Mexico pushes national campaign to lose weight

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(AP) -- Abraham Leon was getting a checkup when he found out he had high blood pressure and was at risk of developing diabetes.


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Curbing hormones' effects in obese patients could aid against breast cancer

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Once-promising drugs that were abandoned in the fight against breast cancer still could be effective in obese patients, new research suggests.

Discovery of virus in lemur could shed light on AIDS

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The genome of a squirrel-sized, saucer-eyed lemur from Madagascar may help scientists understand how HIV-like viruses coevolved with primates, according to new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The ...

Lack of vitamin D could spell heart trouble

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Vitamin D deficiency—which is traditionally associated with bone and muscle weakness—may also increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A growing body of evidence links low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels to common CVD ...

Scientists show function of helical band in heart

Dec 01, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created images of the heart's muscular layer that show, for the first time, the connection between the configuration of those muscles and the way the human ...

Powerful online tool for protein analysis provided pro bono by Stanford geneticist

Dec 01, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
Scientists around the world may benefit from a powerful new database, available for free online, that will help them to home in on the parts of proteins most necessary for their function.
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