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4/2/08

Overweight Women Forego Cancer Screening
Carrying extra pounds puts women at greater risk for many types of cancer, but despite these risks, many overweight women appear to be less likely to receive important cancer screenings.

Testosterone and Male Diabetes
Researchers have long known men with type 2 diabetes are more likely to suffer from a deficiency of the male hormone, testosterone.

At-Home Defibrillators for Heart Attacks
Most of the time a cardiac arrest occurs outside of a hospital, it’s at the home, making timely emergency care crucial; but new evidence suggests at-home automated external defibrillators (AEDs) do not significantly improve overall survival when compared to conventional resuscitation methods like cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Why Compulsive Gamblers Can’t Quit
Pathological gamblers might be able to blame their condition on abnormalities in a part of the brain that controls problem solving.

Study Hospitals may Provide Better Care
Got heart problems? Then you might want to get yourself to a hospital where they conduct clinical studies.

FREE VIDEO: Targeting Brain Cancer
You hear the words brain cancer and you say -- it could never happen to me.