Woman empathizes with Aimee Copeland after her own infection – MyFox Atlanta

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May 192012
 

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Woman empathizes with Aimee Copeland after her own infection
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By Portia Bruner, FOX 5 reporter – bio | email Another victim of a rare skin infection shares her experience on Saturday as 24-year-old Aimee Copeland continues to fight her own debilitating case of the flesh-eating infection. Theresa Chapman does not …
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How One Flawed Study Spawned a Decade of Lies – Forbes

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May 192012
 

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How One Flawed Study Spawned a Decade of Lies
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In 2001, Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, psychologist and professor emeritus of Columbia University, presented a paper at a meeting of the American Psychiatric Association about something called “reparative therapy” for gay men and women.
Psychiatry Giant Sorry for Backing Gay 'Cure'New York Times


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Another great Relay – Suffolk News-Herald

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May 192012
 

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Another great Relay
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One of Suffolk's hallmark events came to a successful conclusion as the sun was rising over the city on Saturday morning. Participants in the 2012 Suffolk Rockin' Relay for Life helped ensure that the annual American Cancer Society fundraiser once …
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Jamie Oliver urges MPs to end academy junk food exemption – The Guardian

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May 192012
 

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Jamie Oliver urges MPs to end academy junk food exemption
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An exasperated Jamie Oliver has written to every MP demanding a U-turn over nutrition rules in schools after education secretary Michael Gove refused to act on a report that found nine out of 10 academies were selling junk food.
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Tax on Junk Food Can Help Pay the Costs of Diet-Related Diseases

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May 192012
 

America’s industrial food and farming system – dominated by fast-food restaurants and processed, chemical-laden food – has precipitated a public health crisis. Although nutritionists recommend that consumers avoid eating unhealthy junk foods, every day 75 million Americans “supersize” themselves and damage their health by eating at fast-food restaurants.

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Autism, Obesity And Schizophrenia Gene Isolated

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May 192012
 

The size of a baby’s head is often related to neurological disorders, such as autism – which affects 1 in 88 children. Now, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have identified genes responsible for head size at birth by inserting human genes into zebrafish. The study is published online in the journal Nature. Nicholas Katsanis, Ph.D., Jean and George Brumley Jr. M.D…

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Ex-Mass. Speaker DiMasi diagnosed with cancer – Boston.com

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May 192012
 

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Ex-Mass. Speaker DiMasi diagnosed with cancer
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BOSTON—The wife of convicted former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi says he has been diagnosed with cancer in his tongue and lymph nodes while serving an 8-year federal prison sentence in Lexington, Ky. Debbie DiMasi says the family was …
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Identifying Autism Risk In High Risk Siblings Of Children With ASD

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May 192012
 

By focusing on the identification of common genetic variants, researchers have identified 57 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that predict – with a high degree of certainty – the risk that siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) will also develop the condition. The findings were presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research…

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