http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The delicate balance of microbes in the vagina can change drastically over short periods of time in some women, while remaining the same in others, according to a new study led by the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Institute for Genome Sciences and the University of Idaho. The scientists believe that these microbes affect a woman's susceptibility to infection and other diseases, so such changes might also mean that the risk of infection varies over time. Researchers hope further study will lead to personalized medicine for women, allowing doctors to tailor each woman's treatment and health maintenance strategies to her individual microbial make-up. The study was published online May 2, 2012, in the journal Science Translational Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-vaginal-microbes-vary-healthy-women.html Health Wed, 02 May 2012 15:20:03 EST news255187932 Over the first few years of life, human cognition continues to develop, soaking up information and experiences from the environment and far surpassing the abilities of even our nearest primate relatives. In a study published online today in Genome Research, researchers have identified extended synaptic development in the human brain relative to other primates, a finding that sheds new light on the biology and evolution of human cognition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-synaptic-cognitive-edge-primates.html Genetics Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:08 EST news247337372 (Medical Xpress) -- Each one of us receives approximately 60 new mutations in our genome from our parents. This striking value is reported in the first-ever direct measure of new mutations coming from mother and father in whole human genomes published today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-human-mutation-revealed-family-genetic.html Genetics Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:00:05 EST news227073503