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21 August 2008 |
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Fertility
treatments 'no benefit'
Two common
treatments for fertility problems do not work, an
Aberdeen University-led study
suggests.
UK guidelines recommend the drug clomid and
artificial insemination for couples who have
trouble conceiving despite no known cause for their
infertility.
But trials of 580 women in Scotland found the
treatments were no better than trying to get
pregnant naturally, the British Medical Journal
reports.
A third of couples who struggle to get pregnant have
unexplained infertility.
It means, despite a battery of tests, doctors cannot
find a reason why they struggle to
conceive.
It sends a positive message that the chances of
success spontaneously are pretty convincing .. . ..................
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Insulin, Aging and
Long Life
It may not be the fountain of
youth, but new research on insulin shows it plays an
important role
in aging and lifespan.
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Irvine,
Calif., report insulin inhibits a master gene
regulator protein called SKN-1; increased SKN-1
activity increases lifespan, according to
researchers.
“The major implication is that we have found
something new that affects lifespan and aging and an
important new effect that insulin and/or a related
hormone called insulin-like growth factor-1 may have
in some tissues,” T. Keith Blackwell, M.D., Ph.D.,
senior investigator at Joslin Diabetes Center and an
associate professor of pathology at Harvard Medical
School and a faculty member at the Harvard Stem Cell
Institute, was quoted as saying. “The implications
go far beyond diabetes.”....................
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Leaves Found to
Protect the Liver
A plant found in the mountains of China and Russia
may one day have a role to play in protecting the
liver from damage.A new study out of India suggests
the leaves from the sea buckthorn can help keep the
liver functioning properly, even when a liver
damaging agent is injected into the organ.The
research was carried out in rats that were divided
into six different groups. The first group received
a harmless saline solution for five days and served
as the control group. The second group received
saline for four days, then was given an injection of
carbon tetrachloride (CCI4) -- a known liver
damaging agent. The third group received a daily
dose of silymarin (milk thistle extract, which is
thought to have a positive effect on the liver) for
five days, followed by CCI4. And the final three
groups received varying doses of the sea buckthorn
leaf extract for five days before being injected
with CCI4...................
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