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Older men who have slow-growing prostate cancer can avoid the impotence and incontinence that often follow surgery by avoiding the surgery. Left untreated, the disease is fatal, but men over 70 or so will most likely die of something else first.
Researchers may have found a biological explanation for bulimia. Those who suffer from the eating disorder -- which involves compulsive bingeing, followed by forced vomiting -- have low levels of the brain chemical serotonin; the discovery may point the way toward treatment.
A vaccine protects monkeys from becoming infected with an AIDS-like illness by vaginal transmission. This...
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