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On first glance, sticking with one partner for life seems like quite a bad idea, at least from an evolutionary point of view. Sperm is plentiful and does not take long to make, so it would not benefit a male to invest in only one female, who will take a long time to reproduce.
Here in the United States, some of our largest corporations are drug companies. In fact, as I've stated before, the top 10 pharmaceutical companies in the United States earn more money than the remaining 490 Fortune 500 companies.
2006-04-04
disease pharmaceutical industry medicine economyA major advance in understanding the genetics behind several of the world's most common diseases has been reported. ... ... found new genetic variants for depression, Crohn's disease, coronary heart disease, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 and 2 diabetes. ... Many of the most common diseases are very complex, involving both 'nature' and 'nurture', genes interacting with our environment and...
2007-06-06
diabetes DNA genetics disease health medicineLeprosy is one of the world's oldest diseases - written accounts of leprosy in Indian Sanskrit date back to 600 BC. India has been fighting hard to combat the condition and according to official records it has eliminated leprosy. And yet the country still accounts for more than half the world's cases.
2007-04-03
India leprosy diseaseSome 18m people worldwide have Chagas disease, caused by an infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Recently, researchers discovered having this disease puts the individual at increased risk of stroke due to heart complications and blood clots.
2010-04-14
disease tropical parasite stroke ChagasAn updated edition of a mental health bible for doctors may include diagnoses for "disorders" such as toddler tantrums and binge eating, experts say, and could mean that soon no-one will be classed as normal.
2010-07-28
psychiatry mental disorder disease pharmaceutical industry psychology directory classificationIs nonconformity and freethinking a mental illness? According to the newest addition of the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), it certainly is. The manual identifies a new mental illness called “oppositional defiant disorder” or ODD. Defined as an “ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile and defiant behavior,” symptoms include questioning authority, negativity, defiance, argumentativeness, and being easily...
2010-10-14
mental disease illness freedom medicine psychiatry pharmaceutical industryUS authorities have warned parents that posting infected lollipops to other families who want their children to get chickenpox is against the law.
2011-11-10
chickenpox lollipop disease infection inoculation vaccinationMany Italians, it seems, are prone to a particularly wide range of winter illnesses, helped apparently by an in-depth knowledge of human anatomy. More than a decade living in this country has led me to a shocking conclusion. Being Italian is bad for your health. As winter draws in, those around me are suffering from a range of distinctly Italian ailments, that make our limited British colds and flus sound as bland as our food.
2011-12-03
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