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A Pack of Walnuts a Day Keeps the Fertility Specialist Away?
20.8.2012 | Press monitoring
A paper published Aug. 15 in Biology of Reproduction's Papers-in-Press reveals that eating 75 grams of walnuts a day improves the vitality, motility, and morphology of sperm in healthy men aged 21 to 35. Dr. Wendie Robbins and her colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles decided to investigate whether increasing polyunsaturated...
Finally, the Promise of Male Birth Control in a Pill: Compound Makes Mice Reversibly Infertile
17.8.2012 | Press monitoring
Researchers have finally found a compound that may offer the first effective and hormone-free birth control pill for men. The study in the August 17th Cell, a Cell Press publication, shows that the small molecule makes male mice reversibly infertile without putting a damper on their sex drive. When the animals stop taking this new form of birth...
Mediterranean Diet Enriched With Olive Oil May Protect Bone
16.8.2012 | Press monitoring
A study to be published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) shows consumption of a Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil for two years is associated with increased serum osteocalcin concentrations, suggesting a protective effect on bone. Age-related bone mass loss and decreased bone strength...
How Stress and Depression Can Shrink the Brain
15.8.2012 | Press monitoring
Major depression or chronic stress can cause the loss of brain volume, a condition that contributes to both emotional and cognitive impairment. Now a team of researchers led by Yale scientists has discovered one reason why this occurs -- a single genetic switch that triggers loss of brain connections in humans and depression in animal models. The...
Brew up to beat bioterrorists?
13.8.2012 | Press monitoring
Dr Simon Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Biopharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Greenwich's School of Science, is part of a team of researchers who have discovered that a principal component of black tea can neutralize ricin, a highly toxic substance which has been at the center of a number of attempted terrorist attacks. Dr Richardson...
Chronic Exposure to Staph Bacteria May Be Risk Factor for Lupus
10.8.2012 | Press monitoring
Chronic exposure to even small amounts of staph bacteria could be a risk factor for the chronic inflammatory disease lupus, Mayo Clinic research shows. Staph, short for Staphylococcus aureus, is a germ commonly found on the skin or in the nose, sometimes causing infections. In the Mayo study, mice were exposed to low doses of a protein found in...
Iced Tea Can Contribute to Painful Kidney Stones
9.8.2012 | Press monitoring
This is the peak season for drinking iced tea, but a Loyola University Medical Center urologist is warning the popular drink can contribute to painful kidney stones. Iced tea contains high concentrations of oxalate, one of the key chemicals that lead to the formation of kidney stones. "For people who have a tendency to form the most common type...
People With Allergies May Have Lower Risk of Brain Tumors
8.8.2012 | Press monitoring
New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that there’s a link between allergies and reduced risk of a serious type of cancer that starts in the brain. This study suggests the reduced risk is stronger among women than men, although men with certain allergy profiles also have a lower tumor risk. Scientists conducting this study...
'Unhealthy' Changes in Gut Microbes Benefit Pregnant Women
3.8.2012 | Press monitoring
The composition of microbes in the gut changes dramatically during pregnancy, according to a study published by Cell Press in the August 3rd issue of the journal Cell. Although these changes are associated with metabolic disease under most circumstances, they could be beneficial in pregnant women. "The findings suggest that our bodies have...
Dementia: Autoantibodies Damage Blood Vessels in the Brain
1.8.2012 | Press monitoring
The presence of specific autoantibodies of the immune system is associated with blood vessel damage in the brain. The researchers' results suggest that autoimmune mechanisms play a significant role in the pathogenesis and progression of Alzheimer's and vascular dementia. Antibodies are the defense molecules of the body's immune system against...
