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Fighting back tears, a Japanese researcher under fire for fabricating parts of scientific papers hailed as breakthroughs in stem cell…
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Women who take anti-depressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during pregnancy may be at an increased risk of…
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Following a devastating tragedy, one Plainsboro, N.J. family turned their grief into outreach for young adults with mental illness. Their…
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Ebola ravages health care in Sierra Leone capital
A Sierra Leone doctor warns that health care in the West African nation’s capital has “crumbled” because of the Ebola…
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It started as a small ‘hiccup-like’ movement. Rebecca Coates had given birth to her daughter Bailey only hours earlier when…
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