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Diet And Lifestyle Changes May Help Prevent Infertility From Ovulatory
Women who followed a combination of five or more lifestyle factors, including changing specific aspects of their diets, experienced more than 80 percent less relative risk of infertility due to ovulatory disorders compared to women who engaged in none of the factors, according to an article in Obstetrics &Gynecology.

[Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper.

Avoid The Hookah And Save Your Teeth
Smoking a hookah also known as a water pipe is becoming an increasingly trendy menu item in Mediterranean restaurants, cafes and bars. People should be warned to "skip this course"according to a study that appeared in the November issue of the Journal of Periodontology.

Mechanism For Regulation Of Growth And Differentiation Of Adult Muscle
During muscle regeneration, a natural response to injury and disease, environmental cues cause adult muscle stem cells to shift from dormancy to actively building new muscle tissue. Scientists analyzed the mechanism by which certain cellular signaling cues cause epigenetic modifications when released within the regenerative microenvironment, thus controlling the expression of genes that regulate growth and differentiation of muscle stem cells that repair injured muscle.

Powerful Tool To Study The Genetics Of Inflammation Developed
Scientists have known which genes are linked to inflammation, but now researchers have organized this information to develop a powerful tool to aid investigators in studying the genetics of inflammatory diseases.

New Orleans: The Birthplace of Jazz
This essay from the companion website to "Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns"(a PBS documentary series) discusses the origins of jazz in New Orleans. Includes an audio clip from Wynton Marsalis, images, and links to related essays.

Feb. 5, 1840: Rat-a-tat-tat
Born this day: the inventor of the world's first machine gun. Compiled by Tony Long.

Virtual Reality Could Help Diagnose Heart Conditions
Virtual reality that allows doctors to visualise the heart in three dimensionscould help in the diagnosis of heart conditions. A pilot study published todayin the open access journal Cardiovascular Ultrasound reveals that doctors candiagnose heart conditions quickly and easily from virtual three-dimensionalanimated images or 'holograms' of the heart. Three-dimensional (3D) hologramsallow doctors to 'dive' into the beating heart and see interior parts of theorgan.

Drug-sensitive 'Traffic Cop'Tells Potassium Channels To Get Lost
Our brains are buzzing with electrical activity created by sodium and potassium ions moving in and out of neurons through specialized pores. To prevent the constant chatter from descending into chaos the activity of these ion channels has to be tightly regulated. One possibility is to issue the channels a ticket straight to the cellular dumpster, discovered researchers.

Daytime Sleepiness From Obstructive Sleep Apnea May Raise Risk For Car
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a sleep related breathing disorder that causes your body to stop breathing during sleep, can disturb your sleep numerous times on any given night. As a result, you may experience daytime sleepiness. Daytime sleepiness brought on by OSA may put you more at risk for cardiovascular problems, according to a study published in the December 1st issue of the journal SLEEP.


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