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Anthropologists study effects of modernization on physical activity, heart disease

Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States, and a sedentary lifestyle is often cited as a major contributing factor. Among the Tsimane, an indigenous population in the lowlands of Bolivia's ...

Health created Feb 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Social stress affects immune system gene expression in monkeys

The ranking of a monkey within her social environment and the stress accompanying that status dramatically alters the expression of nearly 1,000 genes, a new scientific study reports. The research is the first ...

Genetics created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast