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Sperm damage can be enhanced by the frequency of sex

Couples with fertility problems receive different recommendations to consider, depending on their medical advice. The medical community has long debated whether the renunciation of sex for a few days, the chance of pregnancy for couples hoping to be. Some doctors now recommend the best way for a baby to have more sex.

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New Blood Test Can Predict Success of in vitro fertilization

An estimated 30,000 women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments per year. The possibility of a continuing pregnancy is achieved through IVF is dramatically improved from almost 0 percent chance 1 chance in 4-6 on IVF centers worldwide. But success remains variable in predicting the probability of an IVF pregnancy. IVF treatments yield unpredictable [...]

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Gene Variants Proof Complexity of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders

A total of 30,000 common gene variants are associated with mental disorder known as schizophrenia. In addition, a similar pattern was found in people with bipolar disorder, commonly known as manic depression, indicating an overlap between the two conditions previously unrecognized.

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Are people with Down syndrome protected against certain forms of cancer?

Down syndrome (DS) or trisomy 21, is determined by an extra copy of chromosome 21 in all cells. In humans there are normally 2 copies of each of the 23 chromosomes for a total of 46 in each cell, in DS, there are 47.

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Tai Chi shown to be beneficial for arthritis

In July is Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month, it’s a good time to celebrate the ways science is trying to help arthritis patients by thinking outside the western medicine box … or bottle. It seems that the pain of this autoimmune disease can be helped by the ease of movement and concentration that a patient [...]

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Tailles Across America continue to grow

Obesity rates continue to increase in all 50 states, and eight of the top 10 countries with the highest obesity rates in the south. Mississippi top the list for the fifth consecutive year with the highest number of obese adults, with Alabama in the second. As American waistlines continue to grow, so does concern [...]

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