A recent study has shown that a potent sunscreen ingredient, oxybenzone, may be a cause of endometriosis. This condition occurs when uterine tissue grows in abnormal sites in the abdomen and causes severe pain.
Dormant HPV Infections Can Cause Disease Even Without Activating
March 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
According to the FDA, active viruses cause disease; dormant viruses do not. The Center for the Biology of Chronic Disease (CBCD), in contrast, supports an alternative view. Microcompetition explains the underlying cause of many major diseases and shows how dormant viruses actually can cause disease while still dormant.
Type and Timing of Menopause and Later Life Mortality among Women in the Iowa Established Populations for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly (EPESE) Cohort
February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The relationship between menopausal characteristics and later life mortality is unclear. We tested the hypotheses that women with surgical menopause would have increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality compared with women with natural menopause, and that women with earlier ages at natural or surgical menopause would have greater all-cause and cardiovascular mortality than women with later ages at menopause.
A new voice in the HPV vaccine debate
February 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
On a day when CJAD News was discussing the story of a family intending to sue a massive pharmaceutical company for $200 000 after their daughter died soon after receiving the anti-HPV (Human papillomavirus) vaccine Gardasil, researcher Dr. Lucija Tomljenovic joined Aaron for a fascinating discussion about the safety of the vaccine.
NIH Study shows caffeine consumption linked to estrogen changes
January 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For Immediate Release Thursday, January 26, 2012 Contact: Robert Bock or John McGrath 301-496-5133 Moderate caffeine intake associated with higher level for Asians, lower for whites Asian women who consumed an average of 200 milligrams or more of caffeine a day — the equivalent of roughly two cups of coffee — had Continue Reading …
The Problem(s) with Sex
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Chronicle of Higher Education January 21, 2012, 6:55 am By David Barash Sex is a problem for evolutionary biologists, a very big problem. (Let’s be clear: we don’t personally have any more difficulty with it than does anyone else; it’s strictly a professional problem!) And here it is: By all rights, sex shouldn’t exist. Continue Reading …
Alongside Scientists Exploring Why Women Menstruate
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research re: Cycling January 19th, 2012 by Alexandra Jacoby I read a blog post about a paper (that I have not read). The post is “Why do women menstruate?“ by PZ Myers, a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris, blogging at Pharyngula. The paper is “The evolution of menstruation: A Continue Reading …
Circadian rhythms in the fetus
January 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
PubMed.gov Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2012 Feb 5;349(1):68-75. Epub 2011 Aug 5. Serón-Ferré M, Mendez N, Abarzua-Catalan L, Vilches N, Valenzuela FJ, Reynolds HE, Llanos AJ, Rojas A, Valenzuela GJ, Torres-Farfan C. Source Programa de Fisiopatología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas (ICBM), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Chile. Abstract Throughout gestation, the close relationship between mothers Continue Reading …
Excuse Me Waiter – There’s a Fly in My Vaccine Soup!
January 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Vac Truth By Sandy Lunoe | January 21st, 2012 | We can laugh at the waiter’s reply to our complaint about the fly in our soup: “- Never mind, it won’t eat much!” However it is no joke that vaccines may contain residue from insect cells, yeast, mouse brains, tissue from pigs, guinea pigs, Continue Reading …
Mechanisms of Aluminum Adjuvant Revealed: Vaccine Risks to Children Clarified
January 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Gaia Health January 14, 2012 A new journal report destroys the concept that adjuvant-based vaccines are safe for children. The methods by which aluminum acts as a vaccine adjuvant and how that can affect a developing child are examined. It leaves little room to doubt that we’ve been playing with the health and future of our Continue Reading …
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