Disabling a sensory organ prompts female mice to act like male mice
...male mouse. Correspondingly, female traits such as nursing behaviors and maternal aggression were diminished. The findings provide strong evidence that male sexual behavior is hard wired into the female mouse brain and suggests, more broadly, that male and female courtship behaviors exist in the brains of ...A sensory organ, not the brain, differentiates male and female behavior in some mammals
...spend about 80 percent of their time in their nest nursing their newborns, but the mutant females would readily wander away after about two days of motherhood, eventually abandoning the nest altogether. While lactating mice will ordinarily attack male intruders and reject their courtship behaviors, the mutan...Rare example of Darwinism seen in action
...ring it through her placenta and, in some animals, nursing and caring for the baby after it is born. But while the father may not be present, the genetic material he provided is hard-wired to provide fast fetal growth, so that his offspring will be the hardiest, best survivors and the ones who demand the m...1 in 4 NYC adults has elevated blood mercury levels
...arbors. Young adults and women who are pregnant or nursing and young children shouldnt eat fish caught in the East or Hudson Rivers or in New York Harbor, said Kass. They may contain harmful contaminants. Increasing Awareness and Reducing Mercury Levels The Health Department is working to raise awareness...... quality, and have serious health consequences for nursing pups. By examining PPAR functions in vivo, our ...k sets off an inflammatory response in the skin of nursing pups, which ultimately disrupts the hair growth cycle and renders them largely bald. In fact, treatm...5 OHSU faculty members singled out for honors
...ism established in response to the states critical nursing shortage to foster a dramatic expansion in the capacity and enrollment of Oregons nursing programs. Through OCNE, students at the states eight community colleges, through a shared curriculum...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...layed increased maternal care behaviors with their nursing pups during the first 3 weeks of life. Remarkably, the male pups were protected from brain ischemia as adults. In the CORT-nursed adult rats, stress led to a blunted response of the HPA axis as measured by plasma CORT levels. After transient global i...New treatments have major impact on heart failure rates
...e, a chronic condition often requiring specialised nursing care in the community, have been made. In patients admitted with a severe heart attack, where the arteries were completely blocked, death rates reduced from 8.4 to 4.5 per cent. Their risk of heart failure also nearly halved with a reduction from 2...Class of PCB's causes developmental abnormalities in rat pups
...rats, by no means suggest women should alter their nursing practice. The finding does suggest the need for st...he pups exposed to the toxicant in utero and while nursing was profoundly altered. "The animals could hear, but their brains representation of what they hea...Is bigger better? Breast surgery linked to boost in self-esteem and sexuality
...le, those women who may have breast changes due to nursing or from the inevitable natural aging process. These women may not feel as attractive, which could ultimately negatively impact their levels of self-esteem and sexuality. Figueroa-Haas warned that women should not view plastic surgery as a cure-all ...OHSU studies of technology for healthy aging get boost
...r who live independently, without need for in-home nursing care or help with daily activities. Their homes will be outfitted with a suite of sensors for detecting aspects of daily living such as moving through the home, patterns of disrupted sleep, and regularity of medication-taking. In addition, the elders...Rutgers College of Nursing dean authors a book on genetics and how it affects nursing and health
... University of New Jersey, has authored a book for nursing students, faculty and practicing nurses on genetics and how it affects nursing and health. "Essentials of Clinical Genetics in Nursing Practice" is a 316-page book that delineate...New antibacterials being developed to tackle MRSA superbug
...al medicines to stop its spread through hospitals, nursing homes and the wider community." The compounds being developed by Prolysis under the award from the Wellcome Trust block the ability of the MRSA bacteria to divide and multiply. They do this by inhibiting the function of the bacterium's FtsZ protein,...Calcium important for nursing mothers' oral health
... Periodontology, "But this research indicates that nursing mothers should be especially conscious of having enough Calcium in their diet. While breast milk is critical to their baby's bone development, mothers should be sure to have enough calcium, or risk bone loss in her mouth, which can worsen periodonta...Protection against cancer may begin during pregnancy
...e. -- There may be another reason for pregnant and nursing women to eat a nutritious diet that includes generous amounts of cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cabbage it could help protect their children from cancer, both as infants and later in life. A new study by scientists from the Linus Pauling ...A molecular condom against AIDS
...technology is to protect women and their unborn or nursing children from the AIDS virus," but the molecular condom is five years away from tests in humans and roughly 10 years until it might be in widespread use, Kiser says. Kiser and colleagues report development of the molecular condom in a study to be p...MRSA vaccine shows promise in mouse study
... infections have long been a problem in hospitals, nursing homes and dialysis centers, more and more healthy people with no apparent risk factors have been turning up in emergency rooms with virulent S. aureus infections acquired from community rather than health care related sources....Hope remains for Alzheimer's sufferers
...into account by the NICE committee. In this study, nursing home patients with severe Alzheimer's disease were administered with donepezil, or a placebo drug, and were observed for 6-months. Those patients receiving donepezil treatment showed significantly improved cognitive function, compared with those pati...Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston establishes first affiliate in Canada
... Acadian Peninsula," said Alice Hbert, director of nursing for the ABHA....Institute of Medicine elects 65 new members, 5 foreign associates
...professor of biomedical informatics, department of nursing and biomedical informatics, Columbia University, New York City LANCE B. BECKER, M.D., professor, department of emergency medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia TIMOTHY R. BILLIAR, M.D., George Vance Foster Professo...