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WHAT'S
NEW IN MEDICINE - Volume 2
› Amino Acid Configuration
In P53 ... May Increase Risk Of Cervical Cancer
According to findings published in Nature (1998;393-229-234), HPV-infected
women who carry two copies of a certain mutation of the p53 gene are seven
times as likely to develop cervical cancer as infected women who have
one copy of the variation ... read
more.
› Girl Power In The New
Millenium
A baby is either going to be a boy or a girl, and many people secretly
have an instinctive preference. Are baby girls now what parents hope for?
They fight less, do better in school, and are less likely to get into
trouble. The rise of baby girl power, it appeals, reflects the gender
revolution of the timer ... read more.
› Herpes Virus May Cause
Multiple Sclerosis
Increasing evidence from peripheral blood cultures in autopsy studies
suggests that reactivation of human herpes virus-6 infection appears to
play a central role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis. Control
of III IV-6 infection with an anti-viral agent such as ganciclovir may
alter the course of the disease, reported Dr. Joseph Brewer at the annual
meeting of the Infection Diseases Society in Denver ... read
more.
› Late Mothers Get Baby
'Deadline'
A new fertility test may soon resolve the dilemma facing millions of women:
can they wait to have babies while they pursue a career or will they run
out of time to conceive? ... read
more.
› Microsort In Sex
I f your dream is to have a daughter, then this technology is for you
... MicroSort has been used in cattle for more than a decade. The machine
for sorting sperm in farm animals was developed by Lawrence Johnson, a
scientist at the Department of Agriculture. Female sperm in all animals
have more genetic material than male sperm, mean-ing they are larger ...
read more.
› Pill Not All Bad
Recent research has shown that birth control pills prescribed to premenopausal
women have many beneficial effects: a documented 60-80% reduction in ovarian
cancer risk with 10 years of BCP use, lessened risk of uterine cancer
and os-teoporosis, and reduction in acne and hirsutism ... read
more.
› A True Story
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while
trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming
from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired
to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, scream-ing and struggling
to free himself ... read more.
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