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Men Lose Y Chromosomes With Age

Men Lose Y Chromosomes With Age

During the 1960s doctors studying chromosomes in human white blood cells discovered a strange phenomenon, that is more frequently with age the cells would be missing from the Y chromosome in blood which has been linked to cancer, heart disease, and other disorders. A recent study suggests that 20% of 205,011 men in the UK …

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1 In 6 Doctors Estimate They Make Errors Daily

1 In 6 Doctors Estimate They Make Errors Daily

In a recent Medscape poll 1 in 6 doctors say that they make diagnostic errors of some sort every day, and some jokingly suggest that is only because the other 5 are lying, and others joking suggest they don’t make them every day because of the loophole that they don’t work weekends.  However, joking aside, …

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