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		<title>It&#8217;s in your DNA to read this post</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the "It's in my 
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to crave certain foods to meet nutritional needs? That seems likely. Is it in our DNA to buy fabulous shoes? 
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		<title>Kindergartners, college students and retirees have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sometimes joke that I got ADHD in college, like a flu going around the dorm (CDC Diagnostic Criteria, Rosenberg, 1998, Angier, 1991, Kluger, 2005, Gilman, 2005). I became easily distracted, fidgety, sometimes forgetful or inattentive of simple, daily activities and occasionally very restless. Most likely, since the symptoms are few in number and not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masterofscience.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1079367&amp;post=11&amp;subd=masterofscience&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beer, wine make Pasteur leading germ theory champion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Americans may know the name Louis Pasteur because of the notice of pasteurization on their milk, but few may know that pasteurization was first applied to wine and beer. Fewer still may realize the impact Pasteur had on germ theory, the idea that every disease is caused by a specific microorganism, which is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masterofscience.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1079367&amp;post=10&amp;subd=masterofscience&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Double helix discovery creates foundation for personal genome sequencing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientific advancements of mankind occured in 1953 when Francis Crick and James Watson discovered that deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, was a double helix (Crick Papers, Franklin Papers). Last month, James Watson received the entire sequence of his genome. How is it possible for 50 years to span theorizing proteins as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masterofscience.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1079367&amp;post=9&amp;subd=masterofscience&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Autistic Spectrum Disorders require early childhood screening and behavioral therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although published observations of autistic behavior date back to the 18th century it was not until 1943 that that disease was named (CDC). At that time Dr. Leo Kanner conducted a study of 11 children noting &#8220;autistic disturbances of affective contact&#8221;. The term autistic was coined about 30 years before to describe a condition marked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masterofscience.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1079367&amp;post=7&amp;subd=masterofscience&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Six months&#8217; exclusive breast feeding benefits infants&#8217; health</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 18:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people do not think of the industrial revolution when they think of the breast feeding-formula feeding debates but it is arguably the reason the discussion exists today (National Academy of Sciences, foodtimeline.org, wikipedia.com). In the early 19th century breast feeding was the norm around the world. Women who had difficulties with breast feeding found [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masterofscience.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1079367&amp;post=6&amp;subd=masterofscience&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obsessive-compulsive disorder is in my DNA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 16:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I think back about it, I seem to remember that the sequencing of the human genome slightly predates the obsession with DNA in pop culture. I&#8217;m not thinking about actual scientific work related to DNA that pops up in newspapers every day but more the trend to use DNA as a scapegoat. Statements like: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masterofscience.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1079367&amp;post=5&amp;subd=masterofscience&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pap smear need reduced by HPV vaccine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 02:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The greatest accomplishment in the history of public health initiatives, or so your dentist will tell you, was the addition of fluoride to public water supplies&#8212;a small amount of fluoride in drinking water dramatically reduces the incidence of cavities. The reasons for this success are simple: Fluoride-treated water is inexpensive and requires no effort on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masterofscience.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1079367&amp;post=3&amp;subd=masterofscience&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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