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 Disease Information - January 8, 2009
| Experts are worried about the possible harm that chemicals in oral contraceptives and food containers may have on babies. A new study shows that they both harm the development of baby mice. Researchers studied two man-made chemicals ethinylestradiol and bisphenol A. Male mice exposed to the substances while in the womb, developed deformities of the prostate and urethra | |
William J Brown - News Room Administrators Staff W.J | |
Bethesda, MD (AHN)- A study being presented to the American Heart Association shows that men who do not have close friends and family have higher levels of a blood molecule leading to a higher risk of heart disease. Researchers studied 3,267 men and women with an average age of 62, from across America who were taking part in the Framingham Heart Study | | After being pricked with a diabetes-testing needle by a classmate, 19 elementary school students are taking drugs to fight the HIV virus - one student has already tested positive. According to authorities, the child who tested positive for the HIV virus could not have contracted the disease from the needle | | A new study determines that African-Americans with rheumatoid arthritis have symptoms that are often times more severe than whites with the same illness. African-Americans with the disease were also found to have lower self-sufficiency scores and were prone to more illnesses and were less likely to have taken advised medications | |
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