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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

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Small increases in Ugandan urbanicity tied to CVD risk factors

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 11:30 AM PDT

( PLOS ) Urban dwellers tend to have higher risk for cardiovascular diseases than people living in more rural locations. In a new study published in PLOS Medicine, Johanna Riha and colleagues have found that even within rural communities in Uganda that all lacked paved roads and running water, people living in villages with relatively more urban features were more likely to have risk factors for ...

Effective oral contraceptives for obese women soon

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 01:48 AM PDT

New York, July 29 (IANS) Obese women who use oral contraceptives to prevent pregnancy can now heave a sigh of relief as researchers have identified ways to make birth control pills more effective. Making birth control pills work as well in obese women as in women of a normal body mass index has long been a challenge as obesity affects how a woman's body clears contraceptive hormones. "Birth ...

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