Eugenics - the science of improving the human population via selective breeding or reproduction - is not a concept confined to past centuries and decades, nor to locales outside the United States…
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A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that consumption of dairy foods and higher protein resulted in improvements in markers of bone formation and reductions in markers of bone degradation in overweight and obese young women over 16 weeks of diet- and exercise-induced weight [...]
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Unigene Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB: UGNE), a leader in the design, delivery, manufacture and development of peptide-based therapeutics, today announced positive top-line results of its Phase 2 clinical study evaluating an experimental oral parathyroid hormone (PTH) analog for the treatment of osteoporosis in 93 postmenopausal women…
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Bisexual women are more likely than their male counterparts to suffer from depression and stress and to binge-drink, according to a new national study led by George Mason University researcher Lisa Lindley. Bisexual women also are at greater risk to smoke and be victimized, the research finds. “Why?” Lindley wonders. “That’s what we keep asking.” [...]
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A detailed study from Malawi, published in this week’s PLoS Medicine, shows that during the first 2 years of life, infants who were born prematurely (before 37 weeks gestation) continue to have a higher risk of death than infants born at term and are also more likely to have poorer growth and developmental delay…
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After men become fathers for the first time, they show significant decreases in crime, tobacco and alcohol use, according to a new, 19-year study. Researchers assessed more than 200 at-risk boys annually from the age of 12 to 31, and examined how men’s crime, tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use changed over time…
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A survey of 11 countries finds that the United States spends much more money on care than the others, but is still outperformed in a number of measures. Medscape Medical News
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An editorial accompanying a new study of screening programs wonders if less colonoscopy is better. Medscape Medical News
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Men in New York City who have sex with other men have a 140-fold higher risk for newly diagnosed HIV and syphilis compared with their heterosexual counterparts. Medscape Medical News
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To reduce risk for skin cancer, the USPSTF recommends counseling fair skinned persons aged 10-24 years to minimize exposure to UV radiation. Medscape Medical News
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