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Scientists Find a Key to Maintaining Our DNA Provides New Clues in Quest to Slow Aging DNA contains all of the genetic instructions that make us who we are, and maintaining the integrity of our DNA over the course of a lifetime is a critical, yet complex part of the aging process. In an important, […]
UR Technology to Enhance Eyesight Approved by FDA Patients at Flaum Eye Institute Were First to Benefit from Latest March 16, 2011 A technology created by University of Rochester physicians and scientists that has helped boost the eyesight of patients to unprecedented levels is now more widely available, thanks to approval by the […]
Kennedy named visiting fellow at Brown Institute for Brain Science Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy has accepted a two-year appointment as a visiting fellow at the Brown Institute for Brain Science, through the 2012-13 academic year. Kennedy will deliver two lectures each year and will continue his longtime advocacy for neurological research, wider access to […]
Nursing home boom in China has little government involvement A new study of the growth and operation of nursing homes in Chinese cities finds that the industry, while still small, is surging to meet the country’s overwhelming shift toward an older population. The almost entirely private-sector growth has far outpaced government oversight. A rapidly growing […]
American Sign Language Makes Debut in CDC Scientific Journal Thanks to a group of deaf and hearing Rochester, N.Y., pioneers, a medical journal for the first time has served up a scientific article online with a new twist: an accompanying web video in American Sign Language (ASL), produced by the University of Rochester Medical […]
Brown biologist Casey Dunn wins NSF’s Waterman Award Biologist Casey Dunn, creator of the “Creaturecast” website, is this year’s winner of the National Science Foundation’s Alan T. Waterman Award. Dunn’s work on animal evolution and the origins of biological complexity, particularly with deep-sea creatures called siphonophores, holds clues for how complex multicellular organisms, including humans, […]
First Approved Lupus Drug in 50 Years: What Promise Might it Hold? Last week’s FDA approval of Benlysta (also known as belimumab) – the first new lupus drug in more than 50 years – has created quite a buzz in the lupus community. Almost one in 1,000 people have lupus, a systemic autoimmune disease (like rheumatoid […]
University of Rochester to Honor Nobel Prize Winner March 24 Event includes Rochester premiere of documentary on renowned neuroscientist Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel, M.D., will receive the University of Rochester’s Eastman Medal Thursday, March 24, at the School of Medicine and Dentistry. Kandel received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 for his […]
University of Rochester to Honor Nobel Prize Winner March 24 Event includes Rochester premiere of documentary on renowned neuroscientist Experts at the Strong Fertility Center will explore the link between nutrition and fertility at a free seminar at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, at The Women’s Health Pavilion, 500 Red Creek Drive in Henrietta. Part […]
Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards set for March 21 Center for Community Health hosts event, grand rounds by community health expert Cynthia Barnes-Boyd The second annual Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards will be presented by URMC’s Center for Community Health at 5:45 p.m. Monday, March 21, in the Class of ’62 Auditorium at […]
Medications can be effective when they are used properly, but some can be addictive and dangerous when abused. This chart provides a brief look at some prescribed medications that—when used in ways or by people other than prescribed—have the potential for adverse medical consequences, including addiction. In 2010, approximately 16 million Americans reported using a […]
Saw palmetto Treatments
In men: used to treat and relieve symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); shrinks the prostate and releases the squeeze of the urethra, so that, urine flows normally; increases urine volume, decreases frequent urination, and more ease of urination.
In women: helps relieve painful periods and regulates the menstrual cycle; stimulates the production of prolactin, a female hormone that promotes breast enlargement. Used to treat urinary tract and bladder infections; has an aphrodisiac effect by enhancing sexual functioning and sexual desire.
Actually, there is no reason to be embarrassed. Enlarged breasts are common among teenage boys and men, and breast reduction surgery is increasingly popular among guys. In fact, in the US it’s the fourth most popular cosmetic surgical procedure among males, with nearly 17,000 of them performed in 2009 alone.
Great news for all those women (and men) who have wanted to try the beautifying effects of snail slime but could never get past the “ick” factor. 20yrsyounger.com promises to get rid of the Ewww… while still letting women reap the anti-aging and rejuvenating benefits of snail slime cream. The process itself is called lyophilisation […]
The specific type of birth defect depends on the systems in the fetus developing at the time of alcohol exposure. Organ systems are most vulnerable to damage by alcohol during the period of most dynamic development. The damage seen in animal models roughly corresponds to weeks 3 to 8 in human pregnancy. However, if a woman drinks any time throughout her pregnancy, damage may occur.
