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Injection May Preserve Male Fertility During Chemotherapy

“The effects of chemotherapy treatment on fertility are an important issue for long-term survivors of cancer who may not have started or completed a family at…

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Chromosomal Abnormalities in Sperm Post-Vasectomy Reversal

Professor Sukchareon and his team had been studying men with obstructive azoospermia, a condition where sperm are created but cannot be mixed with the…

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Surveillance Cuts Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Patients

The study, in the British Medical Journal, shows how the implementation of the surveillance scheme for patients undergoing haemodialysis significantly reduced…

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The solitary pulmonary nodule – malignant or benign?

The primary objective of this first large, open-label, multicentre study of 99mTc-depreotide in Europe was to assess its diagnostic performances and compare it…

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Vegetables May Help Prevent Artery Hardening, Animal Study Finds

“While everyone knows that eating more vegetables is supposed to be good for you, no one had shown before that it can actually inhibit the development of…

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New Cue Enhances Depth Perception Inspired by Da Vinci

Building on principles of binocular geometry established by Leonardo da Vinci, Drs. Kevin Brooks and Barbara Gillam of the University of New South Wales in…

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Teenage and Mature Mums: Insights From Evolutionary Science

Dr Laurence Shaw will tell the 22nd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, that it is only in the past 150 years or so…

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IVF’s Impact on Embryo Genetics: New Research Insights

Researchers told the 22nd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Monday) that preliminary work investigating…

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New Egg Freezing Technique Offers Hope for Women’s Fertility

The research, presented today (Monday 19 June) at the 22nd annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, gives hope to hundreds…

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Cutting Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Risk: New Findings

The results appeared in the second issue for June 2006 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic…

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Inhaled Corticosteroids Safe to Discontinue in Cystic Fibrosis

The findings appear in the second issue for June 2006 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic…

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Boosting Healthy Polyunsaturated Fats: Innovative Strategies

Writing in the June edition of the British Nutrition Foundation’s Nutrition Bulletin, Professor Ian Givens of the University’s Nutritional Sciences Research…

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Target women's depression to reduce disability from chronic conditions

This suggests that by targeting their depression, doctors could help reduce disability in female patients with chronic conditions such as arthritis and back…

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Exploring Obesity: Health Risks and Myths Uncovered

Obesity in combination with risk factors like diabetes, high blood pressure, high blood lipids, and smoking do indeed increase the risk of cardiovascular…

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Drug that battles resistance to leukemia pill Gleevec 'extremely effective' against cancer

An experimental therapy that battles drug resistance in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) has proved “extremely effective” in fighting cancer, giving patients for…

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Airborne mold spores increase kids' risk for multiple allergies

The team found that infants who were exposed to basidiospores and other airborne fungal spores–specifically penicillium/aspergillus and alternaria–early in…

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