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Across the U.S., social clubs are springing up to soothe singles who are jittery about AIDS. Although those most at risk for the disease remain homosexual men and intravenous drug users, a growing number of heterosexual singles are demanding a clean bill of health in place of spoken assurances that a new acquaintance is not carrying the virus. By requiring all members to take blood-screening tests, dating services are taking some of the risk out of meeting people, if some of the spontaneity...
...Even the consumption of one drink or less per day was associated with a risk of breast cancer approximately 30 percent higher than non-drinkers," he said...
Women with a high risk for breast cancer may be the most affected by the implications of the research because alcohol may increase the risk even more, said Dr. Graham Colditz, who worked with Willett on the study. This high-risk group includes all women who are planning to have children after spending years in graduate school or a career as well as those with a family history of breast cancer...
Previous research has indicated that alcohol consumption reduces the risk of heart disease by reducing the amount of one type of cholesterol in the bloodstream. But with the results of the new study, Colditz said, "We're left with the trade...
...recently transferred into North. He transferred, he says, "because all of my friends are here." Mooney says freshman year he had planned to block with a large group of friends who wanted Kirkland. At the last minute, Mooney and his roommate chose not to block with the high-risk group and selected Eliot. While the two got into Eliot, all their friends moved to the Quad...