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Living With Bi-Polar Disorder
This article is part of Health’s new series, Life Interrupted: Living With an Invisible Illness. Each month, one woman will share what it’s…
What is herd immunity and how many people need to be vaccinated to protect a community?
The vaccine coverage needed for herd immunity varies from disease to disease. Ryoji Iwata/Unsplash Hassan Vally, La Trobe University The…
Lab studies suggest medicinal plants can help repair human bone and tissue
Eucomis autumnalis is more than just a plant - it could play a role in biomedical engineering. Gurcharan Singh/Shutterstock Franca…
8 things I didn't know about C-sections until I had one
Take it from me: Even if you're planning a vaginal birth, a C-section is always a possibility. And once I…
How to test pregnancy with salt?
Have you ever just wanted to quickly tell if you’re pregnant or not? It might be that you don’t have…
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Human-animal hybrids are coming and could be used to grow organs for transplant – a philosopher weighs in
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Why Are Dozens of US Teens Getting Sick After Vaping?
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INVESTIGATION: Inside Nigeria’s haven of fake medical reports, corrupt health officials
The congested area of the Out-Patient Department (OPD) of the Orile-Agege General Hospital in Lagos smelt of drugs, sweat and…
Why it's proving hard to eliminate the eye disease trachoma by 2020
Trachoma can lead to blindness if left untreated. Alaine Kathryn Knipes/CDC Musa Mutali, University of Benin Trachoma is a disease…
