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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 9th, 2015
Brain-Eating Amoeba Infects 14-Year-Old Boy in Minnesota

Brain-Eating Amoeba Infects 14-Year-Old Boy in Minnesota

The boy, named Hunter Boutain, is in critical condition

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 9th, 2015
Study: Alcoholism Is More Common Among Blue-Eyed People

Study: Alcoholism Is More Common Among Blue-Eyed People

Researchers correlate eye color with alcoholism risk

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 8th, 2015
Junk Food Rewires the Brain, Triggers an Increase in Appetite

Junk Food Rewires the Brain, Triggers an Increase in Appetite

High-fat foods literally transform the brain, study finds

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 7th, 2015
Their Weak Hearts Might Explain Why Men Die Younger than Women

Their Weak Hearts Might Explain Why Men Die Younger than Women

Study finds men are more vulnerable to heart disease

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 7th, 2015
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome Is a Real Condition

Alice in Wonderland Syndrome Is a Real Condition

The condition makes people see things out of proportion

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 6th, 2015
Medical Experts Can Now Use Smartphones to Detect Eye Disease

Medical Experts Can Now Use Smartphones to Detect Eye Disease

Software turns smartphones into diagnostic tools

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 4th, 2015
Deadly Ebola Disease Makes a Comeback in Liberia

Deadly Ebola Disease Makes a Comeback in Liberia

The virus has claimed 3 more lives, health officials say

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  • By Horia Despa
  • June 30th, 2015
Single Cells Can Be Made to Levitate with Magnets

Single Cells Can Be Made to Levitate with Magnets

Magnetism can help us read a cell's type and life expectancy

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 19th, 2015
Your Brain's Anatomy Decides If You're Rational or Emotional

Your Brain's Anatomy Decides If You're Rational or Emotional

Rational and emotional people have different brains

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 19th, 2015
World's First Artificial Heart on Display at the Smithsonian

World's First Artificial Heart on Display at the Smithsonian

In 1969, this machine kept a patient alive for 65 hours

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 18th, 2015
Trans Fats in Processed Foods Impair Memory, Investigation Reveals

Trans Fats in Processed Foods Impair Memory, Investigation Reveals

Well then, it's a good thing the FDA banned them

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 17th, 2015
Exercise Too Long or Too Hard and You Might Get Blood Poisoning

Exercise Too Long or Too Hard and You Might Get Blood Poisoning

Extreme exercise is bad news, researchers warn

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 17th, 2015
US Food and Drug Administration Bans Trans Fats in Processed Foods

US Food and Drug Administration Bans Trans Fats in Processed Foods

Food manufacturers have three years to comply

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 16th, 2015
Smoking Can Give You over a Dozen Different Types of Cancer

Smoking Can Give You over a Dozen Different Types of Cancer

Cancers of the lungs, bronchus and trachea are most common

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 15th, 2015
People Who Don't Get Enough Sleep Risk Heart Attack, Also Stroke

People Who Don't Get Enough Sleep Risk Heart Attack, Also Stroke

Sleeping disorders correlate with poor cardiovascular health

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 12th, 2015
Eating Saltier Foods Might Help You Stave Off Unwanted Weight Gain

Eating Saltier Foods Might Help You Stave Off Unwanted Weight Gain

Even if you usually go for fatty snacks and dishes

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 11th, 2015
Surgeons Remove a Whopping 420 Stones from Man's Left Kidney

Surgeons Remove a Whopping 420 Stones from Man's Left Kidney

The patient says he wants to keep the stones as a souvenir

 
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