http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—A research team from the Evolution and Ecology Research Centre at the University of New South Wales has found that women find men most attractive when they have approximately ten days of beard growth. In their paper published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, the team describes how volunteers asked to look at pictures of men with various stages of beard growth, found men with ten days growth to be the most attractive and those with five days growth to be the least. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-men-heavy-stubble.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:51:12 EST news286447858 Feeling frisky? If so, chances are greater your estrogen level –– and, perhaps, fertility –– are hitting their monthly peak. If not, you're more likely experiencing a profusion of desire-deadening progesterone, and the less fertile time in your cycle. Oh, the power of hormones. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-ucsb-hormone-sexual-young-women.html Medical research Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:36:14 EST news286126565 Since 1977, there has been a 70% increase in caffeine consumption among children and adolescents. Whether it is coffee, tea, soda, or energy drinks, our children are consuming more of it. One well documented effect of caffeine is improved cognitive performance on certain tasks. However, scientists also hypothesize that habitual caffeine use may lead to greater neural rewards if the caffeine drinker were to consume illicit drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-caffeine-effect-cognitive-tasks-food.html Health Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:00:06 EST news285849631 Women who undergo surgical menopause at an earlier age may have an increased risk of decline in memory and thinking skills, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 65th Annual Meeting in San Diego, March 16 to 23, 2013. Early surgical menopause is the removal of both ovaries before natural menopause and often accompanies a hysterectomy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-early-surgical-menopause-linked-declines.html Neuroscience Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:00:06 EST news277380972 The memory problems that many women experience in their 40s and 50s as they approach and go through menopause are both real and appear to be most acute during the early period of post menopause. That is the conclusion of a study which appears today in the journal Menopause. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cognitive-difficulties-menopause.html Other Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:44:48 EST news276428682 Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who are taking combined oral contraceptives have a 2-fold risk of blood clots compared with women without the disorder who take contraceptives, states a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-blood-clots-two-fold-women-polycystic.html Medications Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:00:06 EST news273754625 (Medical Xpress)—New evidence from a study done by Aberdeen University showing that using frozen embryos implanted in the womb instead of those implanted fresh tends to reduce the risks for both mother and child, have led to calls for a debate on whether all embryos should be frozen before use in all IVF procedures. The study, conducted by examining the records of 13,000 pregnancies that came about as the result of IVF procedures, has been printed in the journal Fertility and Sterility, and is to be presented at an upcoming science festival by lead researcher Dr Abha Maheshwari http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-doctor-debate-frozen-fresh-embryos.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:36:41 EST news265966260 (Medical Xpress)—Scientists have established a genetic mouse model for primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), a human condition in which women experience irregular menstrual cycles and reduced fertility, and early exposure to estrogen deficiency. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-early-menopause-mice-human-poi.html Genetics Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:47:26 EST news265538835 (HealthDay) -- For years, women with the severe form of premenstrual syndrome known as premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) were told that their symptoms should subside the day menstruation begins. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-severe-pms-longer-thought.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:50:01 EST news250190213 Like any other women who do not have children (nulliparous women), Catholic nuns find themselves with an increased risk of dying from breast, ovarian, and uterine cancer compared with women who bear children. A Comment published Online First by the Lancet suggests that, since the contraceptive pill reduces overall mortality and mortality due to ovarian and uterine cancer, Catholic nuns should be given the pill for health, rather than contraceptive, reasons. The Comment is by Dr Kara Britt, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and Professor Roger Short, University of Melbourne, Australia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-nuns-pill-health.html Health Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:30:01 EST news242498104 A test that shows how many eggs a woman has in her ovaries may help young women with breast cancer know what their reproductive function will be after chemotherapy, a new study finds. The results will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-hormone-ovarian-function-chemotherapy-breast.html Cancer Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:36:23 EST news226571771