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"WEDNESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Icelandic researchers have discovered a gene that's linked to restless legs syndrome (RLS). The research, which is in the July 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, found a gene variant that increases the odds of having RLS with periodic limb movements during sleep by 50 percent. The researchers also found that those with the gene variant were more likely to have low iron levels. "There is a strong familial and genetic basis to restless legs syndrome," said the author of an accompanying editorial, Dr. John Winkelman, medical director of the Sleep...

Anyone out there in Freeperland have restless leg syndrome? I just cured mine. Didn't cost any money. I found a book by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo--EAT RIGHT 4 YOUR TYPE.....meaning A,B, O and AB blood types. It said that chicken!!!!! is toxic for a B blood type. I'm a B and despite my suffering with this for 50 years, I am now free from the crazy symptoms. I gave up chicken. I can eat eggs and turkey, but not the muscle of a chicken which contains an agglutinating lectin. My legs would react after the evening meal....sometimes. I never coordinated...

Genetic factors influence female infidelity and the number of sexual partners women have, British scientists said on Wednesday. They studied the responses of 1,600 pairs of identical and non-identical twins in a confidential survey to look at the impact of genes on behavior. "We found that around 40 percent of the influence on the number of sexual partners and infidelity were due to genetic factors," Professor Tim Spector, director of the Twin Research Unit at St Thomas' Hospital in London, told a news conference. But he added that environment and upbringing also play a part in explaining the variation in...