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• Toxin Exposure During Late Pregnancy Is Correlated with Autism

  We do not entirely understand the various causes of autism. For some things, we have a good idea, and others, we are still learning. Some factors are environmental. Other factors are known to be genetic.One of the newer developments is the knowledge that toxins ingested in the later part of...

• Can Bisphosphonates Stop Breast Cancer from Spreading to Bones?

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• Syphilis: How Does It Affect Men and Women?

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• How Retaining One Normal BRCA Gene Influences Survival in Ovarian Cancer Patients

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• Controversy Surrounds PapSeek, a New Diagnostic Test

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