HealthMedicineArticles (May 18, 2012) A large survey of human genetic variation, just published in the online version of the journal Science , shows that rare genetic vari...
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Medical Topics
With fat: What's good or bad for the heart, may be the same for the brain
HealthMedicineArticles (May 18, 2012) It has been known for years that eating too many foods containing "bad" fats, such as saturated fats or trans fats, isn't healthy f...
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- Suspicion resides in two regions of the brain: Our baseline level of distrust is distinct and separable from our inborn lie detector
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Your Health
New method detects traces of veterinary drugs in baby food
HealthMedicineArticles (May 18, 2012) The quantities are very small, but in milk powder and in meat-based baby food, residues of drugs given to livestock were found. Res...
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Cancer
New key mechanism in cell division discovered
HealthMedicineArticles (May 18, 2012) Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have identified the mechanism by which protein Zds1 regulate...
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