Science news: Cancer, SARS, DRM

Worriers more prone to cancer
It is not the kind of news that will help matters. A study involving over 60,000 people suggests that people prone to anxiety are more likely to get cancer.
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Side note: White women in the Bay Area have the highest rate of breast cancer in the world. Is it related to stress?


Exotic market animals likely source of SARS
Evidence of the deadly SARS virus has been discovered in three exotic animal species being sold live in a Chinese food market.
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SARS vaccine tests begin in monkeys
Yi Guan, a microbiologist at the University of Hong Kong, says the researchers have cultured the SARS virus and an inactivated form was not infectious when tested in the laboratory.
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Apple cracks down on iTunes music sharing
Apple has issued an automatic software update that disables a popular internet sharing function from its iTunes music program.
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