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Low levels of brain chemical may lead to obesity - A brain chemical that plays a role in long term memory also appears to be involved in regulating how much people eat and their likelihood of becoming obese, according to a National Institutes of Health study of a rare genetic condition....
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First gene associated with dry macular degeneration found - In a study that underscores the important role that individual genetic profiles will play in the development of new therapies for disease, a multi-institutional research team - led by Kang Zhang, MD, PhD professor of ophthalmology and human genetics at Shiley Eye Center at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine - has made two important discoveries related to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blind...
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Sandwich meats kill 15 in Canada - The death toll from contaminated deli meats in Canada has risen to 15, health officials said Wednesday, including an elderly woman who is said to have suffered terribly. ...
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Even without dementia, mental skills decline years before death - A new study shows that older people's mental skills start declining years before death, even if they don't have dementia. The study is published in the August 27, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology....
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Not all fat is created equal - A Temple University study finds fat in obese patients is "sick" when compared to fat in lean patients....
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FDA OKs blood test for heart transplant rejection - (AP) -- Government regulators on Wednesday cleared the way for broader use of a blood test that can spare heart transplant patients the ordeal of repeated biopsies to check if their bodies are rejecting the new organ....
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In NYC, new HIV infections 3 times national rate - (AP) -- New data shows New York City residents are contracting the virus that causes AIDS at three times the national rate....
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Newly-defined factors may prevent postpartum smoking relapse - Although many women quit smoking during pregnancy to protect their unborn children from the effects of cigarettes, half of them resume the habit within a few months of giving birth....
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Sticks and stones: A new study on social and physical pain - We all know the famous saying: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me," but is this proverb actually true?...
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Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug - (AP) -- What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? In the case of Genentech Inc., nothing....
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