Researchers find two metabolites of gasoline additives in humans
...hours at 50 parts per million. During exposure the men rode an exercise bikeand were monitored for heart rate and other factors every 20 seconds. Bothurine and blood samples were taken and analyzed. Both metabolites identifiedas HBA (a-hydoxyisobutyric acid) and MPD (2-methyl-1,2-propanediol) werefound i...Genetic mutation tied to increased prostate cancer risk in African-American and Latino men
African-American and Latino men who carry a simple genetic mutation have a fivetim...greater risk of developing prostate cancer than do men without themutation, University of Southern California researchers say in the Sept. 18issue of The L...... subset ofthe AIDS population -- mostly gay, white men who were recently infected -- thepercentage of patients in the group carrying a resistant strain was significant.The researchers found that viruses resistant to more than one drug were muchless common. "There are two important messages we sho...Good seed, bad seed: Evolution divides the plant world
...enes will be fairly similar, as it is for mice and men (70million years separation). In the September issue of Genome Research, KatrienDevos (John Innes Centre), Takuji Sasaki (Rice Genome Research Program), andcolleagues take aim at this notion by showing that gene order in Arabidopsis, amodel eudicot ...First results of male osteoporosis treatment study
...approved for use in women shown to be effective in men Portland, Ore.--A drug used for the treatment o...etwo-year study, which involved the testing of 241 men at 12 sites around theworld. Men who were given the drug alendronate had on average a seven percent ...Researchers discover location of a testicular cancer gene
...lar cancer is the most common tumor affectingyoung men and one of the most readily treated cancers. Although it clearly hasgenetic origins, this form of cancer has long-term recovery rate of greater than95 percent. The genetic basis for susceptibility to testicular cancer, as well asthe basis for...Study confirms protein culprit in alcohol-induced liver disease
...e adds: "Alcoholic liver disease is more common in men than women but the mostsensitive group are overweight females. So we're hypothesizing that estrogenplays a role in the mechanism of pathology." In that regard, Thurman plans toapply the study's technology to estrogen receptor knockout mice....Ability to absorb calcium may slow rate of bone loss, find University of Pittsburgh researchers
...ndMineral Research (ASBMR). "We found that as the men aged, the amount of calcium absorbed by their bodi...cipal investigator on the study. "This means that men should probablyincrease their consumption of calcium as they age to keep up with those lossesand avo...CYP17 gene proves important in determining bone growth, find University of Pittsburgh investigators
...ociety forBone and Mineral Research. "We know that men with a family history of the bone-weakening diseas...ng osteoporosis." Mr. Zmuda's research shows that men who carry a common mutation in thecytochrome P450c17 (CYP17) gene produce more testosterone and have...First study on cause and treatment of male osteoporosis
...osis is a devastating disease, especially to older men and women," says Eric S. Orwoll, M.D., head of the...ng in January, investigators will track some 5,700 men 65 years or older to determine the extent to which the risk of fracture in men is related to bone ma...Wake Forest scientists clone gene for inherited kidney stone disease
...alate stones in general." Holmes said white men have the highest incidence of kidney stonedisease, with 12-15 percent of the men in this group likely to have kidneystones sometime in their lifetimes. The peak in occurrence is in ...Higher obesity rates prevail among Dutch women exposed to famine in utero
...e University of Amsterdam looked at a group of 741 men andwomen, now 50 years of age, who had been exposed in utero to the Dutch famine of1944-45 which followed on the Nazi occupation. Middle-aged women especially hadan increased rate of obesity, as meausured by Body Mass Index (BMI, or bodyweight [kg] d...Significant health benefits of a daily fish meal as part of a weight loss regimen
...tudy were characteristicallyoverweight middle-aged men and women being treated with medications forhypertension, who were also at risk for diabetes and had high serum cholesterollevels. While even small amounts of fish and fish oil have been shown to lower bloodpressure and reduce cardiovascular risk, a ...New evidence pushes back age of sex-determining chromosomes
... pairs. Inhumans, women have two X chromosomes and men have an X and a Y chromosome.During meiosis -- the process that generates sperm and egg cells -- partnerchromosomes exchange pieces of DNA. But in many species, mammals included, the Xand Y chromosomes are a mismatched pair that for the most part doe...Men more sensitive than women to fat-reduced label
University Park, Pa. --- College age men who said they weren't inclined to eat low-fat food...hat was falsely labeled High Fat/High Calorie, the men reported less hunger and ate significantly fewer snacks later on than when they were fed the very sa...UroGenesys researchers discover new target antigen for prostate cancers
...urrently the mostcommon type of cancer in American men and the second leading cause of cancer-related dea...he UnitedStates, and approximately 40,000 American men die of the disease annually. These numbers are expectedto rise as the U.S. population experiences a...Moderate alcohol consumption may reduce your chances of a heart attack
1 of every 2 men and 1 of every 3 women age 40 or less will develop...ease(CHD). CHD is the number one killer of both men and women in the U.S. High levels of a clotting protein called fibrinogen may contribute to CHD. ...Younger people are at greater risk for alcohol problems
... legal problems. Women seem to be 'catching up' to men in terms of problem drinking. Both family histor...ples of social changes, noted Stoltenberg. "Maybe men and women have the same biological predisposition to behave this way," he said, "but 50 years ago it...Creatine may improve performance during short bursts of activity
...ed the performance of 18 men and 14 women who were members of Ohio States swim team. Half of the men and half of the women took creatine. Each athlete who took creatine was pa...Guilt by association: Scientists nab suspects in prostate cancer
...ons. First, prostate cancer kills 40,000 American men annually, and second, blood tests for thedisease are imperfect, diagnosing positive in some healthy men and missing genuine cancer in others. In the December issue of Genome Research, Michael Walker (Incy...