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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 ...


3 IVF attempts double chances

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Just one in three women gives birth after a single IVF attempt, but the cumulative chance of a live birth increases with each cycle - where women are offered three cycles nearly two thirds go on to have babies, reveals a ...


Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year: study

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.


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Babies' language learning starts from the womb

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- From their very first days, newborns' cries already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, reveals a new study published online on November 5th in Current Biology, a Cell Press ...


Scientists seek origins of obesity in the womb (AP)

Scientists seek origins of obesity in the womb

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- When Kathy Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed 120 pounds, she may have done more than make her own life easier.


Cocaine exposure during pregnancy leads to impulsivity in male, not female, monkeys

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adult male monkeys exposed to cocaine while in the womb have poor impulse control and may be more vulnerable to drug abuse than female monkeys, even a decade or more after the exposure, according to a new study by researchers ...


Fetal study highlights impact of stress on male fertility

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exposure to a combination of excess stress hormones and chemicals while in the womb could affect a man's fertility in later life, a study suggests.


Genes behind increasingly common form of cancer identified

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have identified two genes believed to play a role in the development of endometrial cancer. These results may eventually lead to better diagnosis and treatment of this ...


Smoking during pregnancy puts children at risk of psychotic symptoms

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years.


Indonesian woman gives birth to 8.7 kilo boy

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An Indonesian woman has given birth to an 8.7-kilogramme (19.2-pound) baby boy, the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country, a doctor said Wednesday.


Researchers: Aspirin cuts colon cancer risk

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- People with a genetic susceptibility to colon cancer could cut their chances of developing the disease in half by taking a daily dose of aspirin, researchers said Monday.


Scientists discover key factor in regulating placenta and fetal growth

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UK scientists have shown that a common biological protein molecule called SHP-2 is crucial for encouraging placenta growth. The research is published today in Endocrinology.


The Medical Minute: Cervical cancer awareness

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Science has sought the “cause” of cancer for decades, and in the case of cervical cancer, the cause has been found. The cervix is the opening to the womb that is situated at the upper end of the vagina. Until ...


World's first baby born from new egg-screening technique

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Meet Oliver, the first baby in the world born using a new egg-screening technique that could double the odds of an implanted embryo taking hold in the womb, unveiled by British experts Wednesday.


The new 'epigenetics:' Poor nutrition in the womb causes permanent genetic changes in the offspring

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The new science of epigenetics explains how genes can be modified by the environment, and a prime result of epigenetic inquiry has just been published online in The FASEB Journal: You are what your mother did not eat during ...