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04.08.2009 11:53 am

The Walrus Chronicles: Man, baboons and a garbage dump

Dr. John Morley, an endocrinologist and geriatrician with St. Louis University School of Medicine, and a regular expert source,  told me a story a couple of years ago, about research on his native continent, Africa. It stuck in my mind.…

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03.24.2009 11:07 am

Online tool predicts your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

British scientists have developed QDScore, an online tool for predicting your risk of developing adult-onset diabetes.

After examining medical records of more than 2.5 million people over 15 years, they found nine significant risk factors: age, ethnicity, body mass index, smoking…

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10.13.2008 11:05 am

Heavy drinkers have smaller brains

Or do they just act like it? Actually, it doesn’t matter. The more alcohol an individual drinks, the smaller his or her brain.
The journal, Archives of Neurology, reports that the more you drink and the longer you drink, the smaller…

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