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Fish oil, it's been touted as an answer to Alzheimers, arthritis and even weight-loss but now a Queensland University of Technology researcher will test its health benefits in people with chronic kidney disease.
n the Valley of Mexico, there may have been approximately 1.2 million inhabitants before the arrival of Europeans. By the year 1650, after one century of Spanish colonization, after the Indian population had begun to stabilize, their number was down to...
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Peter M. Ravdin, MD, PhD, reviews the latest update of the ASCO Clinical Practice Guidelines on bisphosphonate use and bone health in women with breast cancer.
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