Experts say that protein levels might help decide who needs surgery and who doesn’t.
 Scientists claim they have identified an immune molecule, called B7-H3, able to kill or paralyze immune cells that are attacking cancer cells. They concluded that the most aggressive tumor cells have the highest levels of this protein.
Scientific tean find that B7-H3 acts as […]

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A surgeon team leading a study on a form of gastric bypass for Type 2 diabetes patients has found that some of their patients no longer had diabetes after the operation.
The surgery is called a duodenal exclusion and means the removal of the upper small intestine. This way, the time that the body has to absorb calories from […]

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A research team at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have concluded that nutrients in red wine might be linked with reducement of the risk of  prostate cancer development.
The team evaluated the behavior of male mice that were fed a plant compound found in red wine called resveratrol. This compound has shown anti-oxidant and anti-cancer properties.
Other sources of resveratrol in the […]

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According to a study at Aarhus University in Denmark, sons of obese women can be less fertile and may have sperm of poorer quality..
Obesity is believed to affect a woman’s chances of pregnancy and this new study is the first associating female overweight and the fertility of the next generation.

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A new research on UT Southwestern Medical Center conducted on mice may help find an explaination why all obese people aren’t diabetic.
In this study the ‘world’s fattest mice” can overeat without developing insulin resistance or diabetes thanks to a glut of a key hormone.
Excess calories consuming usually spurs insulin resistance and diabetes, but this study […]

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Because prostate cancer and impotence occur in a part of a man’s body associated with sexuality, the impact on masculinity is an important consideration. Researchers have suggested that a pattern of hegemonic masculinity exists in U.S. society that relates to how men approach health problems. The emphasis on machismo results in men ignoring health problems […]

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Hormome-suppressing therapy associated to cardiac risk in recent study.
 New research suggests the male hormone-suppressing treatment used to cure aggressive prostate cancer may result on earlier heart attacks in older men.
That conclusion, which comes from analysis of pooled data of studies in the United States, New Zealand and Australia, does not mean men with agressive cancer should not be treated to […]

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Statistics show that sexual disfunctions are common among men with arthritis. Until now doctors have believed impotence is an effect of the disease rather than the pain relief.
Recently, a research team at Finland’s University of Tampere concludes that painkillers such as ibuprofen and aspirin, often used by men for arthritis cure, may increase the risk of erectile dysfunction.
Researchers investigated a group of 1,126 […]

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A recent scientific study reported new evidence that an infection with a common virus may be a contributing cause to the obesity epidemic. Acording to team conclusion this virus is sweeping through the United States and other countries. Under laboratory conditions they showed that infection with human adenovirus-36 (Ad-36), transforms adult stem cells obtained from fat tissue into fat cells. […]

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Today we know that the males preference for the the blue and the female preference for the rose does not have romantic origins. These options have a scientific foundation confirming that the predisposition is biological .
The cause of these differences is biological and probably not cultural. The ancient division of the roles made men hunters and […]

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