News tagged with male births

Study shows human brain able to discriminate syllables three months prior to birth

(Medical Xpress)—A team of French researchers has discovered that the human brain is capable of distinguishing between different types of syllables as early as three months prior to full term birth. As ...

Neuroscience Feb 26, 2013 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 7 |

In new study, common drug reverses common effect of Becker muscular dystrophy

Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have found in an initial clinical trial that a drug typically prescribed for erectile dysfunction or pulmonary hypertension restores blood flow to oxygen-starved muscles in patients ...

Medical research Nov 28, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Plastics chemical linked to obesity in kids

(HealthDay) -- It's hard to imagine a pacifier or a rubber ducky making your child fat.

Overweight and Obesity Jun 25, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

First targeted treatment success for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

(Medical Xpress) -- A team led by scientists at UCL, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and AVI BioPharma, have made an important breakthrough in the development of a treatment for Duchenne Muscular ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Jul 25, 2011 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Scientists record electrical currents that control male fertility

Performance anxiety? Not for this human sperm.

Medical research Dec 29, 2011 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 2

Researchers hopeful about male partner for 'The Pill'

Women may say, "It's about time." Guys may have the same reaction. After many overly optimistic predictions, a male version of The Pill may truly be in sight. And a team at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, a nationally ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology Feb 27, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Enzyme replacement therapy shows promising results in X-linked myotubular myopathy

A collaborative research team including a Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) pediatric neuropathologist successfully mitigated some of the effects of a muscular disease by using a new targeted enzyme replacement therapy strategy ...

Genetics Jan 22, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0