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 Impair Information - December 1, 2008
| A new study suggests males who say yes to one too many drinks may be in danger of not only dampening their sex lives, but harming their chances of having children as well. Researchers from India found that men being treated for alcoholism had lower testosterone levels and more sperm abnormalities than non-drinkers. They also had a far higher rate of erectile dysfunction (ED) - 71-percent, versus 7-percent of abstainers | | A new study suggests that males who say yes to one too many drinks may be in danger of not only dampening their sex lives, but harming their chances of having children as well. Researchers from India found that men being treated for alcoholism had lower testosterone levels and more sperm abnormalities than non-drinkers. They also had a far higher rate of erectile dysfunction (ED) - 71-percent, versus 7-percent of abstainers | | With Halloween upon us, this year's holiday season is rapidly approaching, and recognizing the stress Americans are under, the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) has created the first-ever National Stress Out Week from November 7 to 14. In addition to encouraging Americans to relax and learn to manage their stress, National Stress Out Week will educate the public about the difference between anxiety and an anxiety disorder | | Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago used functional brain imaging to research an established connection between emotional impairment and low cognition in children with bipolar disorder. Dr. Mani Pavuluri, associate professor of psychiatry at UIC's Institute for Juvenile Research and the Center for Cognitive Medicine is the lead author of the study. He says, "This study is very exciting because it shows that negative emotions affect cognition differently than positive emotions in these kids | | A study released Sunday in the online issue of Nature Genetics reveals that a team of international researchers discover that a specific gene on chromosome 15 regulates inflammation, a finding with implications for a wide range of disorders, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer's, and infections. "Practically every common disease involves an inflammation component," says John Blangero, Ph.D., a scientist at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio and the paper's senior author | |
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