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Weight-loss surgery may double chance of marriage (or divorce)

US adults who get weight-loss surgery are more than twice as likely to get married or divorced within five years. ....

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Pitt Awarded $10.7M for Alzheimer's Disease Genetic Research

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Pitt Awarded $10.7M for Alzheimer’s Disease Genetic Research
Despite decades of research and investment, the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer’s disease are still largely unknown, stymieing drug development and early diagnosis efforts. A new $10.7 million, five-year project led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis aims to change that with the first comprehensive study using whole genome sequencing to address a critical gap in knowledge about the disease.
With funding from the National Institute on Aging, the research team plans to identify the genetic variants, genes and pathways that lead to formation of plaques and tangles, two specific biomarkers that begin accumulating in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s 15 to 25 years before they show symptoms. ....

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