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Although the hard bones of the spinal column protect the soft tissues of the spinal cord, vertebrae can still be broken…

If spring's flying pollen is making you sneeze, you are not alone. Some 40 to 50 million people in the United States…

This past summer a few people in the midwest came down with monkeypox, a viral disease related to smallpox but less…

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder than affects about 1 of every 2000 people worldwide. It usually starts in the teens or…

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