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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr 25, 2008 - Pfizer has entered into a collaboration agreement with four major research universities - University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB); Caltech; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and University of Massachusetts - and Entelos, a physiological modeling company, to re-examine the regulatory mechanisms of human energy metabolism. Pfizer is funding […]

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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Traditionally, people have found doctors by word of mouth: Find someone you trust, and ask whom they use.
These days, many people are using electronic word of mouth. Put “doctor ratings” into a search engine and you’ll come up with a list of sites where people rate physicians and make comments.
Last month, […]

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Supplements taken by millions may raise risk of premature death, claims new scientific review.
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Could erectile dysfunction (ED) be keeping you from a satisfying sex life? Take this short quiz. The results will tell you if you have signs of ED.
Your individual results are not stored or shared with anyone.
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Men could reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer through regular masturbation, researchers suggest.
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It has long been thought that coffee and other caffeine-containing beverages are dehydrating and don
’t count toward your daily fluid intake. Most of us know that caffeine is a diuretic (it makes us have to go pee), but does it deplete our bodily fluids?
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Older men with lower levels of the male sex hormone testosterone in their blood may be more prone to depression, a study suggests.
A study of about 4,000 men aged over 70 found those with lowest testosterone were three times more likely to be depressed than those with the most.
Researchers suspect the hormone may affect levels […]

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Influenza viruses coat themselves in fatty material that hardens and protects them in colder temperatures, a finding that could explain why winter is the flu season, US researchers report.
This butter-like coating melts in the respiratory tract, allowing the virus to infect cells, the team at the National Institutes of Health found.
“The protective covering melts when […]

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The findings of the 2007/2008 Durex Sexual Wellbeing Global Survey results are in and we America
’s should be sad. Americans spend nearly three hours every week grooming themselves, but less than one hour on foreplay and sexual intercourse. It’s no wonder that only 46% of us describe our love lives as exciting.
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Matters of the heart have baffled humans since the dawn of time, with sonnets and entire books devoted to the meaning of love. Now scientists are finding that the blood pump in your chest is just as complex. You can’t live or love without it. Find out the sappy scoop on the heart, including how […]

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