Vasectomies tied to prostate cancer
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Two studies indicate that males who have had a vasectomy could have an 89% higher risk of prostate cancer. Reports on secondhand smoke, heart disease, caffeine use during pregnancy, synthetic taxol, a baboon-liver transplant and the pacer-cardioverter-defibrillator are presented.
Publication Name: Facts on File
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0014-6641
Year: 1993
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Medicine and health: news in brief
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Reports are presented on AIDS-contaminated blood supplies, sexually transmitted viruses, zidovudine (AZT), Huntington's disease, streptokinase, tissue plasminogen activator, diabetes monitoring, colon and rectal cancer, fetal alcohol syndrome and an anti-smoking campaign.
Publication Name: Facts on File
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0014-6641
Year: 1993
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