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In the first study to comprehensively describe where people are diagnosed with HIV in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, investigators...
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Older Americans are rarely evaluated for obstructive sleep apnea, yet many are at risk
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Osteoporosis drug may benefit heart health
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British Ecological Society launches new journal: People and Nature
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Is colonialism creating inappropriate regulation of traditional medicine practitioners?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 11, 2018--Two commentaries in JACM (The Journal of Alternative and...
Study upends conventional view of opioid mechanism of action
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Tiny spiders, big color
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Genetic analysis for certain childhood brain tumors soon a standard-of-care?
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Do we subconsciously judge face-likeness?
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Key protein in sperm tail assembly identified
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Genome surgery for eye disease moves closer to reality
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Scientists screen molecules for promise as new prostate cancer drugs
Cancer researchers at the University of Bath have measured systematically how efficient molecules are at suppressing the activity of a...
Increased overweight in children of mothers who drank coffee while pregnant
Credit: Photo by Pontus Sundén A study published in the BMJ Open journal shows that even moderate coffee consumption during...
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