110 Million Americans Have an S.T.D.

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A Child’s Death Brings ‘Trauma That Doesn’t Go Away’

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Cost of Contact in Sports Is Estimated at Over 600,000 Injuries a Year

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They Swallowed Live Typhoid Bacteria — On Purpose

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Otto Warmbier: The Coroner’s Report

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Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms

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What To Know About The Australian Health Blogger Who Lied About Having Cancer And Got Fined $320,000

What To Know About The Australian Health Blogger Who Lied About Having Cancer And Got Fined $320,000
Gibson gained followers by claiming to have survived cancer by eschewing conventional medicine and eating a restrictive diet — none of which turned out to be true.

September 28, 2017 at 11:04PM
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Reveals She Has Breast Cancer

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Reveals She Has Breast Cancer
The "Veep" actress, who recently set a record with her sixth consecutive Emmy win, posted about the diagnosis on Twitter Thursday.

September 28, 2017 at 08:38PM
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The Zika Virus Grew Deadlier With a Small Mutation, Study Suggests

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Boston University’s CTE Breakthrough Could Forever Change Football

Boston University’s CTE Breakthrough Could Forever Change Football
The ability to detect brain disease while players are still alive and active will be a massive win for player safety — and a massive problem for the viability of the game

September 28, 2017 at 06:54PM
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Can You Guess If These Strangers On The Street Are Carrying Condoms On Them?

Can You Guess If These Strangers On The Street Are Carrying Condoms On Them?
We were going to make a joke here, but there's nothing funny about STD and pregnancy prevention.

September 28, 2017 at 03:31PM
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Health App Developer Who Faked Her Own Cancer Fined $320,000 Over Hoax

Health App Developer Who Faked Her Own Cancer Fined $320,000 Over Hoax
Belle Gibson, a 25-year-old Australian woman, built a health and wellness empire by not only pretending to have brain cancer, but then claiming to have cured her cancer with what she claimed were all-natural remedies.

September 28, 2017 at 02:32PM
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‘Flesh-Eating Bacteria’ From Harvey’s Floodwaters Kill a Woman

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If I Played Youth Football, Will I Have CTE?

If I Played Youth Football, Will I Have CTE?
The NFL's biggest problem goes beyond the pros.

September 28, 2017 at 01:31PM
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The Post-Antibiotic Era Is Here. Now What?

The Post-Antibiotic Era Is Here. Now What?
Now, the question is: How fast is pan-resistance going to spread?

September 28, 2017 at 04:00AM
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When ‘Not Guilty’ Is a Life Sentence

When ‘Not Guilty’ Is a Life Sentence
What happens after a defendant is found not guilty by reason of insanity? Often the answer is involuntary confinement in a state psychiatric hospital — with no end in sight.

September 28, 2017 at 02:57AM
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Why Thousands of People Are Addicted to Examining Mouse Brains | Backchannel

Why Thousands of People Are Addicted to Examining Mouse Brains | Backchannel
On a cool September evening, Judy Johanson curled up on her living room sofa with her iPad, carefully examining mouse brains. She's one of thousands of amateur scientists in the search for a cure for Alzheimer's.

September 27, 2017 at 10:22PM
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Diary of a concussion

Diary of a concussion
It's hard to understand a brain injury until you have one.

September 27, 2017 at 04:45PM
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Jimmy Kimmel Is Overjoyed That The GOP's Latest Health Care Bill Is Officially Dead

Jimmy Kimmel Is Overjoyed That The GOP's Latest Health Care Bill Is Officially Dead
Kimmel has been a vocal opponent of recent GOP healthcare reform efforts, hoping that all children can receive the same care as his infant son Billy, who was born with a heart condition. Kimmel emerged on stage last night happy that the Graham-Cassidy bill is dead in the water.

September 27, 2017 at 03:14PM
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Work and the Loneliness Epidemic

Work and the Loneliness Epidemic
There is good reason to be concerned about social connection in our current world.

September 27, 2017 at 12:20AM
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Man Partly Wakes From 15-Year Vegetative State—What It Means

Man Partly Wakes From 15-Year Vegetative State—What It Means
The 35-year-old was able to turn his head and react to visual cues after doctors put a device in his chest that stimulates the vagus nerve.

September 26, 2017 at 11:25PM
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The Mysterious Disease That Changed The Way We Think About Mercury Poisoning Life After Mercury Poisoning

The Mysterious Disease That Changed The Way We Think About Mercury Poisoning Life After Mercury Poisoning
From 1932 to 1968, tons of mercury seeped into the clear waters of Minamata Bay, Japan, causing health and environmental problems still felt today. As the first global treaty on mercury finally comes into force, what have we really learned from this disaster?

September 26, 2017 at 01:41PM
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It's Okay To Politicize Your Child When Politics Are Threatening His Life

It's Okay To Politicize Your Child When Politics Are Threatening His Life
If our insurance company were allowed to impose a lifetime cap of $1 million, my son, who has cystic fibrosis, would hit it around the time he starts kindergarten.

September 26, 2017 at 07:45AM
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Watch A Quick-Acting Officer Prevent A Woman From Jumping Off A Bridge

Watch A Quick-Acting Officer Prevent A Woman From Jumping Off A Bridge
The Sacramento Police Department shared this video of one of their own to demonstrate the scenario-based training officers receive to verbally de-escalate crisis situations.

September 25, 2017 at 06:46PM
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Don’t overthink your exercise: just 2.5 hours per week of any kind could help you live longer

Don’t overthink your exercise: just 2.5 hours per week of any kind could help you live longer
Just 2.5 hours per week of any kind could help you live longer

September 24, 2017 at 11:31PM
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The Tricky Path to Employment Is Trickier When You’re Autistic

The Tricky Path to Employment Is Trickier When You’re Autistic
Autistic children grow up to be autistic adults. Our society doesn’t give them the support they need.

September 24, 2017 at 12:03AM
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Taking a Break From Dieting Could Actually Help You Lose Weight

Taking a Break From Dieting Could Actually Help You Lose Weight
One problem with dieting is that when you give your body less energy to operate, it adapts to use less energy, which can slow weight loss.

September 23, 2017 at 05:42PM
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Yes, Aaron Hernandez Suffered Brain Injury. But That May Not Explain His Violence.

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World Health Officials Describe Progress Against Tetanus, H.I.V. and Malaria

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A Tender Conversation Between A Father And His Autistic Son

A Tender Conversation Between A Father And His Autistic Son
Chase desperately wanted to go play Nerf guns with a group of kids he met over a year ago. His dad has to gently let him know it's not in the cards today.

September 22, 2017 at 08:57PM
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The HPV Vaccine Gains Ground Among U.S. Teenagers

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Jimmy Kimmel Hits Back Against GOP Critics, Sticks To His Guns That The New Healthcare Bill Is Bogus

Jimmy Kimmel Hits Back Against GOP Critics, Sticks To His Guns That The New Healthcare Bill Is Bogus
"Their argument is that it's better to put these decisions in the hands of states... if Florida could make their own decisions it would be legal to bring an alligator to a strip club."

September 22, 2017 at 03:25PM
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Tom Brady doesn’t want to talk about CTE

Tom Brady doesn’t want to talk about CTE
The five-time Super Bowl champion's new book fails to acknowledge the disease.

September 22, 2017 at 12:47AM
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Latest Obamacare Repeal Effort is Most Far-Reaching

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This Graph Showing Fertility Rates In Flint Before And After The Water Crisis Is Legitimately Shocking

This Graph Showing Fertility Rates In Flint Before And After The Water Crisis Is Legitimately Shocking
The authors of a new working paper estimate that the lead poisoning resulted in enough fetal deaths and miscarriages to decrease Flint's fertility rate by 12 percent.

September 21, 2017 at 08:11PM
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What Would Happen If You Never Stopped Doing Push-Ups?

What Would Happen If You Never Stopped Doing Push-Ups?
Why can’t you do, like, a million push-ups? It’s not because your muscles are small.

September 21, 2017 at 01:30PM
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The American fix

The American fix
Getting small towns to accept their presence is now one of Groups' biggest challenges. "I think what we battle now, in these small towns, is that they have to identify as addicts, and realize they have a problem."

September 21, 2017 at 02:45AM
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How Blue Jeans Endangered the Lives of Six Children in 1963

How Blue Jeans Endangered the Lives of Six Children in 1963
The year was 1961 and the setting no more mythic than Fresno County, California. An eight-year-old boy sat pale and glassy-eyed in his classroom.

September 20, 2017 at 08:04PM
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This Little Girl Was Born With Her Heart Outside Of Her Chest. Watching Her Laugh Is Surreal.

This Little Girl Was Born With Her Heart Outside Of Her Chest. Watching Her Laugh Is Surreal.
Virsaviya has an extraordinarily rare condition called Pentalogy of Cantrell, which caused her heart to form outside her chest protected only by a layer of skin.

September 20, 2017 at 06:14PM
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Blind People Poignantly Describe Racism

Blind People Poignantly Describe Racism
Just because you're blind doesn't mean you can't be racist.

September 20, 2017 at 06:14PM
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Jimmy Kimmel Absolutely Roasts Senator Bill Cassidy For His Crappy Healthcare Bill

Jimmy Kimmel Absolutely Roasts Senator Bill Cassidy For His Crappy Healthcare Bill
It's nice to hear Kimmel weigh in on the GOP's Graham-Cassidy bill since he has such a personal connection to it.

September 20, 2017 at 04:24PM
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Manafort, Rocket Man and the New GOP Health Care Bill: A Closer Look

Manafort, Rocket Man and the New GOP Health Care Bill: A Closer Look
"The GOP is like your friend who knows only one song on the guitar and he's drunk and no one wants to hear it but he's tuning it up again."

September 20, 2017 at 03:21PM
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Smokers are the last nice people online

Smokers are the last nice people online
There is a website I love called airportsmokers.com. It advertises itself as "the original airport smoking website," and it does exactly what it says it does: it tells its visitors what airports they can smoke in, and under what sort of conditions.

September 19, 2017 at 10:01PM
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While Premiums Soar Under Obamacare, Costs of Employer-Based Plans Are Stable

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What A Doctor Calls A Condition Can Affect How We Decide To Treat It

What A Doctor Calls A Condition Can Affect How We Decide To Treat It
A study examining how parents react to a diagnosis of "pink eye" versus "eye infection"

September 19, 2017 at 03:56PM
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Inside a massive, successful effort to stop prescribing so many opioids

Inside a massive, successful effort to stop prescribing so many opioids
One medical group has figured out a way to sidestep the dangerously addictive drugs.

September 18, 2017 at 08:55PM
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Is there a single food that you can survive on forever?

Is there a single food that you can survive on forever?
Potatoes are close, but not close enough.

September 18, 2017 at 08:12PM
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What Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice gets wrong about mental illness

What Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice gets wrong about mental illness
This action game tries to show what psychosis is like but ends up invalidating real experiences

September 18, 2017 at 06:35PM
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Bill and Melinda Gates Grade the World’s Health

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There Is Now Hope for Thousands of Women Who Were Told They Hit an IVF Dead End

There Is Now Hope for Thousands of Women Who Were Told They Hit an IVF Dead End
For decades, "abnormal" embryos were thrown away. Then some pioneering doctors — and patients — decided to use them anyway.

September 18, 2017 at 01:39PM
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