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...ive studies' findings,along with other information related to cervical cancer. The New England Journal of Medicine published three of the studies --including the one conducted at CWRU and UHC -- in its April 15 issue. Full-textversions of these studies are available on the journal's Web site at www.n...Major economic change can lead to an increase in deaths in car accidents
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...e tomake a particular movement may be more closely related to an inability to decideto make a movement than to an inability to contract the muscles that produce amovement. If that turns out to be true, then we will have made an importantadvance in understanding just what goes wrong in these patients." Glimch...... grades 6, 7, and8 in diet, physical activity, and related health indicators among 3,714 (73percent) of the initial CATCH participants. The researchers found that thestudents who received the health promotion intervention in grades 3 through 5 maintained a diet significantly lower intotal fat and saturated f...