Rare Chinese mushroom derivative can improve capacity, endurance, in sedentary elderly
...hese individuals were healthy, sedentary males and females of age 40-70. The study employed sports physiology methods, measuring exercise capacity, endurance performance, and exercise related metabolic alterations before, in the middle of, and after the 12-week study treatment with CordyMax (3 g/day). Res...Preschoolers lead growth of antidepressant use, study reveals
...loft. Use of paroxetine increased 113% and 91% in females and males, respectively, over the study period. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that paroxetine not be used in children and adolescents because, among youths, its efficacy has not been established for depression and its u...Study finds male and female brains respond differently to visual stimuli
...vation in males viewing sexual visual stimuli than females viewing the same images, according to a Center for... the females, despite the fact that both males and females expressed similar subjective assessments of their levels of arousal after viewing the images. Hamann...Childhood abuse may predict social phobia, agoraphobia, and PTSD among adult alcoholics
...upports the notion of higher stress sensitivity in females under both acute and chronic conditions." In addition, said Van der Hart, "it may well be that many female patients with alcohol dependence or abuse seek treatment in, or are referred to, more general mental-health centers. Perhaps their comorbid di...College education protects Caucasian women against obesity more than African American women
...n in 2002, approximately half of African-American females are obese while about 30 percent of Caucasian females are considered obese. Lewis and her colleagues found that, while women of both races with only high ...'Care managers' help depressed elderly reduce suicidal thoughts
...d positive for depression. From these, 598, mostly females and two-thirds with major depression, were recruited into the study. The care managers applied structured treatment guidelines: First, they offered patients the serotonin selective reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) or another antidepressant if clinically wa...Ratings of teen-rated video games do not always fully describe content
...deo games were significantly more likely to depict females partially nude or engaged in sexual behaviors than males. The researchers note that the current set of content descriptors fails to capture positive messages, and raise this as an issue of the rating system failing to provide incentives to game manu...Race may be a factor in treatment of rectal cancer patients
...; and the annual decrease in death rates for white females was 1.9 percent compared with 0.6 percent for black females. However, no evidence suggests that colorectal cancer affects blacks and whites differently. Arden M. Morris, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and colleagues i...A blood test may reveal systemic factors that relate to periodontal disease, especially in men
...more serious symptoms of periodontal diseases than females of the same age group," "These findings mean that in the future when patients visit their medical doctors for a routine check-up and annual blood work, they may also be referred to a periodontist for a periodontal screening if the blood indicates sy...New vaccine for herpes in final trial phase
...n. The Herpevac Trial for Women is open to healthy females between the ages of 18 and 30 who are negative for both HSV-1 and HSV-2. Women who are interested in volunteering for the clinical trial will receive a very accurate blood test that looks for antibodies (the immune system's response) to both HSV-1 a...Estrogen makes the brain more vulnerable to stress
.... The authors found that without stress, males and females performed at the same level. After exposure to hig... impaired, but the males were not, suggesting that females were more sensitive to the effects of stress. Male rats performed the same with moderate stress as t...Economic impact of back pain substantial
... compared to younger patients. "We also found that females incurred higher average expenditures than males," Luo said. "The reason for this difference is not clear and needs further investigation. "Also, the fact that white patients as well as patients who had medical insurance had higher per capita expenses...U of MN study first to detect tobacco-specific carcinogens in non-smokers in public setting
...Eighteen individuals participated in the study, 14 females and 4 males. The average time spent at the casino was 4.25 hours. Participants reported that nearly all of their time was spent in the designated smoking areas. The nonsmoking area was contiguous with smoking areas. Before visiting the casino, levels...Use of rubella vaccine is growing worldwide, but more work remains
...of childbearing age and also to other unvaccinated females in the future as they reach childbearing age. To prevent an increase in the numbers of cases of CRS, notes the article, "it is essential that childhood rubella vaccination programs achieve and maintain high levels of coverage." The "Revista Panameri...Women and men differ on adopting healthy behaviors
...fident about making personal behavior changes than females are," O'Hea says....Coping behaviors linked to female chromosome
...g coping behaviors. First-generation males but not females showed maternally derived coping styles, while second-generation females -- but not males -- showed significant differences in coping styles determined by their grandmothers...Brain may 'hard-wire' sexuality before birth
...ispheres of the brain appeared more symmetrical in females than in males. According to Vilain, the symmetry may improve communication between both sides of the brain, leading to enhanced verbal expressiveness in females. "This anatomical difference may explain why women can sometimes articulate their feeling...Report cites risks associated with over-the-counter cosmetic contact lenses
... the observational case report. The patients, five females and one male, experienced vision-threatening problems after wearing contact lenses purchased from unlicensed vendors, including gas stations, beauty salons, video stores, corner stores and flea markets. They did not receive any instructions on how t...New study of obesity, genes and socio-economic status uses individual growth curves
... differences in the BMI and waist circumference of females but not males. This SNP also showed differences in skinfold totals among those in high SES levels but not in those from lower SES levels. with respect to the interplay of obesity and family history of cardiovascular disease, skinfold thickness a......ually active, and evidence suggests that males and females are equally likely to be carriers. "In Europe and North America a vaccine including HPV 16 and 18 the most common high risk types of the virus would prevent 72% of cases among the vaccinated", said Dr. Bosch. "A vaccine containing types 16,18,33,31...