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After years of research, drug for 'female sexual dysfunction' remains elusive

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The pharmaceutical industry's push to find a female version of Viagra has been full of letdowns.





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New measure of sexual arousal found for both men and women

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 23, 2007 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

According to a new study published in the latest issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine and conducted in the Department of Psychology of McGill University, thermography shows great promise as a diagnostic method of measur ...


Balance organs affect brain blood flow

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The organs of the inner ear have a direct effect on brain blood flow, independent of blood pressure and CO2 levels in the blood. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience used a series of human centrifu ...


Slipper-shaped blood cells

Slipper-shaped blood cells

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Red blood cells, which make up 45 percent of blood, normally take the shape of circular cushions with a dimple on either side. But they can sometimes deform into an asymmetrical slipper shape. A team of physicists ...


Vaccine against chlamydia not far away

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When a woman becomes infected with Chlamydia, the first white blood cells that arrive at the scene to fight the infection are not the most effective. This is shown by a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy. This discovery ...


Doppler Ultrasound Helps Scientists Understand Fescue Toxicosis

Doppler Ultrasound Helps Scientists Understand Fescue Toxicosis

Biology / Other

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Doppler technology -- the very same technology used by meteorologists to track thunderstorms -- is being used by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists to better understand the rate ...


Measuring and modeling blood flow in malaria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When people have malaria, they are infected with Plasmodium parasites, which enter the body from the saliva of a mosquito, infect cells in the liver, and then spread to red blood cells. Inside the blood cells, the parasites ...


A rush of blood to the head -- anger increases blood flow

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mental stress causes carotid artery dilation and increases brain blood flow. A series of ultrasound experiments, described in BioMed Central's open access journal Cardiovascular Ultrasound, also found that this dilatory reflex ...


Gas improves blood flow and organ status during minimally invasive surgery

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As good as laparoscopy is in preventing some of the stresses of open surgery on the body, it does have drawbacks, including reduced blood flow and organ dysfunction. Laparoscopy is a type of surgery in the abdomen done through ...


Monash researchers lead the way in blood clotting discovery

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created May 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A Monash-led research team has discovered an entirely new mechanism that promotes blood clot formation - a major breakthrough that will impact on treatment and prevention of heart disease and stroke.


Shingles raises risk of stroke by 30 percent or more in adults

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adults with shingles were about 30 percent more likely to have a stroke during a one-year follow-up than adults without shingles, in a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.



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