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Elders with anemia face increased health risks

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Elderly patients who develop anemia risk serious health problems that increase the odds they will be hospitalized and nearly double the chance they will die, according to findings from a long-term study by a multi-institute research team.

Filed under Aging, Black, Health, Research on Thursday, June 15, 2006.

Altered breast tissue development in young girls linked to pesticides

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Exposure to pesticides crosses the generations, according to a new University of Florida study that finds daughters of mothers who lived near areas of heavy agricultural spraying may be unable to nurse their children.

Filed under Environment, Health, Hispanic, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, June 7, 2006.