Making headway against cancer
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The death rate for cancer rose between 1973 and 1992, but early detection and improved treatment methods have caused mortality rates to fall for some types of cancers, such as breast cancer. People may be able to prevent cancer by changing their lifestyles and stopping smoking.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
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Kitty, we shrunk your brain
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Research indicates that domesticated cats have about 1/3 less neurons in the ganglia than the cats of the Pleistocene age. The loss of brain cells is responsible for the lower brain weight of domesticated cats.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1993
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