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 Medicine Information - December 4, 2008
| A recent experiment further supports theory that sexual orientation is a quality someone is born with, not learned. Researchers say that the sexual area of a gay man's brain works a lot like that of a woman when exposed to a particular stimulus | | A new type of bacterial meningitis is reigning supreme and has killed at least 15 people and probably infected over a 100 in Indian capital New Delhi, according to reports published in Indian media. According to the statement issued by Indian government, new cases of Menigococcal disease had been reported in New Delhi. But at the same time, the government assured that there was no need for panic as "the disease could be treated with antibiotics and there was enough stock of medicine | | Beringer Blass Wine Estates is introducing the new wine containing 9.8% alcohol, lower than the 13-14% found in some vintages. An all-woman research and development team worked on the wine scheduled to start selling in major national markets in May for less than $10 a bottle | | A news study revealed that Acupuncture has a scientific and proven effect on brain, reports AP. The study published on Nature also said that the instances showing patients getting benefit from acupuncture aren't completely based on their expectations. According to the Indian news agency PTI reports, the research team used brain imaging to show that treatment with genuine needles stimulates brain areas beyond the ones that light up when trick needles are applied | | 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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