Author: Tom Patriot

Contraceptive jewelry could offer a new family planning approach

Tom Patriot

Family planning for women might one day be as simple as putting on an earring. A report published recently in the Journal of Controlled Releasedescribes a technique for administering contraceptive hormones through special backings on jewelry such as earrings, wristwatches, rings or necklaces. The contraceptive hormones are contained in patches applied to portions of the jewelry in contact with the skin, allowing the drugs to be absorbed into the body. Initial testing suggests the contraceptive jewelry may deliver sufficient amounts of hormone to provide contraception, though no human testing has been…

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Eminem’s Daughter Hailie Scott, 23, Shows Off Her Abs in New Bikini Photos: ‘Aloha’

Tom Patriot

Hailie Scott is celebrating the beginning of spring by soaking up some rays. The 23-year-old daughter of Eminem showed off her toned physique in a pair of snapshots shared to her Instagram account on Sunday and Monday, posing in a goldenrod-colored two-piece atop a balcony. The social-media influencer smiled for the camera in one photograph while gazing into the distance in a second, putting her defined abs on display. “Aloha,” Scott captioned her post. Her most recent post, on Monday, showed the Michigan State University graduate posing in a tree while wearing a crochet teal…

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Deep brain stimulation provides sustained relief for severe depression

Tom Patriot

Patients suffering from severe, treatment-resistant depression can benefit not only acutely but also the long-term from deep brain stimulation, as researchers from the Medical Center — University of Freiburg and their colleagues from the University Hospital Bonn demonstrate in a current study. The team used thin electrodes to stimulate a deep seated part of the reward system in the brains of 16 patients. This led to a significant reduction of ratings of depression severity in all patients, it was reduced by half on average. For half of the study participants…

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Obese mouse mothers trigger heart problems in offspring

Tom Patriot

A diet high in fats and sugars is known for its unhealthy effects on the heart. Scientists now have found that a high-fat, high-sugar diet in mouse mothers before and during pregnancy causes problems in the hearts of their offspring, and that such problems are passed down at least three generations, even if the younger generations only eat a standard mouse chow diet. The study, from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is published March 22 in the journal AJP-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. The study also suggests that diet-induced…

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