The family of a 2-year-old girl with a rare genetic condition is speaking out against Internet trolls who began mocking…
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Rare condition causes girl, 4, to be addicted to eating non-foods
Four-year-old Jessica Knight carries a small purse filled with sponge from her carpet. The purse is a safety measure imposed…
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Teenager with cystic fibrosis begs Chilean president to allow euthanasia
A 14-year-old Chilean girl battling cystic fibrosis got her president’s attention after making a plea on YouTube to undergo euthanasia,…
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Precision medicine: How individualized care may reduce cancer deaths
Cancer is a deadly word with a cursed past. In 2012, 8.2 million people worldwide died from the disease, and…
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Human cadavers provide new skin for chronic wounds
Human skin from cadavers that has had its cells removed can help treat wounds, researchers say. This new treatment could…
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War medicine helping Boston bomb victims
The bombs that made Boston look like a combat zone have also brought battlefield medicine to their civilian victims. A…
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How health officials determine the viruses used in the flu vaccine
A new report form the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed this year’s flu season has been…
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Blood test offers swifter, safer diagnosis of sport brain injury
Swedish researchers say they have devised a blood test that could better diagnose sports-related brain injuries and prevent American football,…
Read MoreDouble blow for Roche as Alzheimer’s, breast cancer studies fail
ZURICH/LONDON – Roche said on Friday it was ending a late-stage study of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug after it failed…
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Surgeons remove 80 teeth from boy’s jaw
A team of surgeons in India removed 80 teeth from the upper jaw of a 7-year-old boy on Friday, TimesOfIndia.com…
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