Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Early puberty in girls may be linked to absent fathers in higher-income families

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Girls are starting puberty earlier, studies show, and some researchers speculate that rising obesity rates might be a factor. A new study fi...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Artificial ovary is a world first

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The breakthrough could help preserve fertility for women having chemotherapy or other invasive treatments. Using a honeycomb-shaped cell str...
Monday, September 20, 2010

Cyprus clinic at centre of human egg trafficking probe

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Police are waiting for the green light from Ukrainian authorities in order to begin an investigation into claims of human eggs trafficking a...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

Placebo pills may help women with sexual dysfunction, study finds

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Women with low sexual arousal who took a placebo drug showed an improvement in symtpoms, a new study finds. The 12-week double-blind study, ...
Saturday, September 18, 2010

Endocrinologists speak out about two 'Internet diseases': adrenal fatigue and Wilson's temperature syndrome

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Everyone knows there is a lot of garbage on the Internet, particularly medical information that is distorted, misleading or flat-out wrong. ...
Friday, September 17, 2010

Infertile men 2.6 times as likely to have aggressive prostate cancer

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Men who have difficulty conceiving children are 2.6 times as likely to have highly aggressive prostate cancer and 60% more likely to have sl...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Rise in male infertility linked to plastic food and drink cartons

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Men with the highest levels of Bisphenol A (BPA) in their bodies had sperm counts which were 23 per cent lower on average than men with the ...