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Top 40 songwriter dies at 76
August 3, 2011 1:56 PM
KITTERY, Maine (AP) - Gene McDaniels, a singer who became a star in the 1960s after several Top 40 hits and later a hit-making songwriter, has died in Maine. He was 76. Karen McDaniels told the Associated Press her husband died Friday at their home in Kittery after a... more » -
Gene test aims for better heart disease detection
October 5, 2010 10:22 AM
It's not a perfect test. Yet researchers report a key step for the first gene test aimed at reducing unnecessary angiograms - expensive and somewhat risky procedures that hundreds of thousands of Americans have each year to check for clogged arteries. Most of these exams, done in hospital cardiac catheterization... more » -
Gene linked to obesity and Alzheimer's disease
April 24, 2010 11:37 AM
A third of americans are estimated to carry a genetic variant that experts say makes them more vulnerable to obesity -and- Alzheimer's disease. UCLA researchers studied brain scans of more than 200 elderly adults, and found reduced brain volume in carriers of the genetic variant. The gene is... more » -
Gene makes you more vulnerable to obesity and Alzheimer's disease
April 24, 2010 11:32 AM
A third of Americans are estimated to carry a genetic variant that experts say makes them more vulnerable to obesity and Alzheimer's disease. UCLA researchers studied brain scans of more than 200 elderly adults, and found reduced brain volume in carriers of the genetic variant. The gene that... more » -
Gene linked to an aggressive form of prostate cancer
January 12, 2010 8:29 AM
A genetic variant may one day be able to tell doctors whether a man has an aggressive form of prostate cancer, one of the leading cancer killers. Researchers at Wake Forest University studied the genes of men with aggressive prostate cancer, and those with slow-growing disease, and identified a... more » -
Gene linked to an aggressive form of prostate cancer
January 12, 2010 7:59 AM
A genetic variant may one day be able to tell doctors whether a man has an aggressive form of prostate cancer , one of the leading cancer killers. Researchers at Wake Forest University studied the genes of men with aggressive prostate cancer , and those with slow-growing disease, and... more »
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