Health & Medicine
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Childhood Vitamin D—A New Benefit?
Vitamin D may prevent symptoms of asthma in toddlers.
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Cancer Risk—Understanding the Puzzle
The news is filled with stories about cancer risk. Some of the information can be confusing and contradictory. How do you know what to believe? This new Web site from the National Cancer Institute cuts through the hype to help you understand the plain and simple truth about cancer risk. Go to: http://understandingrisk.cancer.gov
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X-Ray Kin: Radiation risk is hereditary
Susceptibility to radiation-induced tumors runs in families.
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Slimming on oolong
Rats absorb less dietary fat and gain less weight when their diets contain lots of oolong tea.
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Embryos, please
Almost half of Spanish couples who were asked recently to donate excess embryos for stem cell research did so.
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Therapeutic sorghum?
Sorghum's inflammation-fighting activity is comparable to that of a prescription arthritis medicine, animal research indicates.
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Childhood Vitamin D—A Dark Side?
Vitamin D may explain a child's summertime boost in lead absorption, new data indicate.
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Risk Factor: Throat cancer linked to virus spread by sex
Cancer of the throat and tonsils can arise from infection with a sexually transmitted virus.
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A smart pill for seniors?
A dietary supplement combo boosts older adults' performance on simple mental tests.
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This trick boosts cancer’s spread
A compound that helps keep cells organized and stitched into tissues may play a role in the survival of cancer cells that have seeded distant tissues in the body.
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More Than Bit Players: Snippets of RNA might sway pancreatic cancer
Small pieces of genetic material called microRNA might provide a preview of pancreatic cancer's aggressiveness and offer targets for combating the usually deadly disease.
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Less Is More (Bone): Yearly osteoporosis drug reduces fractures
Older women with osteoporosis who received yearly infusions of a drug that prevents bone loss had far fewer fractures than did peers who didn't get the drug.
