Bone tests aren’t just for women anymore. New guidelines are calling for older men to get a routine check for bone-thinning osteoporosis.

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A Cleveland study on sperm counts among cell phone users suggests there is a link between the length of talk time and sperm count.
A new research at Cleveland Clinic Foundation reports that cellphones give off electromagnetic waves that some researchers say effects certain biological functions. For instance, a study on sperm counts among cell phone […]

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Researchers at the Queen’s University in Belfast have found that Viagra might help young men boost their performance in the bedroom, but it can also damage their ability to father a child. Their conclusion is young men who take the anti-impotence drug recreationally could be damaging their sperm quality, thus spoiling their chances of starting […]

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A new study from the University of Michigan Health System reports that obese children are much more likely than normal-weight children to have problems with breathing-related functions, especially airway obstruction and major oxygen desaturation, during surgery.
The study appears in the March issue of the journal Anesthesiologym and adds breathing-related problems to the growing list of […]

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Dr Colin Waine, chairman of the National Obesity Forum and visiting professor at Sunderland University, says our bulging waistlines are having a massive impact on health.
The top professor concluded that obesity really has reached epidemic proportions in this country and is a big problem in Sunderland. He added: “If you look at the condition associated […]

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Researchers at the Toronto General Hospital said that eating the spice turmeric may dramatically reduce the chance of developing heart failure.
The healing properties of curcumin, a natural ingredient in turmeric has been well known in eastern cultures for some time. Curcumin works directly in the cell nucleus by preventing abnormal unraveling of the chromosome under […]

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According to a new study at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, children who do not get adequate sleep are likely to sustain more injuries.
The findings revealed a direct negative relationship between children’s sleep and injuries and suggest that the average number of injuries during the preschool years was two times higher for children […]

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A study at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology basically links the evolution of human body size to past population density and location.
Focusing various ethnic groups this study suggests that the average height of an individual may provide clues to where his distant ancestors lived, and what was their lifestyle. Its findings show that height can […]

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An international research team headed by scientists at the University of Bonn, Germany, have succeeded in identifying a gene that is responsible for a rare hereditary form of hair loss known as Hypotrichosis simplex.
New gene improves the understanding of hair growth and offers a path to effective therapies that will work with various forms of hair […]

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A study presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2008, in New Orleans, says that Americans have a significantly higher prevalence of stroke than their European counterparts, possibly because of additional risk factors and barriers to health care faced by those in the United States.
According to the findings, compared with European men, U.S. […]

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