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How stress causes sexual dysfunction, infertility
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UNIVERSITY of California, Berkeley, United States researchers have found what they think is a critical and, until now, missing piece of the puzzle about how stress causes sexual dysfunction and infertility. Anti-intellectualism (5) -020709 By J.K. Obatala PLOTS in which the powers of a foreign deity prevail over the intellect of Nigerians are metaphors of imperial domination. Indeed, John Bull himself could not have concocted scenarios that are more colonial in outlook than some of the footage Nigerian directors are shooting. First Aluminum re-launches HIV workplace policy, inaugurates peer educators' committee -020709 By Chukwuma Muanya FIRST Aluminum Nigeria Plc in collaboration with the Nigeria Business Coalition Against AIDS (NIBUCA) has re-launched its Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Workplace Policy, even as it commissions 14 peer educators and seven-man HIV/AIDS committee. Insulin glargine may increase cancer risk -020709 INJECTABLE insulin glargine for diabetes, sold under the trade name Lantus by Sanofi-Aventis, may increase the risk of cancer, according to European studies involving some 300,000 insulin-treated patients, prompting a call from experts for more research. Experts task medical professionals on entrepreneurship -020709 By Tony Nwanne EXPERTS in the health sector have stressed the need for proper re-orientation and imbibing of the spirit of entrepreneurship in the medical line of work, if the country's doctors are to become relevant 21st century professionals. Novartis to launch six new drugs 2009 -020709 By Wale Oyebanji MULTINATIONAL pharmaceutical company, Novartis has announced the expansion of its business activities in the country that will result in the introduction of six new drugs in different therapeutic areas in Nigeria and other West African countries, over the next 12 months. |
Astronomers attempt imaging black hole for the first time (2)
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By Sam Ejike Okoye A SUPERMASSIVE black hole is believed to be sitting at the centre of most large galaxies. In some so-called active galaxies, enormous quantities of gas are swirling into the black hole, forming a disc of hot matter around it that often outshines the billions of surrounding stars. Study challenges routine MRI scans use in breast cancer diagnosis -020709 REVIEWING the records of 577 breast cancer patients, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers found that women with newly diagnosed breast cancer, who receive a breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are more likely to receive a mastectomy after their diagnosis and may face delays in starting treatment. Experimental urine test spots appendicitis -020709 A NEW urine test may one day spot appendicitis faster and more accurately than current tests do, researchers report. HIV-positive men can safely have children, say researchers -020709 USING methods of reproductive technology, pregnancy can be safely achieved in HIV sero-discordant couples -- couples in which one member is HIV-positive and the other is not, according to findings from a study at Columbia University in New York, United States. Pharmaceutical business can survive global economic crisis -020709 GIVEN the worst global economic crisis since 1930s, and consequent recession notwithstanding, the pharmaceutical business in Nigeria stands a chance of survival if given the necessary financial support and appropriate policy articulation. |
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