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CHICAGO (AP) -- Groundbreaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teens who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behavior than among those who have tamer viewing tastes. "Sex and the City," anyone? That was one of the shows used in...(more)
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More than one in four commuters has bacteria which come from faeces on their hands, an investigation finds.
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Severe pollution has made one-third of China's Yellow river unusable, according to new research.Known as the country's "mother river", it supplies water to millions of people in the north of China. But in recent years the quality has deteriorated due to factory discharges and sewage from...(more)
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Referred pain can make diagnoses difficult, but it also opens a research window for neuroscientists.
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When I walked into the hospital room of a 19-year-old woman, a foul smell all but overwhelmed me. I called a nurse to assist me and saw her, too, catch her breath. When we examined the young woman we found a chronic infection of her...(more)
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Adult women who were breast-fed as infants may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer than those who were not breast-fed, unless they were first-born, study findings suggest.
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The chemical causing kidney damage in Chinese infants could be contaminating food other than dairy products, say experts
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This is a really fascinating story -- it talks about an upcoming US study that suggests vitamine D -- and vitamin D definciencies -- might account the difference in cancer rates between rich and poor countries.
The story is complicated -- and there might be some political...(more)
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BEIJING (Reuters) - The new face of AIDS in China is a shy man with a heavy provincial accent, a weathered face and the rough hands of a manual worker. Zhang Xiaohu, a character in an educational film for migrant workers, is part of a...(more)
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Women living in deprived areas are more likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer, English research finds.
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Reuters - U.S. researchers have found a way to switch on a cell-killing protein in the body, a finding that could lead to new ways to treat diseases like cancer in which cells grow out of control.
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WASHINGTON -- Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field. The new type of stem cells could be useful for growing personalized...(more)
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