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Women with the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) are at greatest risk for diabetes and coronary artery disease

A new position statement issued today by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) states that women with the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) are at greatest risk for diabetes and coronary artery disease.

6 Oct 2004

Number of low birth weight infants born in America rose between 1990 and 2000

The number of low birth weight infants born in America’s 100 largest cities and their suburbs rose between 1990 and 2000, placing more babies at greater risk for critical health problems

5 Oct 2004

32-year-old woman has given birth to a healthy baby 7 years after banking her ovarian tissue before starting chemotherapy

Although she became infertile as a result of the chemotherapy, re-implantation of her ovarian tissue re-started ovulation 5 months later; she became pregnant 11 months after re-transplantation by natural fertilization. Details of the procedure appear in a research article published online by THE LANCET.

23 Sep 2004

Resveratrol in red wine, is thought to contribute to improved cardiovascular effects associated with moderate consumption of red wine

Researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and affiliated with the Salk Institute in San Diego, Calif., have succeeded in converting chalcone synthase, a biosynthetic protein enzyme found in all higher plants, into an efficient resveratrol synthase.

20 Sep 2004

Lack of recognition an influential factor for some women who decide not to have children

In an atmosphere of increasing public concern over Australia's falling national birthrate, a Monash University study has found lack of recognition of the contribution mothers make to society is an influential factor for some women who decide not to have children.

20 Sep 2004

Surprise finding about male infertility

CANCER Research UK scientists have made a surprise finding about the molecular basis of male infertility, reporting their results in the current edition of Nature.

16 Sep 2004

A new non-invasive test for kidney disease

A new non-invasive test for kidney disease, developed by clinicians at Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust and Imperial College London, is providing a simple, safe, cheap and reliable method of detecting kidney disease.

13 Sep 2004

Sea urchins may provide clues to some baffling human reproductive problems

For many years scientists have believed they understood how closely related species that occupy the same regions of the ocean were kept from interbreeding. It turns out they were only seeing part of the picture.

13 Sep 2004

Public call for legal age of smoking to be raised helps underline dire health-care consequences of long-term smoking

A new British report commissioned as part of BBC News' Healthy Britons poll has found that 80% of people want the legal age of smoking raised from 16 to 18. This follows a recent report in the journal Education and Health on the health-care consequences of long-term smoking.

6 Sep 2004

Hormone leptin could play a key role in treating bone loss, anorexia and infertility in women

A new study has found that the hormone leptin plays a key role in women’s reproductive and neuroendocrine health and suggests a future for the hormone in treating a number of conditions including exercise-induced bone loss, anorexia and in some cases of infertility.

2 Sep 2004

Danish medical tycoon buys buying worldwide rights to 25 herbal medical products

Danish medical tycoon, Erik Sprunk-Jansen, former CEO of pharmaceutical company Lundbeck, now implements an ambitious venture to create a global company for herbal medicine.

1 Sep 2004

Nobox gene key to proper egg development

While humorists ponder the old saw about the chicken and the egg, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine focus on the egg, which would not exist without the master geneNobox, which they describe in this week’s issue of the journal Science.

27 Aug 2004

Authors redefine aging as any change in an organism over time

Voyager Pharmaceutical have announced the publication of a paper co-authored by its chief scientist, Richard Bowen, M.D., and Craig Atwood, Ph.D., research director of the University of Wisconsin Memory Research Program and the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute.

18 Aug 2004

The world's population in 2050 will be 9.276 billion, currently 6.396 in 2004

The Population Reference Bureau has released the 2004 World Population Data Sheet. The new data is now the most up-to-date world demographic information and makes estimates for all countries and regions of the world. It also highlights key world demographic shifts between now and 2050.

18 Aug 2004

Alternative to hysterectomy for women with painful uterine fibroids

The University of Toronto’s teaching hospitals are all equipped to perform uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), but many women suffering from benign fibroids aren’t aware that there’s a procedure that can spare their uterus, says Gaylene Pron, professor of public health sciences and author of two 2003 studies evaluating the success of the procedure.

11 Aug 2004

Fertility News and Research

Women with the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) are at greatest risk for diabetes and coronary artery disease

Number of low birth weight infants born in America rose between 1990 and 2000

32-year-old woman has given birth to a healthy baby 7 years after banking her ovarian tissue before starting chemotherapy

Resveratrol in red wine, is thought to contribute to improved cardiovascular effects associated with moderate consumption of red wine

Lack of recognition an influential factor for some women who decide not to have children

Surprise finding about male infertility

A new non-invasive test for kidney disease

Sea urchins may provide clues to some baffling human reproductive problems

Public call for legal age of smoking to be raised helps underline dire health-care consequences of long-term smoking

Hormone leptin could play a key role in treating bone loss, anorexia and infertility in women

Danish medical tycoon buys buying worldwide rights to 25 herbal medical products

Nobox gene key to proper egg development

Authors redefine aging as any change in an organism over time

The world's population in 2050 will be 9.276 billion, currently 6.396 in 2004

Alternative to hysterectomy for women with painful uterine fibroids

Risk of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) decreases with condom use

IVF pioneer wins international recognition

Gene responsible for infertility

New information guide on cervical cancer

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