• Ranjith Ramasamy is the director of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery as well as an associate professor in Department of Urology at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami Health System. (newswise.com)
  • He then completed a National Institutes of Health-sponsored fellowship in Male Reproductive medicine and Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. (newswise.com)
  • Health professionals and research scientists have long known that cigarette smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke are harmful to reproductive health, affecting fertility and development of the fetus and reducing the chances of a healthy pregnancy and delivery. (cdc.gov)
  • Tobacco smoke contains thousands of harmful chemicals, some of which are known to be toxic to reproductive health. (cdc.gov)
  • The effects of tobacco use on reproductive health are not limited to women. (cdc.gov)
  • A recent paper published in the peer-reviewed journal, "Biology of Reproduction," presented their findings on relationships between obesity and reproductive health effects from the naturally occurring mycotoxin, Zearalenone (ZEN) , sometimes found on moldy grains, cereals and other products. (iastate.edu)
  • Nurses face many hazards on the job, and one that clearly demands more detailed analysis than it's received to date is the effect of occupational chemical exposures on nurses' reproductive health. (scienceblogs.com)
  • A recent study by researchers at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Harvard School of Public Health, and Brigham and Women's Hospital has found that female nurses exposed to sterilizing agents and chemotherapy drugs at work are at least twice as likely to have miscarriages than those who are not. (scienceblogs.com)
  • However, a 2011 University of California Berkeley School of Public Health review of past studies found formaldehyde exposure to be associated with miscarriage, as well as other adverse reproductive and developmental health effects. (scienceblogs.com)
  • In particular, his work (along with other researchers) published in The World Journal of Men's Health, contributed to understanding of the COVID-19 infection and its relation to causing the underlying endothelial dysfunction, a condition in which the small blood vessels fail to perform normally and damage male erectile system. (wikipedia.org)
  • In September 2021, based on the previous work "Phase II Randomized, Clinical Trial Evaluating 2 Schedules of Low-Intensity Shockwave Therapy for the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction", Ramasamy became a principal researcher for the "Combined Shockwave Therapy and Platelet Rich Plasma for the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction" study that is funded by a three-year grant provided by the US National Institute of Health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Reproductive rights matter because they give all people access to safe reproductive health care . (webmd.com)
  • Reproductive rights advocates work to pass laws that allow equal access to all of these health care services for people of all genders, races, ethnicities, religious beliefs, income levels, and legal status -- including those who are in prison or are undocumented immigrants. (webmd.com)
  • Reproductive rights are different in each state when it comes to access to abortion, birth control, and other reproductive health care treatments. (webmd.com)
  • Reproductive health is a further area of Methods importance. (who.int)
  • The to allow the researchers to explain ado- researchers suggested enhancing the lescents' perspectives on health. (who.int)
  • This is a tool to help you connect with Women's Health Researchers provincially, nationally and globally. (whri.org)
  • PITTSBURGH - Reproductive coercion, a form of relationship abuse that includes pressuring a partner to become pregnant when they don't want to be is prevalent among teenage girls seeking care at high school health centers, according to a UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh study that is published today in the online version of Obstetrics & Gynecology . (chp.edu)
  • We also know that in studies with adults, women experiencing reproductive coercion use the health care system differently. (chp.edu)
  • Reproductive coercion impacts teens as well as adults and leads to poor health outcomes, such as unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. (chp.edu)
  • The researchers also explored whether adolescent girls' experiences with relationship abuse or reproductive coercion affected how often and what type of health care they sought at school health centers, and found no differences between girls who experienced abuse compared to those who did not. (chp.edu)
  • NIOSH contributed to this Action Plan, specifically related to reducing exposures to occupational agents that can harm reproductive health and fertility in women and men. (cdc.gov)
  • Environmental and occupational hazards account for an unknown proportion of infertility cases, but are known to affect reproductive health and fertility in women and men, and suspected of causing declining human sperm quality in industrialized countries. (cdc.gov)
  • Less than 5% of all chemicals used in the U.S. have been tested, even in laboratory animals, to determine if they are toxic to reproductive health. (cdc.gov)
  • The report also emphasizes that actions taken to protect the reproductive health of workers and the general health of their families from harmful exposures should be based on sound, scientific measurements of (1) the hazardous exposures, (2) reproductive health parameters, and (3) the efficacy of the intervention methods being considered. (cdc.gov)
  • Adopting a science-based approach should lead to a better understanding and prevention of workplace hazards that reduce reproductive health. (cdc.gov)
  • Today, NIOSH researchers use state-of-the-art research methods - including biomonitoring techniques - to determine whether exposure to specific occupational hazards affect the reproductive health of working women and men and the health of their families. (cdc.gov)
  • More information can be found on the NIOSH topic page on Reproductive Health . (cdc.gov)
  • She has contributed to many areas of public health research with a particular focus on population health, reproductive health and women's health in the region. (who.int)
  • In 1987, after joining the Population Council in Cairo, she co-founded the Regional Reproductive Health Working Group, which continues today as a network of researchers throughout the region, examining issues critical to reproductive health from a multidisciplinary perspective. (who.int)
  • As a member of this group, she and other researchers produced the landmark Giza Study on women, reproduction and health in rural Egypt, which has been the foundation for numerous research papers and continuing research. (who.int)
  • Landfill gas constituents are typically found in ambient air at low concentrations unlikely to cause adverse health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • To date, researchers have not identified any long-term health effects associated with exposure to the low-level hydrogen sulfide concentrations that normally occur in communities near landfills. (cdc.gov)
  • Studies of health effects resulting from exposure to ammonia have found that people who inhale 50,000 ppb of ammonia in the air for less than 1 day experience slight and temporary irritation. (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers have studied both animal and human subjects (including asthma sufferers) to learn about possible health effects resulting from exposure to varying concentrations of hydrogen sulfide. (cdc.gov)
  • The Australasian Sexual and Reproductive Health Alliance (ASRHA) is a group of partner organisations established to improve national and local responses to sexual health issues, via a multidisciplinary support network for the sexual health workforce. (ashm.org.au)
  • EU support for the work came from the DEER ('Developmental effects of environment on reproductive health') and CONTAMED ('Contaminant mixtures and human reproductive health - novel strategies for health impact and risk assessment of endocrine disrupters') projects, which each received EUR 3.5 million under the Environment Theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). (worldpharmanews.com)
  • The resonance of these experiences-and the importance of immersing herself in them-helped inspire her to move her family to Uganda while she embarks on new research on reproductive health and HIV. (ucsf.edu)
  • Her previous research in Madagascar found that providing free pregnancy tests through community health workers led to more women seeking reproductive and maternal health services by being able to confirm if they were pregnant or not. (ucsf.edu)
  • Further examination found that a low WHR is also significantly correlated to various aspects of physiological health, including greater fertility, and increased protection against diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, and ovarian cancers. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Women seeking abortion in North Dakota faced journeys of 151 miles on average in 2014, compared to a national average of just under 11 miles, a report published in The Lancet Public Health journal in 2017 found, . (thedailybeast.com)
  • If you look at the proportion of women of reproductive age living in the states to the number of clinics, [the midwest is home to] the highest number of women per clinic," Alice Cartwright, a lead author on the abortion desert report and project director of the university's Advancing New Standards In Reproductive Health program, said. (thedailybeast.com)
  • The advisory board is constituted of key international researchers within the field of gender, sexual and reproductive health and rights. (uib.no)
  • and the founding dean of the School of Global Public Health at Meharry Medical College in Nashville. (cdc.gov)
  • He is a health equity scholar, health policy expert, educator, and researcher whose work focuses on health reform, health equity, mental/behavioral health inequities, social and political determinants of health, and health system transformation. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Hardeman is a tenured Associate Professor in the Division of Health Policy & Management at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health, the Blue Cross Endowed Professor in Health and Racial Equity, and the Founding Director of the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity . (cdc.gov)
  • A reproductive health equity researcher, she applies the tools of population health science and health services research to elucidate a critical and complex determinant of health inequity-racism. (cdc.gov)
  • A collection tools to help you accomplish reproductive health supplies-related goals. (rhsupplies.org)
  • A fast-growing list of interactive presentations and workshops from thought-leaders in the reproductive health supplies community. (rhsupplies.org)
  • The review by Upadhya and her colleagues comes as reproductive health service providers and federal policymakers continue to debate moving oral contraceptives to OTC status, particularly for teenagers. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Additionally, a partnership between HRA Pharma and Ibis Reproductive Health to begin an application for an OTC oral contraceptive to the Food and Drug Administration was recently announced. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Previously, larger testicles were considered a sign of good reproductive health, so it was surprising to find a link between large testicles and poor health, the researchers said. (livescience.com)
  • Although it is generally assumed that testis size can predict reproductive fitness, our results indicate that this objective parameter can provide insights also on overall health and [cardiovascular disease] risk," the researchers wrote in the July 11 issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine. (livescience.com)
  • As for the reason that larger testicles may be linked heart disease, the researchers pointed to the fact that men with health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease, are known to have lower testosterone levels . (livescience.com)
  • A study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives has revealed that a mixture of endocrine disrupting chemicals found in various industrial and food sources may affect fetal development among pregnant women. (naturalnews.com)
  • Another study shows that prenatal exposure to endocrine disruptors not only affects reproductive health, but may also impact brain development. (naturalnews.com)
  • Further health impact assessment studies based on dose-response functions corrected for exposure misclassification are required to quantify the public health burden possibly entailed by such associations," the researchers report in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal . (naturalnews.com)
  • Cancer, Reproductive Health and Cardiovascular Disease Program (superseded). (cdc.gov)
  • The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Cancer, Reproductive Health and Cardiovascular Disease (CRC) Program works with partners in industry, labor, trade associations, professional organizations, and academia. (cdc.gov)
  • 2. Conduct and communicate results of studies of high-priority agents to identify and quantify risk of adverse reproductive health outcomes associated with the workplace. (cdc.gov)
  • 6. Maximize CRC resources by collaborating with external researchers to evaluate occupational risk factors in pre-existing health studies. (cdc.gov)
  • 4. Completed NIOSH Topic Page "Reproductive Health and the Workplace" which serves as an international reproductive health resource. (cdc.gov)
  • Endometriosis and women's reproductive health in general are growing areas of research. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Reproductive health factors much higher in women. (who.int)
  • The researchers looked at the number of times women had been pregnant, their reproductive life span and white matter hyperintensities, a biomarker of vascular brain health. (msdmanuals.com)
  • These results emphasize the need to integrate reproductive history into managing brain health in postmenopausal women. (msdmanuals.com)
  • 3. Expand collaborations with researchers studying injuries and chronic diseases (such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, reproductive disease, and cancer) by including occupational health questions in ongoing studies. (cdc.gov)
  • 5. Conducted a follow-up survey to the Overlapping Vulnerabilities report which found deficits in workplace safety and health training provided to immigrants working in smaller construction firms, compared to those working in larger firms. (cdc.gov)
  • Preconception is a previously unrecognized critical window for intervention, such as lifestyle changes that can help prevent later heart disease, and may also improve reproductive health. (medscape.com)
  • The purpose of this chapter is to draw attention to some newer developments in the field, especially those with relevance to human fertility and reproductive medicine. (frontiersin.org)
  • As the vast majority of studies have focused on the female reproductive system, a discussion of the potential impact of melatonin on human male fertility will be left for others. (frontiersin.org)
  • If you have concerns that your fertility may be affected by workplace exposures you can find an occupational clinic in your area by using the directory on the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) website . (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers found that taking epilepsy drugs can lead to decreased fertility and increased incidence of reproductive endocrine disorders in both men and women. (medindia.net)
  • Big Geographic Access Gaps for Oncofertility Services in US A recent study uncovered significant geographic disparities in access to fertility preservation services for young women of reproductive age in the US. (medscape.com)
  • The Fertile Future of Fertility Technology New tech -- from AI to robotics to stem cells -- will soon make IVF and other assisted reproductive tech faster, cheaper, and more successful. (medscape.com)
  • China Launches Campaign Against Illegal Fertility Treatments China will 'severely crack down' on illegal activities related to the use of assisted reproductive technologies such as the buying or selling of sperm or eggs and surrogacy, in a 6-month campaign to assuage widespread public concern. (medscape.com)
  • The study, published in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology , surveyed more than 7,000 female nurses and found that their exposure to sterilizing agents was associated with a two-fold increase in the risk of miscarriage between the 12th and 20th weeks of pregnancy. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The study also found that exposure to x-rays was associated with some increased risk of early pregnancy loss. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Abortion , including access to legal, safe procedures to end a pregnancy, is one reproductive right, but there are others. (webmd.com)
  • If exposure to endocrine disruptors is the mechanism behind the increasing reproductive problems among young men in the western world, this research suggests that particular attention should be paid to the use of mild analgesics during pregnancy, as this could be a major reason for the problems," commented Dr Henrik Leffers of the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark, who led the research. (worldpharmanews.com)
  • A recent analysis by one of the paper's authors found that the decline in pregnancy risk among U.S. teens between 2007 and 2012 was entirely attributable to increased use of contraception. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Some researchers associated with high teenage pregnancy rate4,5. (bvsalud.org)
  • This elevation in risk for pregnancy loss was observed in a largely normotensive cohort and adds evidence to the importance of maintaining healthy blood pressure during early adulthood, the researchers say. (medscape.com)
  • The researchers found that the risk for pregnancy loss increased 18% for every 10-mm Hg increase in diastolic blood pressure (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03 - 1.36) and 17% per 10-mm Hg increase in mean arterial pressure (95% CI, 1.02 - 1.35), after adjustment for relevant cofactors, including age, body mass index, smoking, parity, and time since last pregnancy loss. (medscape.com)
  • Physicians treating women of reproductive age should pay attention to slightly elevated blood pressure because it may have other not-well-recognized effects, such as adverse pregnancy outcome," he added. (medscape.com)
  • The researchers say more study is needed among women with clinically defined hypertension and at risk for pregnancy loss to determine whether antihypertensive medication may be safe and effective in preventing recurrent pregnancy loss. (medscape.com)
  • In addition to his clinical accolades, Dr. Ramasamy has been integral to the advancement of male reproductive medicine and surgery. (newswise.com)
  • He did his medical research on a fellowship, sponsored by the NIH, in Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery at Baylor College of Medicine in 2015. (wikipedia.org)
  • A banner year for Desai Sethi Urology Institute at urology's premier meeting, the American Urological Association (AUA) 2023, held April 28-May 1 in Chicago where faculty and researchers led and debated during plenary sessions and presented novel research in topics spanning prostate and bladder cancers to sexual function and robotic surgery. (newswise.com)
  • The 2023 American Urological Association Gold Cystoscope Award has been awarded to Ranjith Ramasamy, M.D., associate professor and director of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Reproductive Urology Program and urologist within the Desai Sethi Urology Institute. (newswise.com)
  • THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Being exposed to more estrogen throughout life -- or a longer reproductive life span -- may be good for the brain, according to new research that found a lower risk of cerebral small vessel disease in women who had more cumulative exposure. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Ranjith Ramasamy is Director of the Reproductive Urology Fellowship program at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine. (wikipedia.org)
  • A 1994 study of exposure to formaldehyde-based disinfectants and manicure products among women who worked in beauty salons in North Carolina also found these exposures associated with miscarriages. (scienceblogs.com)
  • In the past, some women, such as Black, lower-income, and Native American women, didn't have the same reproductive rights as other women. (webmd.com)
  • Reproductive rights don't just apply to women, but men and people of all genders. (webmd.com)
  • Lauren Ralph's Ph.D disseration involved a set of studies on nearly 40,000 sub-Saharan women that found the use of the hormonal contraceptive Depo-Provera increased one's risk of HIV infection. (californiagoldenblogs.com)
  • The study found that women who used depot medroxyprogesterone acetate had a moderate, 40 percent increased risk of acquiring HIV compared with women using non-hormonal methods and those not practicing birth control. (californiagoldenblogs.com)
  • We are interested in reproductive aging in women, namely ovarian aging, because the ovary is the very first organ to age in the human body,' Dr Suh said. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • One study , for example, found that women with menopause-related hot flashes and depressive episodes were more likely to exhibit cognitive weaknesses associated with dementia. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • We know from previous studies among young adult women that racial disparities in reproductive coercion exist," said lead author Amber Hill, M.S.P.H., an M.D., Ph.D. student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine . (chp.edu)
  • Black and Latina adult women are more likely to experience reproductive coercion than white women. (chp.edu)
  • Assessing differences by race, the researchers showed that 15 percent of Latina and black girls experienced reproductive coercion, compared to 4 percent of white girls, similar to earlier studies among adult women . (chp.edu)
  • PCOS is among the most prevalent reproductive disorders in women who are premenopausal . (healthline.com)
  • A small 2019 study involving 60 women with PCOS found that 38.3% of the participants had PCOS. (healthline.com)
  • She works closely with researchers who understand the biggest challenges women are facing and have ideas of how to solve these problems, informed by a deep knowledge of the local community. (ucsf.edu)
  • it's that women with lower WHR's have healthier reproductive capability, in general, which contributes to proper neurodevelopment of the child. (psychologytoday.com)
  • After all, heterosexual men are biologically hardwired to see healthy, fertile women as more attractive, in order to increase chances of reproductive success. (psychologytoday.com)
  • And, as researchers have found, a lower WHR in women represents a greater presence of estrogen and a healthier pattern of reproductive development. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Testosterone is a sexual function and reproductive hormone that exists in both men and women but in higher amounts in men. (newsweek.com)
  • The researchers believe that the reason they were not able to find a connection between testosterone and musical preference in women was because the sample group was too small. (newsweek.com)
  • Most women are infertile at 45, but many are infertile at 35," said Emre Seli, MD, professor of obstetrics, gynecology & reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine. (yale.edu)
  • Antibiotics can eliminate the infection, but many women suffer repeat episodes, which can cause embarrassment and even miscarriage, the researchers noted. (newsday.com)
  • An estimated 21 million women, more blacks than whites, are diagnosed with vaginosis in the United States each year, according to the researchers. (newsday.com)
  • The pill is already the most commonly used hormonal method of birth control by teens and other women of reproductive age in the U.S., according to the 2011-2013 National Survey of Family Growth. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • These findings provide further evidence of the potentially negative effects of epilepsy treatment on reproductive endocrine functions in men and women, but they also show that some of these changes may be reversible," said Morten I. Lossius, author of the study. (medindia.net)
  • Notably, she founded initiatives like the Indore Startups Community and She Connect, bolstering startups and women in tech. (ted.com)
  • Dr. Rao founded the Kamini Kares Foundation with a commitment to humanitarian problems, with an emphasis on empowering women and enriching lives. (ted.com)
  • This condition occurs in about 10% of women of reproductive age. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Ketogenic Diet Short-Term May Benefit Women With PCOS Meta-analysis showed improvements in reproductive hormone levels and weight loss. (medscape.com)
  • Reproductive Technologies Not Tied to Maternal CVD No increase in risk for cardiovascular disease was seen among women who gave birth after in vitro fertilization or the use of other assisted reproductive technologies. (medscape.com)
  • To study this, researchers included data from 9,000 postmenopausal women at an average age of 64 who didn't have cerebral small vessel disease when the study began. (msdmanuals.com)
  • They found that women with higher lifetime hormone exposure had lower volumes of white matter hyperintensity. (msdmanuals.com)
  • CDC scientists found Zika virus RNA persisted in fetal brains and in placentas for more than seven months after the pregnant women contracted Zika. (cdc.gov)
  • Nobles and colleagues say their study is the first to assess preconception blood pressure and reproductive outcomes in healthy women not diagnosed with hypertension or heart disease. (medscape.com)
  • In a longitudinal population study of 9,067 Australian women, researchers found that those who began smoking by age 13 had the greatest risk of developing chronic dysmenorrhea. (medscape.com)
  • Ramasamy also found and validated that males who have recovered from SARS-CoV-2 acute phase are unlikely to be a source for sexual transmissions of SARS-CoV-2. (wikipedia.org)
  • Across all racial groups, approximately 1 in 8 sexually active high school girls had experienced reproductive coercion within the last three months, and about 1 in 6 reported physical or sexual abuse in a relationship in the past 3 months. (chp.edu)
  • After withdrawal from CBZ and VPA, sexual hormone levels returned to pre-treatment levels, and treatment-associated reproductive endocrine changes reversed. (medindia.net)
  • Because the study was conducted on men with sexual dysfunction, the results may not apply to the general population, the researchers said. (livescience.com)
  • Similar effects have been reported before , but this is one of the largest studies ever to look at these exposures, explained Christina Lawson, a reproductive epidemiologist with NIOSH and study author. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The authors of the new NIOSH nurses study note that other studies of formaldehyde's reproductive toxicity have been limited. (scienceblogs.com)
  • NIOSH has a long history of addressing reproductive issues. (cdc.gov)
  • An American medical researcher and urologist, Ramasamy is known for academic contributions to reproductive medicine, including testosterone deficiency, regenerative therapy, erectile dysfunction, and prostate cancer studies. (wikipedia.org)
  • But as a postdoctoral researcher studying avian evolution, she sees them for what most paleontologists think they really are: living dinosaurs, the one surviving lineage of extinct carnivorous beasts like Tyrannosaurus rex. (audubon.org)
  • More recently, a 2007 survey of 1,500 nurses undertaken by Environmental Working Group, Healthcare Without Harm, American Nurses Associations, and University of Maryland School of Nursing found that nurses exposed to sterilizing agents had a 20% higher incidence of miscarriage than those who were not. (scienceblogs.com)
  • This survey - which specifically examined exposure to ethylene oxide and glutaraldehyde - also found increased incidence of birth defects in these nurses' children. (scienceblogs.com)
  • 1. Found bladder cancer incidence highly elevated among rubber manufacturing workers and strongly associated with orthotoluidine exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • 2. Preventing and reducing adverse reproductive outcomes related to work. (cdc.gov)
  • Her lab has been exploring differences between obese and lean females at different developmental stages and how those differences affect reproductive success. (iastate.edu)
  • Researchers from the Desai Sethi Urology Institute, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, have launched a study to determine if wearing virtual reality headsets during in-office vasectomy helps relieve patients of procedure-related pain and anxiety. (newswise.com)
  • Although the authors of the new study caution that previous studies on ethylene oxide's reproductive toxicity have had limited sample sizes, these effects have been documented in peer-reviewed studies, some dating back to the 1980s. (scienceblogs.com)
  • A UC Berkeley study finds that kids who sleep with a smartphone within arm's reach lose about 21 minutes of sleep per night. (californiagoldenblogs.com)
  • One possibility may be that birth control with higher levels of progestin, the synthetic form of the natural hormone progesterone, changed the vaginal lining or altered local immunity, increasing the risk for HIV infection, though the researchers emphasized that this study did not examine the physiological effects of the different contraceptive methods and more research on potential underlying biologic mechanisms is needed. (californiagoldenblogs.com)
  • Dr Suh and Columbia University researcher Dr Zev Williams are spearheading the study, called Validating Benefits of Rapamycin for Reproductive Aging Treatment (VIBRANT), to trial whether or not rapamycin can have the same longevity properties on a woman's ovaries. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • A 2021 study found a 44-percent increase in patients pursing egg freezing within 90 days of initial consultation. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The study researchers found that masturbation is an ancient trait in primates and speculated that it may drive reproductive success. (livescience.com)
  • As a result, scientists in the past have assumed masturbation in primates was an aberrant activity produced by the stress of captivity, or simply a byproduct of a high libido, the researchers wrote in the study. (livescience.com)
  • The researchers generated these stem cell lines ten times more efficiently than in their 2004 Science study, using improved laboratory methods. (scienceblog.com)
  • This is the largest adolescent study on reproductive coercion and the only one looking at care seeking patterns. (chp.edu)
  • A study of chronic ammonia exposure found that people exposed to ammonia at a concentration of 100,000 ppb in air for more than 6 weeks experienced eye, nose, and throat irritation (ATSDR 1990). (cdc.gov)
  • For example, a large 2020 study found that people with PCOS are four times more likely to develop NAFLD than people without PCOS. (healthline.com)
  • In this study, the scientists set out to study the influence of mild analgesics on male reproductive disorders in both humans and rats. (worldpharmanews.com)
  • In this study, he surveyed hundreds of men, across various age groups, to gather data on the body shape that men find most attractive. (psychologytoday.com)
  • The study, published online in Personality and Individual Differences, found a correlation between personality type and musical choice, and hypothesized that hormone levels could be the ultimate cause of this connection. (newsweek.com)
  • The study failed to find a link between testosterone levels and musical taste in female volunteers, but for the males a clear link soon emerged. (newsweek.com)
  • The rise and fall of Earth's land surface over the last three million years shaped the evolution of birds and mammals, a new study has found, with new species evolving at higher rates where the land has risen most. (eurekalert.org)
  • A peer-reviewed study published last year in Environmental Sciences Europe found that GM plantings in the United States led to a 7 percent increase in chemical spraying. (earthisland.org)
  • However, our study found that high-dose vitamin D supplementation wasn't helpful in preventing recurrence of [bacterial vaginosis],' she said. (newsday.com)
  • It's possible that high LH levels may have a direct, harmful effect on the cardiovascular system , or that another factor not considered in this study is responsible for both high LH levels and heart disease, the researchers said. (livescience.com)
  • The researchers screened for up to 27 chemicals -- including seven drugs, 14 industrial chemicals, and six sociocultural chemicals like alcohol or caffeine -- as part of the study. (naturalnews.com)
  • The ENDO Study found some chemicals were associated with higher rates of endometriosis. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Harms of Embryo Transfer Likely Underreported: Study A new study found that rates of adverse events with embryo transfer catheters ‫― including contamination and patient harm ― may be higher than previously reported to the FDA. (medscape.com)
  • COVID Could Impair Men's Sperm for Months: Study A COVID infection can reduce sperm count and hinder the ability of sperm to swim for at least 3 months, according to European researchers. (medscape.com)
  • Our study highlights the critical role of reproductive history in shaping the female brain across the lifetime," Whittingstall said in a journal news release. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Iowa State University scientists are finding evidence that obesity alters mammals' reproductive systems in a variety of ways, including undermining natural abilities to resist and recover from exposures to chemical toxins. (iastate.edu)
  • Scientists from the Centre for Integrative Bee Research (CIBER) at the University of Western Australia found that a fungus that causes dysentery in bees, known as Nosema apis, can be sexually transmitted from affected male bees to the queen. (abc.net.au)
  • Scientists must also find a way to remove the remaining animal components from the laboratory procedures. (scienceblog.com)
  • Scientists had found that if they pulled two flukes apart, they crawled back together. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • In the fusty world of paleontology, where traditional scientists spend hours at a time on their bellies in the dirt with picks, hammers, and brushes, Heers represents the next generation of researchers, who grew up with Jurassic Park and Google. (audubon.org)
  • In each report, leading scientists have found that using tobacco causes people to become sick, disabled, or to die. (cdc.gov)
  • in birds, variation in temperature creates differences in the timing and extent of mating, risking reproductive isolation from populations of the same species elsewhere. (eurekalert.org)
  • BAMS has been found in several different populations. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The researchers also found a link between high levels of luteinizing hormone (LH) - which is secreted by the pituitary gland, and stimulates production of testosterone - and an increased risk of heart disease. (livescience.com)
  • Problems with nasal development may affect gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons, which are nerve cells that control the release of reproductive hormones. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The researchers also looked at numbers of years participants took oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy, but this didn't alter the impact that the number of pregnancies and reproductive years had on white matter hyperintensities. (msdmanuals.com)
  • According to the researchers, mild analgesics effectively halved testosterone levels in the testes of unborn rats. (worldpharmanews.com)
  • Having larger testicles was also linked with a slightly increased risk of being hospitalized for heart disease , which could be due to the risk profile of men with larger testes, the researchers said. (livescience.com)
  • Affected males may also have underdeveloped reproductive tissues and undescended testes (cryptorchidism). (medlineplus.gov)
  • These deeper coral reef ecosystems may offer reproductive refuge to neighboring shallow-water coral reefs that are in decline, according to the research team. (sciencedaily.com)
  • So far, Keating and students on her research team have found obesity leads to a cascading set of vulnerabilities. (iastate.edu)
  • The researchers made the discovery by accident during some research into the reproductive biology of bees. (abc.net.au)
  • Our research among the Waorani indicates that more aggressive warriors have lower indices of reproductive success than less warlike men. (science20.com)
  • The Korean researchers who performed this stem cell research improved upon their protocols that yielded the first embryonic stem cell line from a cloned human blastocyst. (scienceblog.com)
  • But the most recent research has found that NAFLD can be managed with healthy lifestyle strategies and medications. (healthline.com)
  • Government-funded research found that nuclear weapons workers and those exposed to fallout from atomic bomb tests in Nevada suffered from cancer in large numbers. (organicconsumers.org)
  • Testosterone levels could affect your musical choice, new research finds, and those with more testosterone in their bodies may be more into rock music. (newsweek.com)
  • These national research teams are composed of senior researchers, post-doctoral fellows and PhD candidates in each of the countries. (uib.no)
  • Norwegian researchers, post-docs and PhD candidates as well as research track students will also be attached to the national teams in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia where their studies are based. (uib.no)
  • Seli and others at Yale are at the forefront of research into the mechanisms of reproductive aging, with a goal of slowing it. (yale.edu)
  • In their review, which included the CDC's Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, the research team found that medical conditions that could increase the risk of serious side effects among pill users are rare among teens. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • There is no cure for endometriosis, but NIH supports research to find new treatments. (medlineplus.gov)
  • [5] Another evaluation conducted in 1988-1989 estimated that male factors account for the infertility in approximately 20% of the couples, with another 30-40% of cases attributable to reproductive abnormalities that were present in both partners. (cdc.gov)
  • Some people with an SMCHD1 gene mutation have arhinia without other features of BAMS (isolated arhinia) or less severe abnormalities of the nose, leading researchers to suspect that additional genetic factors contribute to the severity of the symptoms. (medlineplus.gov)
  • A expert in reproductive medicine, Dr. Kamini A. Rao is recognized for her groundbreaking work as a physician, researcher, and educator. (ted.com)
  • The researchers discovered that the protein responsible for these disorders, known as prion protein (PrP), can sometimes wind up in the wrong part of a cell. (nih.gov)
  • Higher testosterone levels in males was linked with a preference for a type of music that the researchers labeled as "unsophisticated. (newsweek.com)
  • Individuals with lower testosterone levels were more inclined to enjoy what the researchers labeled as "sophisticated music," a genre that included both classical and jazz. (newsweek.com)
  • The researchers speculated that, in such men, the body may try to compensate for low testosterone levels by secreting higher levels of pituitary hormones, which in turn could lead to an increase in testicle size. (livescience.com)
  • They also found 'degeneration of large numbers of egg chambers after DNA fragmentation of their constitu ent cells'-after less than a week's exposure to mobile-phone radiation for just a few minutes each day (Mutat Res, 2007;626:69-78). (buergerwelle.de)
  • There is a very precise critical window during the first trimester of fetal development during which simultaneous exposure to weak doses of multiple endocrine disruptors may represent a risk to the development of the child's genitals and reproductive system. (naturalnews.com)
  • Exposure to bisphenol A was associated with increased relationship problems at three years and hyperactivity problems at five years, thus confirming that the effects of bisphenol A on the behavior observed in laboratory animals also occur in humans at low levels of exposure," the researchers explain . (naturalnews.com)
  • Many studies have found that giving birth, especially at an early age, lowers the risk of breast cancer. (ewtn.com)
  • Mammograms can find breast cancer before you can feel a lump or notice other symptoms. (facingourrisk.org)
  • result-a finding that requires more testing but is then found to be not be cancer. (facingourrisk.org)
  • These are brand names under which Mifepristone, Misoprostol or Combi Packs (that contain both abortion pills Mifepristone and Misoprostol) are officially distributed and/or commonly found in the country. (womenonwaves.org)
  • It is extremely difficult to find a doctor who agrees to prescribe abortion medicines. (womenonwaves.org)
  • At least 23 states are considered at high risk of outlawing legal abortion in a post- Roe world, according to a report by the Center for Reproductive Rights . (thedailybeast.com)
  • Physics professor-and creator of the super-popular class "Physics for Future Presidents"-Richard Muller describes life as a Berkeley professor and how having tenure affects his goals as a researcher. (californiagoldenblogs.com)
  • Researchers now want to gather more evidence to better understand primate masturbation - particularly among females. (livescience.com)
  • A number of researchers have argued that the females favored by natural selection are the ones that find mates with the most different genes from their own. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Acute effects from other chemicals found in landfill gas are usually produced only when an individual is exposed at relatively high concentrations (i.e., at concentrations greater than those expected to be present in ambient air near a landfill). (cdc.gov)
  • This group exposed fruit flies to a standard mobile radiofrequency output, and found an increase in the production of 'heat shock protein (hsp)70'-an indication of cell stress-with no direct thermal heating effects. (buergerwelle.de)
  • Human apotransferrin injected to mice models suffering from intracerebral hemorrhage was found to mitigate the serious effects of stroke. (medindia.net)
  • The baby boys were examined at birth by paediatricians who looked for signs of cryptorchidism and graded any cases found according to their severity. (worldpharmanews.com)
  • A group of experts find strong evidence for switching "the pill" from prescription to over-the-counter status for both adults and teens. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Professor Matisoo-Smith points out that the presence of skeletal evidence of metabolic disease being found in ancient burials across the Pacific clearly indicates that gout and diabetes is not solely the result of a "Westernised" diet and lifestyle, as it is often assumed. (otago.ac.nz)
  • The researchers also found evidence of the virus replicating in an infant with microcephaly who died two months after birth. (cdc.gov)
  • While the researchers observed different responses to individual chemicals, overall, obesity blunted the mammals' protective responses to the toxins studied, making reproductive organs and cells more sensitive to damage. (iastate.edu)
  • But researchers have come to understand that it can affect multiple organs , including your liver. (healthline.com)
  • According to the researchers, all of the mothers had been exposed to endocrine disruptors such as bisphenol A, triclosan and dibutyl phthalate (DBP). (naturalnews.com)
  • An important advance in measuring the number of eggs which naturally decrease with ovarian aging was produced by David Seifer, MD, professor of obstetrics, gynecology & reproductive sciences. (yale.edu)
  • Our analysis is free of the problem caused by the inherent correlation of the warrior's age with both participation in raids and reproductive success. (science20.com)
  • Divorce may have evolved as part of a flexible strategy in some animals to boost their long-term reproductive success. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • is the variance in lifetime reproductive success ( LRS ), measured as the variance in lifetime number of offspring among the N 1 individuals in a cohort. (biorxiv.org)
  • these evaluations also found Hill's model to be robust to skewed adult sex ratios and to modestly overdispersed variance in reproductive success. (biorxiv.org)
  • Researchers create needle-free Zika vaccine patch, using HD-MAP tech, aiming to protect against fatal virus spread by mosquitoes. (medindia.net)
  • Researchers wanted to see whether there was a link between endometriosis and chemicals that interrupt the endocrine system (which produces hormones in the body). (medlineplus.gov)
  • Vaginosis, which is not sexually transmitted, occurs when the bacteria in the reproductive tract become imbalanced, according to the release. (newsday.com)
  • Experimental animal studies have generally found that hydrogen sulfide does not cause harm at levels as high as 5,000 ppb. (cdc.gov)
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is primarily thought of as a reproductive system disorder. (healthline.com)
  • He believes that he may have found a way to slow ovarian aging using a technique that targets cellular mitochondria. (yale.edu)
  • To find a pediatrician or pediatric specialist, please call 412-692-7337 or search our directory. (chp.edu)
  • Enter search terms to find related medical topics, multimedia and more. (msdmanuals.com)
  • However, researchers are not sure how PCOS might cause or increase the risk of NAFLD. (healthline.com)
  • Unexpectedly, the researchers found a link between risk factors for heart disease - such as obesity, smoking and high blood pressure - and larger testicles. (livescience.com)
  • This link held even after the researchers took into account risk factors for heart disease. (livescience.com)
  • Infertility Treatments Up Risk for Stroke After Childbirth The rate for stroke-related hospitalizations increases as soon as 30 days after delivery and is 66% higher overall, researchers found. (medscape.com)
  • Studies of nurses in South Africa , Finland and the US , and of dental assistants in California exposed to ethylene oxide have all found associations with miscarriage. (scienceblogs.com)
  • In studies with adults, researchers have found disparities in reproductive coercion by race and ethnicity. (chp.edu)
  • Since then, numerous studies have found clear associations between PCOS and NAFLD. (healthline.com)
  • Studies show that AI can find breast cancers before they are visible to a highly trained human eye. (facingourrisk.org)
  • Infertility and hysterectomy have been found by some studies also add to stress levels for males. (who.int)
  • Collectively, these results are good news for researchers as they demonstrate the robustness of Hill's model even to extreme repro0ductive scenarios. (biorxiv.org)
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  • Although modern humans in the industrialized world appear in general to have little remaining reproductive seasonality, the relationships between melatonin and human reproduction continue to attract widespread scientific attention. (frontiersin.org)
  • During her term as president, she revived the Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction and established the esteemed Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences. (ted.com)
  • 4. Distributed a series multi-media products called Protéjase en el trabajo (Protect yourself at work) to immigrant workers through Mexican consulates which serve approximately 1.5 million per year. (cdc.gov)
  • From the 185 donated oocytes, endowed with the genetic material from a different person (or in one case, the same person), the researchers report development of 31 hollow balls of cells called "human nuclear-transfer blastocysts. (scienceblog.com)