According to a UK/German research, the cells found in a man’s testicles can do a lot aside from just producing sperm, as they may provide any type of cell in his body.

The researchers say that sperm cells can be altered into stem cells with the same sort of characteristics to those that are found in the embryo.

The Study, which has been published in the journal Nature, shows some ray of hope for a supply of “repair tissue” to the other parts of the body.

However, a UK expert says that it’s too early to reach at a firm conclusion. …Click here to read more

During the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference in Chicago , the researchers at ‘Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’ presented a paper pointing out to an alarming increase in large number of cases of teenaged girls and adolescent women being infected by sexually transmitted infections. It also stressed upon on addressing the prevention of these diseases as an important public health goal.

The paper was based on an investigation of data reported in the ‘2003-04 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey’ done among a sample of 14- to 19-year-old girl participants. It was found that approximately one-fourth of this population sample was infected by at least one of the sexually transmitted infections, the maximum number of instances reported in the case of human papillomavirus. Other major infections were reported for the infections like ‘Chlamydia Trachomatis’ and ‘Trichomonas Vaginalis’. A small chunk of this group was also had herpes simplex virus type II and the one infected by STD had more than one infections. It reported about 1 in 4 female adolescents being infected by at least one sexually transmitted infection.

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Under the drive to address the wrong beliefs about “Emergency Contraception”, OBG Management has teamed up with” The Journal of Family” to publish “Emergency Contraception: When and how to use it”. This would be distributed as a supplementary copy to the February 2008 issues of journals like “OBG Management” and “The Journal of Family Practice”.The purpose of issuing this supplement is to increase awareness among the patients about emergency contraception. This would decrease the incidence of unintended pregnancy.

The supplement has been distributed among the clinicians. This would enable them to tackle the subject of emergency contraception more intelligently. They would be able to create awareness as most of the people are misinformed or uninformed about it. So this supplement would also serve as an excellent guide for clinicians to explain about its usage, when to take it and how it works.

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“Aurium Pharma” has introduced “RepHresh Vaginal Gel” in Canada.  It has been made to fight the vaginal odor, a subject often considered to be embarrassing.”Aurium Pharma” already enjoys reputation for outspokenness and an underlying aim to spread awareness among women about their feminine health in the US. It has been able to create a dialogue between women, the doctors and the media. This would help in bringing awareness and ease among the women who had been suffering from the embarrassing problem of vaginal odor.

The response RepHresh has been receiving clearly indicates that women are left with few options due to reluctance which women feel while discussing a sensitive subject like vaginal odor. Aurium Pharma has provided with an open public forum to discuss. Jenny says that if such forums are not available, women suffering from odor would keep thinking that there is something abnormal with them which are not true.

Nearly all the women had been found more prone to develop odor as compared to yeast infection. Sometimes it might occur seldom, however if it turns chronic, it can be a cause of deep concern.  It may disturb their marital lives.

Products introduced on similar line till now are more like for covering the odor, they do not last however RepHresh has been formulated in a way that it can combat the odor at the source. Moreover it helps to fight the odor for 3 days once it is applied. This magic product has already won hearts of thousands of women.

The effect of RepHresh lasts three days per application and the major advantage is that it acts very fast, doesn’t carry strong fragrance, and is nongreasy

As reported by most of the women in the letters written to RepHresh, they shared that feminine odor occurs mostly after the period, after douching or right after the intercourse. This cause’s hard time to a woman, so using a product like RepHresh, which can fight feminine odor, is a boon.

One of the users, Cindy shared “The first time using RepHresh, I could instantly tell my odor was gone … I feel great. Something this amazing … is a gift for all Women.”

Rest most of the users admired the product. They agreed that after the first time use during the week, odor was found to be gone. They say that RepHresh has honestly changed their lives. They found the product to be amazing.

Fiorini said that talking about such a subject like vagfinal odor needed lot of guts as most of the women felt uncomfortable till now. However they had already decided to devise the solution.

Lil’ Drug Store Products, Inc. which is a major distributing company of innovative consumer healthcare products worldwide is responsible for the production and sales. It is working in alliance with Aurium Pharma which is one of the major health solution providers making RepHresh branded products now available to women in Canada.

Scientists have been conducting researches for a long time and now they have come up with sound evidences that the paternal exposure could be making serious impacts on the fetal and post-natal development of the offspring. It is more likely that such imprints will also be reflected in subsequent future generations as well.Until now the maternal exposure to several of the dangerous toxic agents during the period of pregnancy were the prime concerns for experts, scientists, and society at large.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science’ sponsored a multidisciplinary symposium recently. This symposium was focused on the concept of “Father and Fetus”. Scientists in this symposium presented many evidences that the reproductive success and post-natal development processes could be severely affected by the male-mediated influences and this may continue from one generation to another.

Evidences supported by the results obtained from certain specific animal and epidemiological studies demonstrate that paternal exposure to the various types of potentially harmful and hazardous toxins can severely affect the development process of fetus. Such negative impacts could also bring selected but wide spectrum defects and deficits in the offspring’s and there is a strong possibility that such impacts would also be reflected in the future generations as well.

Dr. Gladys Friedler, an emeritus Professor of Psychology at the Boston University School of Medicine highlighted the issue with much concern for all. Organizing a session in the symposium, he specified an urgent need of increasing the awareness levels of everyone about the “significant effect of the male parent in reproductive success and postnatal developments as well as to stimulate research on male-mediated effects”, he says.

Dr. Gladys Friedler, a pioneer researcher, presented a complete review of the researches and studies conducted in this regard and highlighted that all of them indicate clearly that the exposure to the toxins in the form of both the recreational and therapeutic drugs is equally dangerous for a male. Similarly, the exposures at the workplaces and other types of exposure are equally risky in case males as all this could potentially affect and alter the reproductive outcomes.

There are certain impacts on the offspring outcome that have been very specifically reported. Such instances include problems like low birth weight. Growth in childhood cancer cases, Problems related to overall development, behavioral disorders, typical endocrine abnormalities, and some specific cross- generational impacts. Dr. Gladys Friedler is quite hopeful that further research would help in solving these puzzled and complex issues that are directly related to the future generations.