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Small pharmaceutical companies are exploiting the patent system to jack up the prices of life-saving medication.
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The easy way to make gene therapy more effective may be to resurrect a virus' evolutionary ancestors in a lab...
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A new study backs up the idea that autism is a genetic disorder by growing neurons in petri dishes.
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There's a certain complacency implied by treating aging as a natural part of life that just needs to be taken in stride. It's time to change how we think about growing older.
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Doctors are already offering stem cells via injections and IV drips to treat complex soft tissue damage. But their treatments are far from being ready for prime time...
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One good way to fight bacteria that have a resistance to antibiotics may be to remove their resistance to antibiotics...
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Pat Robertson perfectly demonstrates the bad arguments faith healers use to trick people into believing they can be cured with a miracle.
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Medical experts are appalled with Dr. Oz for making a career out of giving simplistic, scientifically unverifiable and unproven questions to complicated questions about people's health.
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Today's white collar jobs could not have an unhealthier culture and worse setup for our joints and midsections. And they're shaving years off our lives...
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Sprawling suburbs, roadways instead of parks and avenues, and portions far beyond anything sane or healthy is taking its toll on Americans.