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| Sexually Transmitted Diseases Commonly Overlooked
in Clinical Medicine, Holmes Reports |
| By Rich McManus |
There are more than 30 sexually transmitted
infections known to medicine so far, and many people in the United
States have at least one, reported Dr. King Holmes during Clinical
Center "Great Teachers" Grand Rounds on Mar. 9. A number of STIs,
chiefly those associated with gay male sex, are reemerging in the
United States after a period of quiescence, he told a packed house
at Lipsett Amphitheater.
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Eat Less, Move More
STEP Session Offers Tough Diet Medicine |
| By Richard Currey |
For people concerned about carrying too much
weight, nothing beats a simple maxim: eat less and move more. The
diets that work — even as the scientific jury remains out
on a number of variables — are clearly those that include
robust servings of fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Perhaps
the single best take-to-the-table message from a Feb. 8 STEP forum
on diet and weight control came from Dr. Gary Foster, who said "a
little weight loss goes a long way."
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