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Questions Raised About Mental Health Studies on Baby Monkeys at NIH Labs

Monkey research on childhood development has a long history, and one that is closely tied to criticism by animal rights activists.

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Twins with Rare Genetic Disorder Could Hold Clue to Cure for Ebola

 It turns out two rare diseases—one viral and one genetic—are connected in an unexpected way.

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Why Do We Believe Celebrity Pseudoscience?

Recently it seems the public isn't just turning to movie stars for entertainment—we're listening to their health advice.

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Could Early Intervention Reverse Autism?

The impact of early interventions can be so great that in some cases an autistic child who received therapy as a baby will no longer exhibit signs of the disorder by age 3.

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How Long Can You Keep Your IUD?

This "fix it and forget it" method of birth control is not only easy to use, it's also highly effective for years at a time.

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Child's Encounter with a Bat May Have Sparked the Ebola Outbreak

The disease that's killed more than 7,800 people across West Africa may have taken hold after a chance encounter last winter between a 2-year-old boy and wild bat in a hollowed-out tree.

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OMG, You're Texting Your Way to Back Pain

Humans were designed to stand upright. And yet in this modern world, too many of us spend our days with our heads slumped over for a simple reason: we're staring at the tiny screen of a smartphone.

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What is Flakka? Florida's Dangerous New Drug Trend

Police in south Florida have seen a growing number of cases of bizarre and uncontrollable behavior linked to a street drug called flakka, one of the newer chemicals in the booming category of synthetic or designer drugs.

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