Archive: 15/05/2019

Pelvic exercises may beat bedroom blues

Physiotherapists from James Cook University in Australia say simple pelvic floor exercises may be a cure for some common problems men experience in the bedroom.

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Differences between skeletal and heart muscle ion channel lends insight into inherited heart disease

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers recently found a key structural differences in channels that regulate how and when heart and skeletal muscles contract. Identifying the differences between the two, say researchers, provides ...

May 15, 2019

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Fighting staph infections with the body's immune system

Researchers have gained a greater understanding of the biology of staphylococcus skin infections in mice and how the mouse immune system mobilizes to fight them. A study appears this week in the PNAS. Community acquired methicillin-resistant ...

May 15, 2019

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Researchers find widely 'inconsistent' use of antibodies in lab experiments

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Center say they have affirmed widespread inconsistencies in the use of a common laboratory procedure called immunohistochemical staining, and say the variations are making many laboratory ...

May 15, 2019

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A substantial benefit from replacing steak with fish

The average Dane will gain a health benefit from substituting part of the red and processed meat in their diet with fish, according to calculations from the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark. Men over ...

May 15, 2019

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LED light can damage eyes, health authority warns

The "blue light" in LED lighting can damage the eye's retina and disturb natural sleep rhythms, France's government-run health watchdog said this week.

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Like a lot of things, women's gut microbiomes appear to mature earlier than men's

The human gut microbiome is a complex microbial ecosystem that plays an important role in our health. For example, these microbes—bacteria, viruses, fungi—help regulate metabolism, fend off infections, produce essential ...

May 15, 2019

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How to tackle India's sexual violence epidemic – it starts with sex education

"Do you masturbate?", "When did you first have sexual intercourse?", "Did you ask for consent?" These are just some of the taboo-breaking questions I asked convicted rapists in a Delhi prison during interviews for my research.

May 15, 2019

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Older adults expect to lose brainpower, but most don't ask doctors how to prevent dementia

Many Americans in their 50s and early 60s are worried about declining brain health, especially if they have loved ones with memory loss and dementia, a new national poll finds.

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Clinicians could prescribe fitness apps to help cancer survivor's exercise

Fitness apps could be prescribed by clinicians to help patients recovering from cancer increase their physical activity levels, new research in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship reports.

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