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  1. Health & Medicine

    Defense Mechanism: Circumcision averts some HIV infections

    Men who get circumcised reduce their risk of acquiring the AIDS virus by more than half.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Humans

    Letters from the October 29, 2005, issue of Science News

    Food for thought I note that pleasure activates the neurobiological response that fuels addictive behavior (“Food Fix: Neurobiology highlights similarities between obesity and drug addiction,” SN: 9/3/05, p. 155). It has long been a tenet of the 12-step programs that there is no pleasure greater than to use one’s talents to help others similarly afflicted. […]

    By Science News
  3. Health & Medicine

    Single drug dose may be better against cholera

    A single dose of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin cures cholera in children as often as a 12-dose regimen of erythromycin does.