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Written by Jennifer Brown - The Denver Post
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Monday, 28 June 2010 |
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Article Source: The Denver Post
When a man senses a heart attack, it tends to begin with crushing chest pain. A woman with the same affliction may feel pain in her jaw or around the neck instead. That kind of difference in how men and women experience symptoms of the same affliction has prompted a group of mostly female doctors at the University of Colorado to begin studying gender differences in an array of ailments such as heart disease and diabetes.
"We are just starting to learn this stuff; it's pretty shocking," said Dr. Judy Regensteiner, director of the Center for Women's Health Research at the medical school in Aurora. "We need to catch up."
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Written by Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY
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Monday, 28 June 2010 |
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Article Source: USA Today
The family that plays together stays fit together. But too often only the sofa in the family's TV room gets much of a workout.
Why don't more families do physical activities together? Every week for the next two months, we'll feature stories about how USA TODAY readers and their families put the challenge ideas into action.
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Written by Kate Stinchfield, Health.com
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Saturday, 12 June 2010 |
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Article Source: Health.com
(Health.com) -- For Marika Holmgren, fighting breast cancer was an uphill battle -- literally. She got back on her mountain bike shortly after her diagnosis in February 2007, smack-dab in the middle of chemotherapy.
"The treatment is so intense -- it strips everything away. You're physically and completely changed," says Holmgren, 40. "I was trying to retain some sense of normalcy. And truthfully, I felt a little badass being on my bike during treatment. I was giving cancer the middle finger."
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Written by Liz Szabo, USA TODAY
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Thursday, 10 June 2010 |
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Article Source: USA Today
Scientists have found dozens of new autism-related genes, according to a study that eventually could help doctors develop better ways to diagnose and treat the condition.
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Written by USA Today
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Tuesday, 01 June 2010 |
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Article Source: USA Today
An immunologist at Cleveland Clinic says he believes he has discovered a vaccine that could prevent breast cancer, WKYC reports.
Dr. Vincent Tuohy, who led the research, says 10 months of tests on genetically engineered mice predisposed to breast cancer found that 100% of those not immunized had breast tumors and none of the mice immunized had any.
If tests on humans go well, Tuohy says, he hopes a vaccine for women over 40 could be available in 10 years, WKYC says.
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