Smoking behavior partially explains socioeconomic inequities in lung cancer incidence
Europeans with the least education have a higher incidence of lung cancer compared with those with the highest education. However, smoking history accounts for approximately half of this risk, according to a study in the February 24 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. ...LegalView Reports Record Numbers of Drug Reactions in U.S., Partially Caused by Heparin
LegalView informed its readers of serious drug reactions and fatalities, which have hit record high numbers due partially to a blood thinner known as Heparin. The drug, from Baxter Healthcare, was found to be tainted and administered to thousands of patients. Denver (PR...Nuvo Announces 2009 second quarter financial results
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The decision to vote is partly genetic, according to a new study published in the American Political Science Review. The research, by James H. Fowler and Christopher T. Dawes, of the University of California, San Diego and Laura A. Baker, of the University of Southern California, is the first to ...Hybridization partially restores vision in cavefish, NYU study finds
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