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CDC says death toll rises to 20 in meningitis outbreak
The number of deaths from fungal meningitis linked to potentially contaminated steroid injections has risen to 20 and the outbreak…
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Survivors of movie massacre likely to develop depression, PTSD, doctor says
A gunman opened fire at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises early Friday morning in Aurora, Colo., killing…
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Woman Gets Voice Back After Suffering From Laryngitis for 30 Years
If you’ve had laryngitis, you know how annoying it can be. But the condition usually clears up within a few…
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Maggots Clean Wounds Faster Than Surgeons
The idea of putting maggots into open flesh may sound repulsive, but such a therapy might be a quick way…
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Fertility clinic founder may have fathered up to 600 children
A pioneering British scientist who set up a controversial London fertility clinic with his wife in the 1940s may have…
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Are some people immune to dementia?
Researchers have found evidence that natural resistance to dementia may run within families, according to a new study. Scientists from…
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When Ronald Aldom developed ventricular tachychardia, or an unusual heart rhythm, doctors decided to treat it a little unconventionally. Doctors…
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The cause of a mysterious condition that haunts its sufferers with sensations of crawling bugs and fibrous material embedded in…
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1 in 500 patients wakes up on operating table, researcher claims
It is the stuff of nightmares, but as many as one in 500 patients wakes up while on the operating…
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