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How Your Belly Fat Is Linked to Your Immune SystemYou may not love your belly fat, but the large sheet of fat that stretches across your abdomen serves a purpose.
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Goya's Mystery Illness: Nearly 200 Years Later, Docs Have a DiagnosisThe famous Spanish painter Francisco Goya suffered a mysterious illness and lost his hearing in 1793, and now experts may have figured out why.
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In Rare Disorder, Woman's Immune System Attacks Her Own BrainA young woman's weeklong bout of "strange behavior" was caused by a rare disease in which the immune system attacks the brain, according to a new report of the woman's case.
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6 Strange Facts About LeprosyLeprosy, also called Hansen's disease, isn't a disease of the past.
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Why Amish Kids Get Less Asthma: It's the CowsDo Amish dairy farms hold the key to reducing kids' risk of asthma?
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Illegal Silicone Butt Injections Cause Host of Health ProblemsIn the hopes of achieving a fuller buttocks, some women receive illegal injections of silicone that can cause a host of health complications.
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Daily Coffee Could Lower Your MS RiskPeople who drink four cups of joe daily have a lower risk of developing the debilitating disease multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers say.
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Animating a Cell’s Inner LifeAnimations like this one, which shows HIV infecting a human cell, are helping researchers probe complicated, dynamic molecular interactions.
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'Stiff Person Syndrome' Treated by Stem Cell Transplant
