in the total study population, men and women who had low levels of the mineral in their diets were half again as likely to develop peri......y at Pitt'sGSPH. "Most of the HIV-infected men in our study had very high levels of viruspresent ...times had alower amount. This indicates that some men may be more likely to transmit thevirus during risky sexual behaviors at certain times." Dr.......udies of HIV havefound that 11 percent of infected men in their study were long-termnonprogressors (LTNP) at 10 years, but only 2 percent remained nonprogressorsafter 18 years. All persons with moderate or high plasma viral loads, includingLTNPs, should consider antiviral therapy to keep themselves heal...Obesity And Breathing Capacity
...bution on ventilatory function in 1235 adults (621 men and 614 women). Forced vital capacity (FVC) was us...ing, and bronchial symptoms in separate models for men and women. Body fat and fat-free mass were estimated from skinfold-thickness measurements. Adjusted ......found. There were no significantdifferences among men and women or among blacks and whites as to who was morelikely to receive the medications. The in-depth interviews revealed that the most common obstacles toadhering to therapy were homelessness, which can make it difficult to store andkeep tr...Priestly Gene Shared By Widely Dispersed Jews
...The finding last year ofgenetic links among Jewish men thought to be descendants of the Biblical highprie...nks the priestly cast, the Cohanim, which includes men withlast names that are variations on "Cohen." Using a combination of molecular genetics an...... after the first episode ofdepression. The men who developed clinical depression drank more coffee at thestudy's outset than those who did not but did not differ from their counterpartsin terms of blood pressure, cholesterol, cigarette smoking, physical activity,obesity or family history of CAD. ...