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Frogs, Toads, Lizards and Bats ... Were Found in Bagged Salads
In recent years, dozens of people in the United States who bought prepackaged salads at their local grocery stores found…
Special edition: what are the symptoms and effects of Ebola?
Health Workers treat a patient who is suspected of being infected by Ebola, Flickr/World Bank/Vincent Tremeau Ozayr Patel, The Conversation…
We tracked South Africa's sardine run over 66 years: here's what we found
shutterstock. Jennifer Fitchett, University of the Witwatersrand and Stefan Grab, University of the Witwatersrand The sardine run is well known…
How anti-fat bias in health care endangers lives
Science tells us that body weight is not just about lifestyle, and yet health-care providers often assume that people with…
Men and HIV: how poverty, violence and inequality play a part
A closer look at men in South Africa reveals a very complicated picture. Shutterstock Andrew Gibbs, South African Medical Research…
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Fainting during pregnancy can be risky for mother and child
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People living with HIV struggle to access much-needed dental care
Only three per cent of HIV organizations in British Columbia offer basic dental care to those who need it. (Shutterstock)…
Doctors remove 33 objects including RAZORS and a screwdriver from a man's stomach
Yogesh Thakur, 30, was admitted to hospital with severe stomach pain Doctors were stunned to see the vast amount of…
Dissociative disorders are nearly as common as depression. So why haven't we heard about them?
Some people feel so disconnected, they don’t even recognise themselves in the mirror. from www.shutterstock.com Mary-Anne Kate, University of New…
16p11.2: rare genetic changes linked to autism now connected to higher chance of other psychiatric disorders
andriano.cz/Shutterstock Maria Niarchou, Cardiff University and Marianne van den Bree, Cardiff University In most of the trillion cells that make…
