New test improves detection of liver cancer
...; Cancer of the liver is very difficult to detect, and it is a major cause of death in Asia and Africa, with rising incidence in Western countries as well. Now, VIB researchers connected to Ghent ...Brain blood flow gives clues to treating depression
...uclear medicine approaches in identifying the hows and whys of brain dysfunction and its potential in providing immediately useful information in treating depression are emphasized in ...Conventional plowing is 'skinning our agricultural fields'
Traditional plow-based agricultural methods and the need to feed a rapidly growing world populatio...ery, a University of Washington professor of Earth and space sciences. No-till agriculture, in which crop stubble is mixed with the top layer of soil us......ed important insights into the evolution of humans and our ancestors. Even small fossils, such as bones f... hand or foot can tell us much about our ancestors and their behavior. Such may be the case with an ape that lived more than nine million years ago. A s...Smithsonian scientists show differing patterns of rainforest biodiversity
...s and, therefore, may require different management and preservation strategies. That is one of the conclu...teep gradients in elevation, temperature, rainfall and other environmental factors boost diversity by creating diverse habitats within a short distance. Su...Acute sleep deprivation leads to changes in nighttime urine production for men and women
...rs, including hormones, blood flow (hemodynamics), and sleep-related factors. The mechanism behind the da... the urinary patterns of sleep-deprived volunteers and have found that a lack of sleep leads to increased urinary output and more salt in urine. The findin...Carnegie Mellon's Peter Adams receives EPA research grant
...on Agency (EPA) to study how global climate change and international pollution impact U.S. air quality. S...the grant. Adams, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon, said he will build integrated models over the next thr...Study finds gender differences in renal and other genes contributing to blood pressure
...IN, TX -- Many common diseases exhibit gender bias and gender differences have been observed in the development of high blood pressure (hypertension) and heart (cardiovascular) disease. Previous studies have reported that gender may affect vascular phys...Cardio exercise benefits in male vs. female hearts
...X While cardiovascular disease occurs in both men and women, it does not affect them in the same way. Risk factors and protective factors for heart diseases are likewise unequal. The molecular mechanisms responsible for...Study suggests estrogen deficiency can lead to obesity-induced high blood pressure after menopause
... hormone protection against heart (cardiovascular) and kidney (renal) diseases, and are likely to become obese. A research team has tested the idea that estrogen deficiency in aged fem......rom lignocellulosic feedstocks like straw, grasses and wood have long been touted as the successor to to...production costs are now similar for grain ethanol and second generation biofuels, according to a paper published in the first edition of Biofuels, Bioprod...Satellite tracking reveals threats to Borneo pygmy elephants
...Borneo, are under threat from forest fragmentation and loss of habitat. Borneo pygmy elephants depend ...ir survival on forests situated on flat, low lands and in river valleys, the study found. Unfortunately, it is also the type of terrain preferred for comme...Edible fish feasts beats malaria
...eapon against malaria mosquitoes. Annabel Howard and Francois Omlin from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi, Kenya, introduced Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.), to abandoned fishpond...Testosterone replacement therapy: How safe for aging men?
...e taken hormone replacements to replenish estrogen and progesterone levels lost to aging. More recently, ...o improve their muscle mass, bone strength, libido and quality of life. In 2002, the number of elderly American men taking testosterone replacement therapy...Female gender provides an advantage in renal diseases
Gender influences the prevalence and progression rate of many renal diseases, such as p...se (PKD). The physiology behind gender differences and renal disease is still uncertain, but the distinct characteristics of male and female kidney size, a...Sugar and spice and everything nice: Health differences in newborn girls and boys
... for female infants are higher after heart surgery and why female donor livers may be less effective for ...ls have whimsically been said to be made of "sugar and spice and everything nice," and boys from "snakes and snails and puppy dog tails." Inherent in these...Research aims to identify markers for menopausal women at risk for deadly blood clot
... rare, it increases exponentially during menopause and can be deadly. The hormone trials conducted thus f...el Jayachandran, Kazaumori Kashimoto, John A. Heit and Whyte G. Owen, all with the Department of Surgery, Physiology and Bioengineering, Biochemistry and M...The 'female advantage' in kidney disease does not extend to diabetic women
...ney disease. When compared to men, they have fewer and less severe episodes of this disorder throughout m... -- regardless of age -- are diagnosed with kidney and heart diseases almost as frequently as men. What is it about diabetes that predisposes a woman ...Grapes, soy and kudzu blunt some menopausal side effects
...or memory loss, high blood pressure (hypertension) and diabetes. A decade ago, the standard treatment for...ithout the appreciable adverse effects. Grape, soy and kudzu are dietary polyphenols. One research lab investigating them through several studies has found...Weizmann Institute scientists discover a control mechanism for metastasis
...en cancer cells dissociate from the original tumor and migrate via the blood stream to colonize distant o...d significantly to the understanding of metastasis and may aid, in the future, in the development of anti-cancer drugs. For a cell such as a cancer cell ...