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UCSF researchers have identified an elusive molecular regulator that controls the ability of human sperm to reach and fertilize the egg, a finding that has implications on both treating male infertility and preventing pregnancy. The team of biophysicists and molecular biologists also broke through a previous barrier to this r… |
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Patients’ odds for cardiovascular death also go up after they get the news, study finds… A diagnosis of prostate cancer can be unnerving enough to up a man’s odds for either suicide or fatal heart attack, new research indicates. “Unfortunately, the study results didn’t surprise us,” said st… |
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14 cigarettes a day create exposure equal to inhaling nearly 3 more, study finds… In addition to the risks associated with directly inhaling cigarette smoke, smokers also face significant risk from their own secondhand smoke, researchers say. The finding, published online Jan. 29 in Environmental Health, challenges the … |
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The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, shows that hip fractures in grandfathers are linked to low bone density and reduced bone size in their grandsons. “This is the first time this risk factor for low bone mass has been demonstrated across two generations,” says associate… |
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Watching and controlling your cholesterol level is important to maintaining your health, and it’s really not that hard. Controlling your cholesterol is key to preventing heart disease. For some, this can be accomplished through the same healthy diet and exercise plan that keeps a whole host of illnesses at bay. You migh… |
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In a newly published clinical trial, patients with metastatic prostate cancer who received a vaccine of harmless poxviruses engineered to spur an immune system attack on prostate tumor cells lived substantially longer than patients who received a placebo vaccine, report researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and affiliat… |
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A study in the Jan issue of the journal Sleep shows that erectile dysfunction was more common in older men with restless leg syndrome (RLS) than in those without RLS, and the magnitude of this association increased with a higher frequency of RLS symptoms. Results show that erectile dysfunction was 16 percent more likely in [.… |
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‘Dramatic’ results show that it’s never too late to kick the habit, experts say… Quitting smoking after a diagnosis of early stage lung cancer doubles the odds that a patient will live another five years, a new study finds. “The results are quite dramatic. I don’t think anybody would have e… |
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A man’s male hormones may ward off heart damage by helping vessels around the heart regenerate, suggest Australian researchers in a report posted January 13 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. While studies have shown that estrogen helps blood vessels regenerate, both in the uterus after menstruation and around the… |
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Reviews offer differing views on value and risks of procedure… As a major organization of pediatricians considers revising its recommendations on circumcision of newborn boys, two new reviews of existing research offer conflicting conclusions about the bitterly debated procedure. One review, from Australia, says there&#… |
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