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Chances of Getting Bitten By Mosquito May Be Genetic

April 22, 2015 By Matthew Slotkin Leave a Comment

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New study shows that if mosquitoes are drawn to the scent of a particular person, they are are more to find her twin’s scent appealing as well. On the other side, if they are repelled by someone’s scent, they’re likely to find her twin repulsive, too.

Scientists analyzed 37 sets of twins who were entered their hands in a Y-shaped glass tube. The 20 mosquitoes from the tube had 30 seconds to assess the scents emitted by the hand. Then a small door was opened, which allowed the mosquitoes to fly toward the hands they found appealing and away from the hands they were repelled by.

After running the experiment 40 times with each set of twins, they discovered that the mosquito preferences were about twice as large for identical twins, compared to the levels for fraternal twins. That allowed the scientists to demonstrate that 62% to 83% of a person’s degree of mosquito appeal is determined by DNA, according to a research published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One.

Other studies have discovered that genes are about 80% liable for a person’s height and 50% to 80% for their IQ.

Researchers have believed for some time that people are bitten by mosquitoes an unfortunate genetic inheritance.

They suspected that biology had a role in either attracting or scattering mosquitoes. For example, women who are pregnant are much more appealing than women who aren’t. The scientists also found out that people who are infected with malaria parasite are more attractive to the insects at the time when the infection can be spread.

Previous research have demonstrated that mosquitoes are drawn to people on the basis of their odor. Bacteria that is present on the skin is responsible for producing body odor, but skin cells also play a role, which might be controlled by genes.

So the scientists recruited 19 pairs of fraternal twins and 18 pairs of identical twins. All of them were women and post-menopausal.

The team also made use of dozens of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, a species that can spread dengue fever. The mosquitoes were almost a week old, and in their lives until the experiment all their food was a glucose solution.

In some tests, the researchers analyzed the odor of one twin’s hand while comparing it to clean air. They also tested twin-versus-twin, while in other tests, both ends of the Y-shaped tube had clean air pumped through them.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: bites, dna, doctor, genetic, mosquito, research, study

Walking Improves Health Of Prostate Cancer Survivors

April 17, 2015 By John Birks Leave a Comment

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As is the case for most tumors, the treatment for prostate cancer can take its toll on a patient’s health. However, according to new study, walking three hours every week can prove to be very good for the health.

Examining which types of exercises were most helpful to prostate cancer survivors, specialists at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine managed to find the relationship between simple walking and improved health results.

The information was gathered from a massive research which looked at the health and behavior of 51,529 men from the health care industry. The study was conducted by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and relied on data on respondents’ exercise routines, smoking habits, diets, doctor visits and more.

As part of the research, participants filled out health-related quality of life questionnaires, in which they gave details on sexual function issues, urinary and bowel problems, depression, fatigue, body weight and erectile dysfunction. Respondents also categorized cardio-related activities, like running, jogging, swimming, cycling, and playing sports. At last, the men offered data on the amount of time they spent walking each week, and also filled out if their walking pace was easy, average, brisk or very brisk.

For the latest research, scientists at Northwestern obtained the data on men who had move forward after a non-advanced stage of prostate cancer.

When checking for more high-intensity exercise and disruptive health factors, the doctors discovered these men were more likely to obtain a higher quality of life if they walked at a normal pace for at least three hours every week.

Walking was only shown to be beneficial to hormone-related symptoms like depression, fatigue and body weight. Walking did not appear to have any influence on urinary, bowel, or sexual functioning. The study was published recently in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship.

“This study shows that you don’t have to engage in high-impact, vigorous activities to improve your quality of life after a prostate cancer diagnosis. Since many prostate cancer survivors might find vigorous activities hard to stick with, the good news is that simply focusing on walking more may be enough to make them feel better,” lead study author Siobhan Phillips, a kinesiologist at Northwestern Medicine, said in a news statement.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: beneficial, doctor, prostate cancer, research, study, walking

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