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Labs explore health effects of Ramadan

By Emily Anthes
Globe Correspondent / August 20, 2007

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Next month, observers of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan will fast daily between sunrise and sunset, and feast thereafter, while scientists in a handful of labs around the world will examine what's happening inside their bodies. (Full article: 569 words)

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