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This parasitic infection hijacks rodent brains and infects people through dirty cat litter. There's a good chance you have it.

Neuroblastoma is a rare form of childhood cancer that occurs when early forms of nerve cells don't develop correctly.

Your body might fall apart were it not for collagen. Good thing a healthy body naturally produces all the collagen it needs.

The amygdala is often referred to as the "fear center" of the brain — but this name hardly does justice to the amygdala's complexity.

Hair loss is typically considered the domain of aging men, but this equal-opportunity condition — which has many causes — can affect virtually anyone.

Nutria, also known as coypu or swamp rats, are large rodents that wreak havoc on their non-native ecosystems.

What do football players and sugarcane harvesters have in common? They may all be at risk for heat exhaustion — a hazardous condition that can lead to fatal heat stroke.

Curving through the universe.

They're irrational but they're still logical.

The Black Death killed over half the population of Europe during the Middle Ages.

Pneumonia is a common infection that causes inflammation in one or both lungs. It's typical symptoms are a cough with phlegm, fever, chills and difficulty breathing.

So much more than funny hair.

It's an expanding problem.

Reference Article: Facts about St. Elmo's fire.

A golden opportunity for misconceptions.

Reference Article: Facts about malaria.

Reference Article: Facts about meningitis.

Irrigation, writing, trigonometry, calculus — many important discoveries and innovations were made in "the land between two rivers."

Gazing at the moon.