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...ipants who had sex less than once a weekhad a tiny increase in IgA over those who abstained completely. Those who hadone or two sexual encounters each week had a 30 per cent rise in levels of theantigen. But people who had very frequent sex-three times a week or more-hadlower IgA levels than the abstainers. T...Study Finds Combining Exercise With Male Hormone Therapy Benefits Men With HIV-Wasting Disease
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... Cigarette smoking and long-term heavy drinking increase the risk of gettingesophageal cancer and a recent study found that chronic heartburn also raisesthe risk substantially. The new study, which involved many institutions, was under the directionof the National Cancer Institute. It followed a gro...