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There are ingredients in your pills other than the one designed to treat your ailments. Those unnamed ingredients can alter…
Can a naturally occurring skin microbe help millions who suffer from eczema?
Using random testing, researchers in Indiana were able to calculate death rates by age, race, and sex and found sharp increases…
The 6-foot rule for social distancing doesn’t account for all risks, particularly indoors. Here's what everyone needs…
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The design of a campus and its buildings and dorms can be crucial to a student's overall well-being.
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All too often the medical community 'fat-shames' patients trying to lose weight, when in fact obesity and overweight…
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