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What's the difference between a cold and the flu?
Common colds and the flu differ in many ways, including their causes, some of their symptoms and their treatments.
Acromegaly: A disease that causes adults to grow uncontrollably
Patients with acromegaly make too much growth hormone, which causes them to grow disproportionately large bones, organs and tissues.
WHO is investigating mystery illness behind 12 dozen deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Between 67 and 143 people in the DRC have died of an unknown, flu-like disease, officials have said.
Babies' brain activity changes dramatically before and after birth, groundbreaking study finds
New brain scans have shown that neurons in several regions of the brain become significantly more active across birth.
Diagnostic dilemma: A woman cleaned her fish tank and ended up in the hospital
A bacterial infection that rarely occurs in the United States hit a woman in Maryland after she cleaned her home aquarium.
Scientists reveal 'neural tourniquet' that can stop bleeding with nerve stimulation
Researchers stimulated the vagus nerve in healthy volunteers and showed it triggered blood clot formation, which they say could be used to prevent blood loss after surgery.
Doctors discover live worms growing under a woman's eyelid in China
An office worker in Beijing developed a parasitic infection that caused worms to grow under her right eyelid.
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