CHICAGO — Magnetic resonance imaging detects more breast cancers in high-risk women, compared with mammography or ultrasound, according to two studies presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

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#1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the world population.)
#2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger.
#3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as 3%.
#4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
#5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

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The term men who have sex with men (MSM) refers to all men who have sex with other men, regardless of how they identify themselves (gay, bisexual, or heterosexual). In the United States, HIV and AIDS have had a tremendous impact on MSM. Consider these facts:
"AIDS has been diagnosed for more than half a million MSM. Almost 300,000 MSM with AIDS have died during the past 20 years.

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SAN FRANCISCO — As the incidence of gonorrhea continues to increase, physicians need to be doing more testing for the venereal disease in the anus and the throat, particularly in gay men, said Dr. Gail Bolan, chief of the sexually transmitted diseases control branch for California.

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ATLANTA — Aspirin, even at low doses, appears to prevent age-related declines in gray and white matter integrity in brain regions that typically show the earliest neuropathological changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to Lee Ryan, Ph.D., of the departments of psychology and neuroscience of the University of Arizona at Tucson, who presented her findings at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.

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