News articles tagged with 'urine'
Home urine test measures insulin production in diabetes
— 24 Feb 2011 20:38 | HealthA simple home urine test has been developed which can measure if patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are producing their own insulin. The urine test, from Professor Andrew Hattersley's…
When nature calls
— 11 Feb 2011 16:51 | BiologyWhen you've got to go, you've got to go - upstream, that is, if you are a male swordtail fish seeking a mate, according to research from Texas A and M University…
Urine-sniffing dogs: Early detection of prostate cancer
— 8 Feb 2011 17:27 | HealthIn the February 2011 issue of European Urology, Jean-Nicolas Cornu and colleagues reported the evaluation of the efficacy of prostate cancer (PCa) detection by trained dogs on human…
Protein offers new clue to cause and treatment for kidney disease
— 13 Dec 2010 16:19 | HealthUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have pinpointed a protein that compromises the kidney's filtering ability, causing nephrotic syndrome, and demonstrated that a naturally…
Scientists learn more about how kidneys fail and how new drugs may intervene
— 17 Nov 2010 11:26 | HealthScientists are learning more about how protein gets in the urine when the kidneys begin to fail and how a new drug blocks it…
New urine test could diagnose acute kidney injury
— 12 Nov 2010 14:39 | HealthThe presence of certain markers in the urine might be a red flag for acute kidney injury (AKI), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society…
Home exposure to tobacco carcinogens high in children of smokers
— 10 Nov 2010 13:28 | HealthNinety percent of children who lived in a house where an adult smoked had evidence of tobacco-related carcinogens in their urine, according to research presented at the Ninth AACR Frontiers…
New insights into the development of epithelial cells
— 30 Oct 2010 16:32 | HealthScientists of the Max Delbrueck Centre for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and the Experimental and Clinical Research Centre (ECRC) of MDC and Charite in Berlin-Buch have gained…
Exposure to BPA associated with reduced semen quality
— 28 Oct 2010 14:36 | HealthIncreasing urine BPA (Bisphenol-A) level was significantly associated with decreased sperm concentration, decreased total sperm count, decreased sperm vitality and decreased sperm motility,…
Ancient animal urine provides insight into climate change
— 13 Oct 2010 15:45 | EnvironmentScientists at the University of Leicester are using an unusual resource to investigate ancient climates - prehistoric animal urine…