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Category Archives: Genetic

Very Obese Have Missing Genes

Friday, March 19, 2010

Theories that associate DNA to weight have just gotten a major boost due to the discovery by European researchers of a genetic variation that almost guarantees a person will be obese.
The variation in question appears in 7 out of every 1,000 severely obese people, and may also be linked to mental retardation [...]

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What Pet Choice Says About You

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Almost 37% of American households are firmly in the dog lover camp; 32% are cat owners and lovers.
According to 2007 data from the American Veterinary Medical Association the cat population is 82 million felines, while the dog population tops out at 72 million. Experts believe the larger numbers of cats are the result of households [...]

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Early Signs of Skin Cancer Can Be Inherited

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

To protect against skin cancer, we all know to wear sunscreen and stay out of the sun between those peak hours, but a pair of recent studies both suggest a genetic component to this form of cancer that we cannot escape.

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