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| BREAKTHROUGH IN CREATING BIO-ARTIFICIAL ORGANS AT HEBREW UNIVERSITY-HADASSAH DENTAL SCHOOL |
| Today people often must wait for months when they need an organ transplant. In the future, they may be able to simply give a tissue sample and then wait a week or two as the sample is used to custom-build the necessary organ, thanks to research conducted by Hebrew University Ph.D. candidate Gadi Pelled, DMD. He received the prestigious Kaye Award this year for his work. |
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| SMOKING DECREASES MEN'S CHANCES OF FATHERHOOD BY IVF AND ICSI |
| Men who smoke reduce their chances of successfully fathering a child by either standard IVF techniques or by ICSI, according to research carried out in Germany.
Dr Michael Zitzmann told the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology annual conference in Vienna that smoking altered the DNA of sperm and he believed this hampered the development of the embryo. |
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| SEMEN MAKES YOU HAPPY |
| Semen makes you happy. That's the remarkable conclusion of a study comparing women whose partners wear condoms with those whose partners don't.
The study, which is bound to provoke controversy, showed that the women who were directly exposed to semen were less depressed. The researchers think this is because mood-altering hormones in semen are absorbed through the vagina. They say they have ruled out other explanations. |
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| MEN REGAIN EVOLUTIONARY DRIVER’S SEAT. MUTATION STUDY CONFIRMS STRONG MALE-DRIVEN EVOLUTION AMONG HUMANS AND APES |
| Researchers from the University of Chicago have estimated that genetic mutations – the raw material for evolution – occur 5.25 times more often in males than in females. This discovery should lay to rest any doubts raised by recent studies questioning the dominant role males play in producing mutations for molecular evolution. |
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| VANISHING TWIN THEORY DEBUNKED |
| Contrary to the standard dogma, Australian researchers have found that twins have no less chance of survival as embryos than single babies. |
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| STUDY BOOSTS SUSPECTED LINK BETWEEN MOTHERS’ GUM DISEASE AND BOTH PREMATURE BIRTH, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT |
| Mothers who suffer from gum disease are significantly more likely to deliver their babies prematurely than women without that illness, which also is known as periodontal disease, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study shows. Such women also are more likely than others to deliver babies whose weight is less than normal. |
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| GENETIC LINK TO ENDOMETRIOSIS – UNIQUE ICELANDIC STUDY PROVIDES FURTHER PROOF |
| A woman has more than five times the normal risk of developing endometriosis if her sister has the disease, according to research published today (Thursday 28 February) in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal, Human Reproduction* (full-text article). |
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| 'AAAS' SPEAKERS REPORT WORLDWIDE 'EPIDEMIC' OF OBESITY |
| Obesity, considered until recently to be an exclusively "Western" disease, now poses a serious threat to the health of developing nations, particularly children, say scientists studying this emerging "global epidemic of fat." |
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| TANNING LAMPS MAY INCREASE RISKS OF SKIN CANCERS |
| Users of tanning lamps may have an increased incidence of skin cancers and younger users may be at greatest risk, report Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researchers. |
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| DO ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES INCREASE THE RISK OF MISCARRIAGE? |
| The strong magnetic fields produced by some electric appliances and vehicles increase the risk of miscarriage, claim researchers in California. Their findings also suggest that most previous investigations into the health effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) have been measuring the wrong thing. |
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| GENES EXPLAIN WHY MEN ARE TALLER |
| Over 4cm of men's height is due to the combination of just two genes, according to a new study undertaken at the University of Melbourne.
The research, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism this week, identifies one gene on chromosome 15 and one on the Y chromosome as contributors to height in men. These genes may also help explain why men are taller than women. |
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| KINSEY STUDY FINDS ADVERSE SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL SIDE EFFECTS OF BIRTH CONTROL PILLS RELATED TO DISCONTINUATION |
| The birth control pill can have significant adverse effects on sexuality and mood in some women, increasing the likelihood of early discontinuation, according to a study by the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University. Results of the study will be reported in the July issue of the journal Contraception. |
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| WAR OF WORDS. WHY WOMEN HAVE MORE REASON THAN MEN TO FEAR THE GOSSIP'S TONGUE |
| MOST women may be physically weaker than men, but they have a formidable weapon at their disposal: gossip. Nattering to each other in this way could be why women form such strong social bonds, says anthropologist Nicole Hess from the University of California at Santa Barbara. |
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| ELDERLY WOMEN HAVE BETTER MENTAL ABILITY THAN MEN, DESPITE LESS FORMAL EDUCATION |
| Elderly women have a better mental function than men despite their lower level of formal education, conclude Dutch researchers in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. These findings challenge the view that a limited formal education is associated with lower mental ability and suggest that biological differences between men and women may be an alternative explanation. |
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| HOW A WOMAN CHOOSE A MAN TO LIVE WITH |
| What makes a woman to keep fidelity to the man she chose to live with or, visa-versa, revising her choice, seeking a matching partner again and again? According to the GEO magazine, a partial answer to this question puzzling many people was given through a research on animals conducted by Swiss scientists. The outcomes of their research force us to differently look at the physiology of a man and his partner-searching strategy.
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| WOMEN HAVE INBORNE WISH TO TALK |
| British scientists have tested 3,000 yearlings and found out, that even two-year girls talk more, than boys of the same age. That's the result of inquiry of these children's parents. |
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| HOW BUSINESSMEN AND BUSINESSWOMEN RESPOND ON CRITICISM |
| Good criticism is a gift for a man it’s addressed. If this man understands his mistakes and demerits, he will never do them once again.
It was found that women, on the contrary to men, more seriously accept criticism targeted at them, and take it into account as a good experience.
This situation happens because women, stepping up in the career hierarchy, have to overcome obstacles laid by men who think that there is no room for women in business. Therefore, increased requirements women face make them carefully take into account all their mistakes and demerits. Otherwise, women will not be able to compete with men dominating in business. |
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| ALL LIPSTICKS ARE HARMFUL TO LIPS |
| All types of lipstick are harmful to lips and oral cavity. Up to 30 kinds of lipstick have been examined; out of them, one-third contained a grease derived from a poor quality oil. This grease is not harmful for health if put on a skin, but not on lips. |
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