Artificial light at night advances avian reproductive physiology

Artificial light at night advances avian reproductive physiology.

Artificial light at night is a rapidly increasing phenomenon and it is presumed to have global implications. Light at night has been associated with health problems in humans as a consequence of altered biological rhythms. Effects on wild animals have been less investigated, but light at night has often been assumed to affect seasonal cycles of urban dwellers. Using light loggers attached to fr...

Advances in Reproductive Physiology

of the Lancet and the British Medical Journal. When issues were at stake, the former generally expressed the views of the specialists, the whole-time internists and surgeons, and the latter took a stand for the general practitioner and family physician. Some of the statistical data will make strange reading for people whose horizons of the structure of medical care are those of the United State...

Artificial Light at Night and Cancer: Global Study

Background: Artificial light at night (ALAN) has been linked to increased risk of cancers in body sites like the breast and colorectum. However exposure of ALAN as an environmental risk factor and its relation to cancers in humans has never been studied in detail. Objective: To explore the association of ALAN with all forms of cancers in 158 countries. Materials and Methods: An ecological study...

Recent Advances in Sex and Reproductive Physiology

Recent Advances in Sex and Reproductive Physiology

Another edition of this book which aims at the conquest of man himself, not merely of his environment, is welcome. Items of particular interest are : (1) Pseudopregnancy in various animals and its exploitation in determining ovulation, etc. A really safe period may be determined for women. (2) Effect of light on the pituitary glands and the chain of events in the gonads. (3) Anti-hormones. It m...