Food additives known as dietary emulsifiers, commonly found in processed foods to improve texture and extend shelf life, may adversely affect anxiety-related and social behaviors in mice, Georgia State researchers have found.
Jan 18, 2019
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Medical researchers at Melbourne's Murdoch Children's Research Institute have made a new discovery about how a baby's sex is determined—it's not just about the X-Y chromosomes, but involves a 'regulator' that increases ...
Dec 14, 2018
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Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are more likely than other women to have an autistic child, according to an analysis of NHS data carried out by a team at Cambridge University's Autism Research Centre. The research ...
Aug 1, 2018
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The sex of a baby controls the level of small molecules known as metabolites in the pregnant mother's blood, which may explain why risks of some diseases in pregnancy vary depending whether the mother is carrying a boy or ...
Jul 12, 2018
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A new poll busts stereotypes about the sex lives of older Americans—and reveals gender and health-related divides on key aspects of sexual health, while highlighting the need for more people to talk with their health providers ...
May 3, 2018
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Google laptop searches seem to be better at finding quality online sexual health advice than digital assistants on smartphones, find experts in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.
Dec 13, 2017
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Women are twice as likely as men to have asthma, and this gender difference may be caused by the effects of sex hormones on lung cells. Researchers at Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins found that testosterone hindered ...
Nov 28, 2017
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"Remarkable" is not a word you encounter very often in the scientific literature, where the unadorned description of experiments and their outcomes is the rule. But the adjective makes a bold appearance in a new report from ...
Oct 10, 2017
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Scientists have created healthy offspring from genetically infertile male mice, offering a potential new approach to tackling a common genetic cause of human infertility.
Aug 17, 2017
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The different ways men and women behave, passed down from generation to generation, can be inherited from our social environment - not just from genes, experts have suggested.
Aug 15, 2017
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