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In-vitro pregnancies of older women show no rise in complications

(NEWSER) - Women in their 50s who receive donated eggs have just as healthy pregnancies as their younger counterparts who do the same, a new study shows. In the largest analysis to date, researchers found that 101 women age 50 and older who used in-vitro fertilization had no more complications than women under 42 who used IVF, reports LiveScience . More»

They'll lose 1 inch and gain 2 pounds by 2409

(NEWSER) - Humans are still changing, and the female winners of the evolutionary crapshoot will be shorter and heavier down the line. A new study that tracked the motherly productivity of the slim-and-tall set alongside their squatter peers concludes that a lower center of gravity will win out in the end, and it offers a surprising prediction: By 2409, women will be on average almost an inch shorter and 2 pounds heavier. More»

Statins also help urinary tract, erections, early findings show

(NEWSER) - Men taking cholesterol drugs to avert heart attacks may also be protecting themselves against prostate cancer and impotency, Bloomberg reports. A 15-year study by the Mayo Clinic tracked 2,440 white Minnesotans and found that those who took statins lowered their cancer risk threefold. The findings are challenged by another study of 1 million people, which found statins had no effect on cancer. More»

(NEWSER) - A molecule present only in men who have the deadly form of prostate cancer may be the key to a simple urine test for the disease, the BBC reports. “It raises the possibility of telling the difference between the type of cancer that does no harm—which we term 'the pussycat'—from the type that does—which we call 'the tiger,’” one expert said. Patients with the "pussycat" form are often treated unnecessarily. More»

Targeted therapy may prevent lethal spread, researchers say

(NEWSER) - Researchers have singled out a gene that spreads breast cancer and makes it chemo-resistant, raising the prospect of drug therapy that localizes the disease and improves survival rates, the Baltimore Sun reports. Scientists believe that metadherin, or MTDH—found in 40% of the breast cancer patients studied—makes tumor cells sticky so they latch onto blood vessels in distant organs. More»