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Election Day is difficult for many political candidates. But it’s no picnic for their supporters either.A new study co-authored by a researcher at…
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At least 2 percent of people over age 40 and 5 percent of people over 70 have mutations linked to leukemia and lymphoma in their blood cells, according to…
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Recent revelations that Nancy Snyderman, MD, NBC News’ chief medical correspondent, violated a mandatory Ebola quarantine after returning from Africa, and…
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The most common type of hospital-associated infection may be preventable with a vaccine, new research in mice suggests.The experimental vaccine, developed…
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New research shows that schizophrenia isn’t a single disease but a group of eight genetically distinct disorders, each with its own set of symptoms. The…
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People with asthma often have a hard time dealing with respiratory viruses such as the flu or the common cold, and researchers have struggled to explain…
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Monthly blood transfusions reduce the risk of stroke in young patients with sickle cell anemia, scientists report Aug. 20 in The New England Journal of…
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Mice missing two important proteins of the vascular system develop normally and appear healthy in adulthood, as long as they don’t become injured. If they…
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The Ebola virus, in the midst of its biggest outbreak on record, is a master at evading the body’s immune system. But researchers at Washington University…
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Scientists believe babies are born with digestive systems containing few or no bacteria. Their guts then quickly become colonized by microbes — good and…