Health
Birth control app highlights emerging health tech market
The condom, the pill and now, the smartphone?
Aug 17, 2018
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News tagged with natural cycles
Health
Reviewing alcohol's effects on normal sleep
Sleep is supported by natural cycles of activity in the brain and consists of two basic states: rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Typically, people begin the sleep cycle with NREM sleep ...
Jan 22, 2013
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Medical research
Living against the clock: Does loss of daily rhythms cause obesity?
When Thomas Edison tested the first light bulb in 1879, he could never have imagined that his invention could one day contribute to a global obesity epidemic. Electric light allows us to work, rest and play at all hours of ...
Aug 29, 2012
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Sleep disorders
Study shows different anesthetics affects sleep cycles in different ways
(Medical Xpress) -- In the ongoing quest to find the exact way that anesthetics interact with the central nervous system, anesthesiology researchers have been examining whether the state induced by anesthetics resembles natural ...
Oct 4, 2011
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Night owls with gestational diabetes may face higher risk of pregnancy complications
Among women who develop diabetes during pregnancy, night owls have a higher risk of complications for mother and baby than early birds do, according to a study whose results will be presented at ENDO 2021, the Endocrine Society's ...
Mar 20, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Q and A: Spotting, perimenopause and menopause
Dear Mayo Clinic: I am 52 and recently had gone 10 months without a period, so I had assumed I was in menopause. But, over the past three months, I've noticed some light spotting. Does this mean I'm not in menopause? How ...
Dec 23, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Birth control: there's an app for that
After 65 years of putting up with the pill's side effects, women finally have an effective, drug-free alternative. And it's all thanks to one badass lady scientist (and her husband).
Feb 2, 2018
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