Children of centenarians live longer, have lower risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes
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A recent study appearing in the November issue of Journal of American Geriatrics Society revealed that centenarian offspring (children of parents who lived to be at least 97 years old) retain important cardiovascular advant ...
Gene required for radiation-induced protective pigmentation also promotes survival of melanoma cells
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Scientists have new insight into the response of human skin to radiation and what drives the most aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer. The research, published by Cell Press in the November 21st issue of the journal ...
Employees who are sexually harassed experience less job satisfaction and lower job performance
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A new study in the journal Psychology of Women Quarterly examined the effects of workplace sexual harassment and found that employees who were harassed report lower levels of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and ...
Despite national guidelines, private insurers, ER, federal and state agencies fail to routinely test for HIV
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While the U.S. AIDS epidemic simmers largely unnoticed by most Americans, a failure to widely implement routine HIV testing continues to fuel its spread, HIV researchers and experts said today. Almost 60,000 Americans were ...
When it comes to what's for dinner, baboon society is no democracy
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In decisions about where to eat, baboons don't all have an equal say, according to a report in the November 20th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Rather, most baboons in a group will follow their leader ...
Female Directors Pay Less for Companies in Mergers and Acquisitions: Study
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When taking over companies, female executives get a better purchase price than their male counterparts, according to researchers at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia.
To contract or not: A key question for the uterine muscles in pregnancy
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During pregnancy, the muscles of the uterus are relatively inactive. A switch to an activated state capable of strong contractions is therefore essential prior to the onset of labor. Kathleen Martin and colleagues, at Dartmouth ...
