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Blog Alert for Health News from Medical News Today, Jul 7, 2013

New Posts to Health News from Medical News Today on Jul 7, 2013:

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1) In Team-Work Knowing The End Goal Increases Productivity
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/YD3AJNc4tRM/262910.php

Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry

Also Included In: Public Health

Article Date: 07 Jul 2013 - 0:00 PDT

Working in a team is not always easy, and achieving our aims often turns out to be much harder than we thought it would be. What can we do to increase our chances of gaining ultimate success? A new study from Aarhus University's transdisciplinary Interacting Minds Centre (IMC) provides insight into how to improve productivity when members of a group share a clearly identifiable goal.

"Our study focused on how to improve levels of cooperation. What we found was that when people know exactly what they're supposed to be doing as members of a team, they are more willing to trust each other and cooperate more in the future," says Panos Mitkidis, a post-doc scholar at Aarhus University, Denmark.

He is behind a study published recently in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, and he [...]

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2) Assisted Reproduction For Same-Sex Male Couples And Single Men
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/Wy4WfPVpZcE/262912.php

Main Category: Fertility

Article Date: 07 Jul 2013 - 0:00 PDT



Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced the publication of a recent retrospective study in Reproductive BioMedicine Online to better understand treatment considerations and outcomes for same-sex male couples and single men when using assisted reproduction treatment.

The number of same-sex male couples and single men using assisted reproduction assistance to have a family has been increasing over time (since 2003 a 21-fold increase has been reported). However, there is limited published data on using assisted reproduction treatment for this community.

In this study a total of 37 same-sex male couples and eight single men (seven homosexual and one heterosexual) who attended the CReATe Fertility Centre for assisted reproduction services were [...]

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3) Genetic Cause Of 'Spongy' Skin Condition Identified
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/YzzsG874Cd8/262913.php

Main Category: Dermatology

Also Included In: Genetics

Article Date: 07 Jul 2013 - 0:00 PDT

Scientists have identified the genetic cause of a rare skin condition that causes the hands and feet to turn white and spongy when exposed to water.

The study, led by researchers from Queen Mary, University of London, has provided scientists with an insight into how the skin barrier functions and could help with research into a variety of conditions.

Diffuse non-epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma (NEPPK) is a rare condition in which individuals have thickened, yellowish skin over their palms and soles, thickened nails and suffer from excessive sweating. When their hands and feet are exposed to water, the skin quickly turns white and spongy and individuals are prone to fungal infections.

While prevalence in the general population is estimated at one in 40,000 it is much higher in northern [...]

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