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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 13th, 2015
Doctors Find Man's Missing Denture Stuck in His Esophagus

Doctors Find Man's Missing Denture Stuck in His Esophagus

He swallowed it in his sleep, had no memory of it

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 12th, 2015
Compound Shown to Deliver 100% Protection Against the Ebola Virus

Compound Shown to Deliver 100% Protection Against the Ebola Virus

The experiments were carried out on rhesus monkeys

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 11th, 2015
FDA Goes All Hip-Hop Trying to Make Not Smoking Cool

FDA Goes All Hip-Hop Trying to Make Not Smoking Cool

The new anti-smoking campaign targets minority teens

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 9th, 2015
Elephants Almost Never Get Cancer, and Researchers Now Know Why

Elephants Almost Never Get Cancer, and Researchers Now Know Why

The find could help fight cancer in humans

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 9th, 2015
Virtual Brain Slice Packs 31,000 Neurons Arranged in 55 Layers

Virtual Brain Slice Packs 31,000 Neurons Arranged in 55 Layers

The neurons are of 207 different types, scientists say

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 8th, 2015
New Clues About Progeria, a Disease That Turns Kids into Old People

New Clues About Progeria, a Disease That Turns Kids into Old People

8-year-olds suffering from progeria look like 80-year-olds

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 7th, 2015
Entire Pig Organs Could One Day Be Transplanted into People

Entire Pig Organs Could One Day Be Transplanted into People

Being altered, the organs might trick the immune system

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 7th, 2015
Rabies Kills 77-Year-Old Woman in Fremont County, Wyoming

Rabies Kills 77-Year-Old Woman in Fremont County, Wyoming

The woman appears to have contracted the disease from a bat

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 6th, 2015
Toddler Internally Decapitated in Crash, Doctors Reattach His Head

Toddler Internally Decapitated in Crash, Doctors Reattach His Head

The car crash completely dislocated his skull from his spine

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 4th, 2015
Cancer Drug Might Also Improve Memory, Sharpen the Mind

Cancer Drug Might Also Improve Memory, Sharpen the Mind

Experiments on rats show the drug benefits the brain

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 2nd, 2015
People Who Go to Bed Late at Night Are More Likely to Gain Weight

People Who Go to Bed Late at Night Are More Likely to Gain Weight

Late bedtimes correlate with a higher BMI, study finds

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 2nd, 2015
1,000 Molecular Reactions Occur in Our Muscles When We Exercise

1,000 Molecular Reactions Occur in Our Muscles When We Exercise

Or at least this is how many researchers have so far counted

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 1st, 2015
Drinking Too Much Water Kills Otherwise Healthy 47-Year-Old Woman

Drinking Too Much Water Kills Otherwise Healthy 47-Year-Old Woman

Water intoxication can happen to anyone, specialists warn

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 1st, 2015
Study Finds Arsenic in Dozens of Red Wines Produced in the US

Study Finds Arsenic in Dozens of Red Wines Produced in the US

Arsenic exceeding what is allowed in drinking water, that is

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 30th, 2015
Scientist Injects Himself with 3.5-Million-Year-Old Bacteria

Scientist Injects Himself with 3.5-Million-Year-Old Bacteria

Because life is only as fun as you make it

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 30th, 2015
Researchers Watch Meningitis Spread into the Brain - Video

Researchers Watch Meningitis Spread into the Brain - Video

It's kind of like watching a terrifying sci-fi, they say

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 29th, 2015
Novel Stem Cell Treatment Promises to Restore Woman's Eyesight

Novel Stem Cell Treatment Promises to Restore Woman's Eyesight

The experimental treatment is now being tested in a trial

 
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